However, as any pool-obsessed child will tell you, chlorine can wreak some serious havoc on your hair. If you bleach your hair, there are things you’re really not supposed to do. By the time he was in Rio, however, Lochte, who earned his sixth gold medal Tuesday night, already had a new hair color: minty green.
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It turns out the chemicals in the pools he competes in has had a negative reaction to his hair, turning the Anderson Cooper looking silver into a more Joker style green.
Unlike the pool, there is a very clear reason for the color change. No, there isn’t an algae bloom going on atop Lochte’s head.
A general view shows green water in the pool of the diving event before the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Click ahead for all the details on why Ryan’s hair turned green.
The American gold medal victor posted images of his new green hair on Instagram.
Lochte has not commented if he dyed his hair again or if it turned color due to the chlorine in the pools he is swimming in.
So, is that what turned Ryan’s silver hair green?
Lochte has a few more events on his plate at the Olympics.
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Will the green hair bring him extra luck at the Olympics? Sure enough, by the time the Games kicked off, the handsome swimmer’s hair had a decidedly GREEN tinge to it: Oh dear, Ryan Perhaps that’s what Michael Phelps was laughing at here…
