How To Prevent Allergy When Using Hair Dye?
Jerry Hall
When his hair stylist switched to an indigenous hair dye he
developed severe itching, erythema, crusting, and pustules on
the surrounding skin. Now, what could have possibly went wrong?
Gago-Dominguez, a researcher, explained that small amounts of
arylamines are absorbed through the skin during the use of hair
dye. Don't dye your hair without having as much of your skin
covered as possible. One needs to be careful while applying
black hair dye, as it is difficult to remove from any surface
including skin and fabric. Lawsone dye infuses skin, hair, and
porous surfaces but does not permanently or chemically alter
them. Para-phenylenediamine, a key ingredient of many hair
dyes, is known to trigger allergic skin rashes in some people.
When you use hair dye, you absorb small amounts of chemicals
called arylamines through your skin. It "dyes your skin more
than your hair," one well known researcher said.
What is PPD in Hair Dye?
Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is a chemical substance that is
widely used as a permanent hair dye. PPD hair dyes usually come
packaged as 2 bottles, one containing the PPD dye preparation
and the other containing the developer or oxidizer. The use of
PPD as a hair dye is popular because it is a permanent dye that
gives a natural look.
Why is it that many hand painting using Henna (herbal dye)
develop skin rashes? After all, Henna dye used for hand
painting is 100% herbal and does not contain PPD!
That's because almost all henna-tattoo artists are mixing in
black hair dye that contains paraphenylenediamine - 'PPD' for
short. This mixing of chemical makes the hand dye more
permanent, as the palm sweats a lot, the tattoo artist is
ensuring that the ink remains for a longer period of time. If
you develop skin rash after using a dark dye, you'll be
allergic to all dark hair dyes - anything that contains the PPD
compound.
Currently there are no permanent oxidation type hair dyes that
can be safely used by PPD allergic individuals. If you have an
allergy to PPD and have your hair dyed, you should avoid the
use of all oxidation type hair dyes. PPD is an occupational
allergen among hairdressers; there is limited cross-reactivity
with azo clothing dyes and back rubber. Those who are allergic
to PPD hair dyes must avoid all synthetic chemical hair dyes.
Manic Panic hair dye works best on hair pre-lightened to a very
light blonde. The idea being that it would look like she was a
blonde who occasionally dyed her hair black. Apparently, the
darker shades of hair dye contain significantly more chemicals
than the blonde shades. The first step is to use the cheap
blonde dye to bleach your hair. After an hour, rinse the blonde
dye out of your hair.
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