Suggestions Needed for Hard Water Filters

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Could everyone please post what hard water filters are the best.

Should the filter be installed at the main inlet of water flow or at

the shower itself? Which types filter the best?

I have found that treating the scalp with ZNP bar has had a

beneficial effect on facial rosacea with seborrheic dermatitis

features. I suspect after having a decent facial topical program

which suppresses both p. acnes and p ovale, the p. ovale cross the

scalp border to hairline safety. Supressing the scalp flora gives

them nohwere to hide. Also, a great adjunct is Vosol otic solution,

which will supress ear canal colonization of most pathogens.

Interestingly, Zinc pyrithione works better in hard water vs

distilled, but soft water still is more beneficial for rosacea skin

for many reasons. Would be interested to know which filter to use

for the shower.

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1: Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 1988;81(4):721-5 Related Articles,

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[bactericidal activity of disinfectants against certain bacterial

strains of S. aureus]

[Article in French]

Economou-Stamatelopoulou C, Papavassiliou J.

Universite nationale d'Athenes, Faculte de Medecine, Laboratoire de

Microbiologie, Grece.

The bactericidal activity of twenty disinfectants against S. aureus

was evaluated by a suspension and capacity test. The effect of

interfering substances (organic matter and hard water) on the

activity of these disinfectants was investigated by a number of

experimental trials. The sensibility of S. aureus to sodium

laurylsulfate and zinc pyrithione was affected by proteins. The

interference of proteins was not evident for the other disinfectants.

The polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine 7% and the cresol saponatum tolerated

the presence of proteins in distilled water, but they were influenced

by them in hard water; on the contrary, the zinc pyrithione was more

active in hard water than in distilled water. Generally, the second

and third incremental addition of microorganisms did not practically

alter the bactericidal effect of the majority of disinfectants.