Can Sterilized WAter Replace Distilled Water ?

[ballet_bun]

The people at the pharmacy told me that sterilized water is more pure than distilled. Will sterilized water have the same effect on my hair? I went to the grocery store, and the car section had something that might have been distilled water, but it was for a car battery ... or something. I wonder if that would be ok ... I should go back and look at the bottle more closely.

Ballet Bun ...

 

[ThursdayGirl]

Hey Ballet Bun,

Depends on how the water was sterilized. You use distilled because the water is heated and the vapor is collected. The minerals in the water get left behind.

Sterilized water isn't necessarily the same. It could've just been gamma irradiated, autoclaved, or filtered (can you tell I work in a lab?) but the minerals will still be there.

 

[sweetcocoa]

I don't know...but it would still be better than hard tap water....

 

[ballet_bun]

THURSDAYGIRL ...

The bottle only says "sterile water for irrigation ... non-pyrogenic" and there's a number 2 on a circle and crossed out.

These people keep telling me that this stuff is more pure than distilled, but I want to try the distilled water. Geeezzz ... this was so much easier at home. I go into any grocery store or healthfood store and there it is ... this country is beginning to irritate me by the minute ... this shitty little pile of rocks!!!

Ballet Bun ...

 

[Spagirl]

Don't despair Ballet Bun, this too will pass.

 

[Spagirl]

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I don't know if the reason your interested in distilled water is because of a hard water situation or not. If it is then here are some alternatives that might be of use to you:
How to know if you have hard water.
I'm back with a product review

 

[ThursdayGirl]

Hey Ballet Bun!

I don't know exactly what the 2 with a slash means. It sounds like the water is just filtered though. Non-pyrogenic means that there aren't any microbes in it. The minerals may still be there. I don't think this is water that you want to use. It says for irrigation. I would guess its not for consumption... so you probably don't want to put it in your hair. There's probably impurities in it.

Sorry.