Sever allergic reaction to hairdye

joey75

3 weeks ago i died my hair using a well known hair brand i did the skin test 48 hours before and it was fine the evening after dying my hair my scalp started burning slightly within the week my scalp was weeping and my face has swelled up the last 3 weeks have been hell!! my face has swelled, burnt, swelled peeled, my eyes have closed up and i saw optition today and have got to see an eye specialist as my eyes are damaged, i had to cut all my long hair off as it was all mattered to my head and stank as i wasnt allowede to wet it, what hair i have left is now falling out, my neck is covered in purple scars and spots my ears have lost layers of skin and are split at the joins,my nose has a constant drip and is also all scabby inside, my face is a total mess i havent been out except to A&E 3 times and docs twice,i have had 2 x courses antibiotics, steriods, antihistamines, tramadol pain killers the hospital said it is the serverest reaction to the chemical PPD they have ever seen all this has happened since the 1st of august and i am still in agony PPD is banned in some countries because of the danger in hair dye so why is it still for sale on the shelves in the uk ? please be careful when using hair dyes as the affects can be devastating as i have discovered:mad::mad::mad:
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PinkLipgloss

Eeeek! That sounds horrific!

Name and shame?

joey75

joey75 wrote: »

link to one of my pics of reaction

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2198666802821.125411.1131800668&type=1

confused76

ouch sounds dreadful! what brand of hair dye was it?

gordikin

That looks sore.

Bonbon

OMG that looks awful, poor you.Just a couple of questions as I dye my hair quite a bit.Have you used this brand before? is it semi or permenant colour? I always see on the instructions that if you have a tattoo is can cause a reaction.Well I have a tattoo and thankfully have never had a problem. Please tell us the brand etc.

paddyrg

How rotten. So - what changed in between you doing the skin test and the treatment?

joey75

i have used the dye for many years and never reacted before the hair colour is cozmic blue but dont want to name in full at present as i am seeking legal advice

joey75

paddyrg wrote: »

How rotten. So - what changed in between you doing the skin test and the treatment?

the hospital said that the skin test is unreliable because you can become allergic to something over night basically

bex2002

that is true, you can suddenly become allergic despite using the product many times before, i was fine with latex for years then suddenly started having reactions. I now have to have latex free gloves ordered in, cant touch certain things e.g. baloons

real1314

joey75 wrote: »

the hospital said that the skin test is unreliable because you can become allergic to something over night basically

It's not so much that it's "unreliable" as that it does not provide a 100% guarantee. It probably does provide a 99.999% guarantee (or higher) ; 1 person in 100,000 might have a significant reaction.

On the same basis you could ask for almost anything to be banned. People can spend years with no reaction to substances and then develop an allergy.

I've eaten mussels many times in my life but a year or 2 ago I had a reaction which caused breathing difficulties. It was a bit scary.

What I have to accept is that it is ME that is allergic to mussels, not that they are inherently unsafe. Maybe the product is not to blame but it's actually your body's reaction.

If we banned everything that someone is allergic to, we'd have very restricted lives. :cool: