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Rash, itchy!
bud16415:
I had the exact same problem and many trips to a dermatologist. I finally gave up and decided it was the bromine. I switch to a chlorine (Dichlor / liquid bleach) method and it helped a lot. In the end I decided it was for me a combination of bromine and something others above have described. For years I enjoyed others hot tubs without issues, so what changed when we got our own? The frequency of use and habits. With our tub we always shower before using it and then we are in it almost every day. The hot water will take away your bodies natural oils and dry you out especially during the cold months when the water in the tub is hotter and the air in our homes dryer. Combine all that with a slight problem with bromine say irritating the open pores and you have an itchy condition and itching causes itching I’m told.
After switching to chlorine it got some better and doing a daily dose of chlorine after soaking killed what it needed and left the level lower for the next nights soak. Then I added in to the routine shower, soak and moisturize at the advice of my dermatologist. Take it from a guy that was always a bar of soap is all you need type guy if you want to enjoy your tub add the moisturizer into the process. There are different ways to do it but one I like is they now have in the shower moisturizing products. When I get out of the tub I jump in the shower and rinse off the chlorine suds up with the moisturizing stuff and rinse off. My skin has never felt so good.
I have done one other thing and it is a little controversial. Even though my tub is a Dichlor / daily chlorine tub I add salt to the water when I change the water as if it was a saltwater tub using a salt generation chlorine system. I just like how the salt feels in the water and I personally thinks it helps with the skin issues.
If I had to advise of one thing for you and because your wife is showing no issues it would be to moisturize after each soak. Switching to chlorine I actually think makes maintaining a tub easier so I would do that also.
Good luck I know what you are going thru as I did for most of a year.
G1teg:
Thanks everyone for all the detailed answers!
I waited for a while to respond. I took a few days off of going in, and it seemed to help a bit. 1 night back in the tub and I was itchy again!
I have started showering after the tub, that wasnt something I was doing originally. I also added some moisterizing body wash, and lotion. Helped immensely!
At my first drain, I will do bleach as suggested too. For now, no one else who has gone in has had an issue, just me. So, since the shower seems to help, I'll keep doing this!
Thanks again!
Mikedee:
--- Quote from: G1teg on November 19, 2019, 06:03:50 pm ---Thanks everyone for all the detailed answers!
I waited for a while to respond. I took a few days off of going in, and it seemed to help a bit. 1 night back in the tub and I was itchy again!
I have started showering after the tub, that wasnt something I was doing originally. I also added some moisterizing body wash, and lotion. Helped immensely!
At my first drain, I will do bleach as suggested too. For now, no one else who has gone in has had an issue, just me. So, since the shower seems to help, I'll keep doing this!
Thanks again!
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I've owned my hot tub for 20 years..I had same exact issue. After about 1 month of suffering, I did some research and discovered that Bromine was a very common allergy\ skin irritant to males especially over 40..I immediately drained and cleaned my hot tub twice and cleaned my filters...I switched to Dichlor and have never had a reaction since..Hopefully what happened to you was a fluke but if it happens again I would drain , refill and try dichlor..
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