" I use a great shower head with an excellent filter. My skin is happy." Hadn't thought of that. We're on well water - very hard water. I had less trouble with heavily chlorinated city water from when I was growing up. Could be as simple as a showerhead filter. Thanks - I actually didn't think of that. I just switched to experimenting (with no rinse shampoo/body wash like they use for invalids and astronauts) - and found mentholated foot powder works even better. Love it for hair. Pulls the oil out, and I'm outside most of the time. [even now - my laptop is on the porch]. Thanks for the tip - maybe I'll break down and pick one of those up one of these days. like emoticon