# Getting rid of Chlorine smell on skin **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171 "2010-09-27T01:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/1 "2010-09-27T01:57:29Z")
I’ve started going to a water exercise class. My skin smells like Chlorine afterward. How can I get rid of that smell? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/2 "2010-09-27T02:36:46Z")
Shower after class? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/3 "2010-09-27T03:31:48Z")
The shower after swimming has not seemed to be very helpful in getting rid of the Chlorine odor. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/4 "2010-09-27T05:21:03Z")
This might be better suited for IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/5 "2010-09-28T00:14:12Z")
Moving this to IMHO. GQ might also work, but I think we’ll try IMHO first. Game Room -\> IMHO. Gukumatz Game Room Moderator ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/6 "2010-09-28T01:44:14Z")
Thanks, I put it in Game Room since it was a “sports” activity, but I don’t care where it ends up if I can get some good ideas on how to deal with this! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/7 "2010-09-28T08:44:35Z")
I haven’t found a solution yet. The chlorine is trapped in your skin pores, and releases slowly. Getting an additional sweat on after the swim (and before your shower) can help, but is not always practical. I tend to just live with it - as fair as I can tell, no-one actually cares, it is not B.O or anything unpleasant. Whatever you do, don’t try to cover the chlorine with clouds of deodorant - that is a odour problem far worse than the chlorine itself. Si ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/8 "2010-09-28T13:00:11Z")
Ivory Soap. So far, it’s the only thing that’s worked on me. Bar, not gel or liquid. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/9 "2010-09-28T13:54:06Z")
Wet yourself down before you get into the pool, that can help. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/10 "2010-09-28T14:04:35Z")
I’ve seen a few bodywashes over the years that claim to help with “chlorine residue”. Don’t recall the names, and never tried them, because a good shower with a decent soap tends to do it for me. It’s hair that I notice holds on to the chlorine scent the most, particularly when it’s re-wetted. But after growing up with brassy, metallic hair because I swam so much, I’m in the habit of using UltraSwim shampoo & conditioner after swimming. My hairstylist still knows when I have or haven’t been swimming, but no chlorine scent at least. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/11 "2010-09-28T14:05:59Z")
> [@pudytat72](#): > > Thanks, I put it in Game Room since it was a “sports” activity, but I don’t care where it ends up if I can get some good ideas on how to deal with this! Silly Question: Why would you want to? Is it that annoying? I’m only asking because sometimes a very light smell of chlorine can smell amazing on a woman. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/12 "2010-09-30T03:00:22Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Wet yourself down before you get into the pool, that can help. I tried this today and it helped a lot. Thanks 🙂 > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Silly Question: Why would you want to? Is it that annoying? I’m only asking because sometimes a very light smell of chlorine can smell amazing on a woman. It is a very light smell. And ,yes, I do find it annoying. I have a very sensitive sense of smell. I’m trying to find a way to exercise more, and any excuse I can eliminate will help. Dammit, where is my endorphin “high”-never have had one. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/13 "2010-09-30T14:13:52Z")
> [@pudytat72](#): > > It is a very light smell. And ,yes, I do find it annoying. I have a very sensitive sense of smell. I’m trying to find a way to exercise more, and any excuse I can eliminate will help. Dammit, where is my endorphin “high”-never have had one. Ok. Best of luck on the exercise routine; 21 days forms the habit and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/14 "2010-09-30T14:24:19Z")
Stop being some germ ridden. You get out of a chlorinated pool, and the chlorine is still wiping out little buggers on you. That’s the smell of germ/cell death, baby. That’s what ‘chlorine smell’ is. It’s death, not chlorine. Stop being some darn dirty! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/15 "2010-09-30T14:57:31Z")
There are ‘sports shampoos’ (I buy the kid version for my daughter in the summertime, since she loves to swim) that claim to wash the chlorine out of your hair. It seems to work on her hair. I wonder if using that kind of shampoo (L’Oreal makes one, but so does Suave, and Suave is a lot less expensive) as a ‘first pass’ body wash might help? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/16 "2010-09-30T16:42:59Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Stop being some germ ridden. You get out of a chlorinated pool, and the chlorine is still wiping out little buggers on you. That’s the smell of germ/cell death, baby. That’s what ‘chlorine smell’ is. It’s death, not chlorine. Stop being some darn dirty! 😃 How the heck did I turn “so” into “some” twice?! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/17 "2010-09-30T22:05:01Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Stop being some germ ridden. You get out of a chlorinated pool, and the chlorine is still wiping out little buggers on you. That’s the smell of germ/cell death, baby. That’s what ‘chlorine smell’ is. It’s death, not chlorine. Stop being some darn dirty! 😃 Oh, so its not the chlorine smell that is bothering me, its really the multitude of tiny screams from the dying germs. maybe some earplugs would help ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/18 "2010-10-01T02:11:44Z")
> [@pudytat72](#): > > > [@Philster](#): > > > > Stop being some germ ridden. You get out of a chlorinated pool, and the chlorine is still wiping out little buggers on you. That’s the smell of germ/cell death, baby. That’s what ‘chlorine smell’ is. It’s death, not chlorine. Stop being some darn dirty! 😃 > > Oh, so its not the chlorine smell that is bothering me, its really the multitude of tiny screams from the dying germs. maybe some earplugs would help …and whatever you do, [don’t click this link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_oz5XF4D5M)… ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-chlorine-smell-on-skin/555171/19 "2016-01-07T23:08:12Z")
Okay, big bump guys. I was just researching how to get the chlorine smell out of my zombies and this thread crawled out of the ground. Seriously. I go to the gym now. Yay!!! Got a plan from my Medicare supplement plan. They have a pool, spa, everything. And it all comes home with me. The smell, I mean. I wash before I swim. Wash there after I swim. Then I have to wash again really good when I get home. And I’m sitting here and I can smell it on my hands (everything else is covered up), and I’m really not liking it. I’m seeing a few products recommended. (No linkey, no spam no confirmation bias.) Just wondering if, in the last six years, anyone HERE has learned any insight into this.