r/Namibia

I recently moved and the hard water is absolutely destroying my hair and skin. My hair has been shedding way more than usual, feels dry/brittle and my skin has suddenly started breaking out too. I never really had these problems before moving so I’m starting to think the water might be the culprit.

Has anyone experienced this after moving here ? Would a shower filter actually help with this or are they mostly a gimmick ? If you use one and it actually made a difference, please tell me which brand/model you bought! Also open to any hair/skin products or other tricks that helped you deal with hard water.

At this point I’ll try anything because I would quite like to keep my hair on my head. Thank you!

Hi everyone. I’m not new to the community but wasn’t very constructive before (my apologies if anyone had to suffer through that fr). I’m going to start this off by saying I am a supporter of SWAPO but I’m also not blind to the issues plaguing our nation. So I know this is probably going to be a controversial topic but I was curious as to what people (both Namibian and foreign) think of SWAPO? I just wanted to start off with a “feeler” post so to say; to see if this topic is one people might be interested in discussing. Regardless thanks for taking the time to hear me out and I look forward to hearing from you guys/gals.

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