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I bought a gallon of distilled water. i'm gonna use it to wash my hair with. do i need to refrigerate it after opening or is it ok to sit out?

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Dr. Christopher Marek answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Should not need to: You can refrigerate the water but I don't see any reason that you would need to.

Dr Veres and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/22/2015

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