Fitted water filter to help skin condition?

ernie-money

I wasn't sure whether this should go under health & beauty, as it relates to a skin condition, or under plumbing, but trying it here first!
OH suffers from eczema, and we are thinking of having a water filter installed to see if it helps. I have done lots of reading, about different types of filters; KDF, Carbon and now also Vitamin C. There's filters you can install that filter all the household water via the mains, or you can have a drinking water one in the kitchen, and a shower one in the bathroom - a complete minefield and I don't even know where to start! Does anyone have any experience of using water filters, which type is best and whether it's had a positive effect on skin conditions?
Would be most grateful for any advice!

MallyGirl

We moved in to a house with a water softener - not filter - installed and this has made a big difference to my daughter's excema and my itchy scalp. I can always tell when the salt block needs replacing as I start to itch again

You have to have one tap in the house not on the softened water as you shouldn't drink it.
A water filter for drinking is a very different thing - we use a brita jug for that because we live in a very hard water area.

ernie-money

MallyGirl wrote: »

We moved in to a house with a water softener - not filter - installed and this has made a big difference to my daughter's excema and my itchy scalp. I can always tell when the salt block needs replacing as I start to itch again

You have to have one tap in the house not on the softened water as you shouldn't drink it.
A water filter for drinking is a very different thing - we use a brita jug for that because we live in a very hard water area.

Thanks, but we already live in a soft water area, so wasn't thinking about a water softener, but a filter to reduce chlorine and flouridein the water. Rather than using a jug, which I unfortunately haven't got room for in our small fridge, I was thinking about having a filter fitted under the sink for drinking water, and a separate shower one in the bathroom, or alternatively one that does all the water in the house. I wasn't sure if the shower filter would have different attributes to the kitchen tap one, so that it would be better with two separate ones, rather than just a mains one for all the water in the house...

Angry_Bear

MallyGirl wrote: »

We moved in to a house with a water softener - not filter - installed and this has made a big difference to my daughter's excema and my itchy scalp. I can always tell when the salt block needs replacing as I start to itch again

You have to have one tap in the house not on the softened water as you shouldn't drink it.
A water filter for drinking is a very different thing - we use a brita jug for that because we live in a very hard water area.

Just for the record, there's no problem drinking it - but most people used to hard water don't like the taste. I've got a water softener fitted and I opted not to have a hard wtaer tap as I like the taste of soft water.

jenniewb

I've not heard of filtered water helping with skin conditions (but it would make sense) but the web is full of reports from people who have found their hair improved ten-fold and instantaneously when they began using filtered water.


I know that for me if I wash my face, it feels tight after rinsing which I attribute to there being lime in the water as I live in a hard water area and the lime would no doubt deposit on my skin. I usually use a facial wipe or toner to take away the tight feeling- it's not essential but does save on needing intensive and often expensive moisturisers and needing to reapply over and again if I do use a toner or similar. (And to those assuming it's my cleanser- I don't use a cleanser in the morning, I just use water to rinse!)

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Angry_Bear wrote: »

Just for the record, there's no problem drinking it - but most people used to hard water don't like the taste. I've got a water softener fitted and I opted not to have a hard wtaer tap as I like the taste of soft water.

I vaguely remember news features about babies who had died as a result of salt poisoning from softened water being used to make up bottle feeds. I know it was a long time ago and I was very young, but I don't think I could have imagined something so specific.

Timpu

Angry_Bear wrote: »

Just for the record, there's no problem drinking it - but most people used to hard water don't like the taste. I've got a water softener fitted and I opted not to have a hard wtaer tap as I like the taste of soft water.

When I had one fitted I was told the salt concentration posed a risk to those with certain medical conditions eg. Heart conditions, high blood pressure. The company who fitted it had a policy of fitting a separate tap with normal unsoftened drinking water. I don't particularly like salt in food so was happy with the arrangement.