Just keep in mind that it is the active chlorine (hypochlorous acid) that attacks the swimsuit, not the Free Chlorine (FC) level. So when there is CYA in the water, the rate of attack is orders of magnitude slower. My wife experiences this effect every year when she uses an indoor commercial pool where the elasticity in her swimsuits gets shot after one winter season and her skin is somewhat flaky and hair frizzy until she takes a shower while in our own outdoor residential pool the swimsuits last for years and there aren't the same side effects with skin and hair. The main difference is that the indoor pool has 1-2 ppm FC with no CYA while our outdoor pool has 3-6 ppm FC with 40 ppm CYA which has an active chlorine level similar to around 0.1 ppm FC with no CYA. So the active chlorine level of the indoor pool is 10-20 times higher and oxidizes swimsuits, skin and hair that much faster as well.
The higher FC level does have an effect after you get out of the pool in that there is more chlorine in reserve so that it can keep reacting for longer as the water evaporates, but this effect can be minimized by rinsing the suits and is generally less important that the active chlorine level.
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