Allergic Reaction To Hair Color You Need To Know About

Allergic Reaction To Hair Color You Need To Know About :
Almost anything can trigger an allergic reaction and occasional reports in the media of people experiencing allergic reactions suspected to have been triggered by hair dye.

For some people, these reactions have the potential to be severe and, on very rare occasions, even life-threatening. This article is intended to help and inform those people who have suffered a reaction to hair dye, and also those who have not suffered a reaction but wish to know more about this subject.

An allergy to chemical hair dye usually begins gradually; first you feel some itching or burning. The symptoms gets worse every time you dye your hair with chemical dyes. On average, you can dye your hair about sixty times before you develop an allergy. 

If you use dark dye, or if you started when you were a teenager, this will probably happen sooner, and the reaction may be more severe

Sometimes the face, including the eyelids, can be affected, as hair dye may inadvertently touch those areas when it is being rinsed from the hair.Since the dye is permanent, severe allergic cases can be a challenge to treat. Either the dye has to be removed—even partially with clarifying shampoos—the hair must be cut off, or you may need to take a medication by mouth to reduce inflammation." A more minor reaction can be treated with a topical steroid or oral anti-inflammatory.

The most important thing is:

• If you have suffered a reaction to a hair dye, however mild, don’t colour your hair again without visiting your GP and getting a referral to a specialist. Read the ingredients list of all cosmetic products and avoid any that contain the substance that causes your allergy

• If you have a hair-dye allergy, the typical route is to use henna or an all-natural hair color. They're both good options but take hours to process and aren't nearly as effective at tackling gray hair. Which is why it's so exciting that Wella Professionals is releasing a salon-only hair color this September that doesn't contain any PPD. Instead, the Wella Koleston Perfect Innosense dye has a new molecule called Me+, which has a unique shape that bypasses T cells, the cells in your body that power your immune system. If your body's T cells don't recognize the molecule as an allergen, you won't develop an allergy to it. I expect that the new dye will be a holy-grail product for women like Perrette with a serious allergy to PPD.

• Even if you have not had a previous reaction to a hair dye, caution is still advised. Always carefully follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer, particularly looking for any warnings that are given.