WARNING -Paraphenylenediamine in hair dye

Skymist

Just came across this artcle...poor lassie!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2109186/Hair-dye-blinded-days-Shocking-pictures-swollen-face-woman-25-allergic-reaction-home-colouring-kit.html

I'm SO glad I went back to being an "au naturel" silver/grey/blackhead several year ago. I appreciate that this sort of rection does not happen often, but it is showing up in more and more people nowadays, and, she had done the skin test, and had been dyeing her hair for many years, yet this is the first time that this has happened to her. It's quite frightening....IMO....that something so small as this can, out of the blue, cause such damage, especially when, if like me, you'd been dyeing your hair for years and felt safe!

S

Reidy1982

I had reaction similar after using a black hair dye last year mines was nothing like this poor girl however my ears basically tripled in size and i was blistered all the way down the back of my ears and around my hairline and i had ear weeping with pus and i found my breathing was strained, i didnt realise what had happened as i had constently dyed my hair since i was 17 (Including black on various occasions) and never had any issues until that faithful day last year. My partner rushed me straight to a doctor who said i was having a severe reaction to the dye and began to treat me with various med's to stop it getting worse, this went on for over three weeks back and forth to the doctors before it gradually began to settle. After it settled she sent me for a skin patch test and Paraphenylenediamine was one of the products they said i was now allergic too. Its not uncommon for someone to use somthing constently and then become allergic too it.

I was given information if your allergic to this product to stay as far away from the following products as Paraphenylenediamine can be found in all.

Permanent or semi permanent hair dyes (With ppd in them)
Temporary henna tattoos
Textiles and dark clothing dyes (Mostly black clothing)
Photocopying and printing inks
photographic developer, oils and greases, Oh and motor oil

After i had this allergic reaction i contacted the company who produced the dye i was allergic too along with photos of the state of me that my partner took at the time explaining about the product in there dyes.

I got letter back from them thanking me for informing them and that they were looking into dyes without this product. They still haven't released any without this products. HOWEVER...
ppd (Paraphenylenediamine) i found the new nice and easy foam ones from clairol do not contain this product and i have since used them without any problems. I always check the ingrediance of any dye now and other items because of this and the foam ones are the only product who do not contain this item.

murphydog999

There are numerous other threads on this subject, however after reidy1982's post I looked into the Clairol ingredients. The one that stuck out was hydroxyethyl-p-phenylenediamine sulfate - anything with a PPD element has to be researched, and this is what I found.


Patch testing with hydroxyethyl-p-phenylenediamine sulfate - cross-reactivity with p-phenylenediamine.
Frosch PJ, Kügler K, Geier J.
Source
Department of Dermatology, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, University of Witten/Herdecke, D-44137 Dortmund, Germany. peter.frosch@klinikumdo.de
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Adverse reactions to permanent hair dyes are frequent, and primarily result from sensitization to p-phenylenediamine (PPD).
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the degree of cross-reactivity to a chemically similar dye, hydroxyethyl-p-phenylenediamine sulfate (HPPS), and whether this might be a dyeing alternative for patients who are sensitive to PPD.
METHOD:
HPPS was patch tested in two concentrations in a total of 216 patients suspected of having contact dermatitis caused by hair dyes and/or hair cosmetics. A regular use test with a hair dye containing HPPS was suggested to every patient who had had an adverse reaction to a PPD hair dye in the past.
RESULTS:
Forty of 216 (19.9%) patients reacted to 1% PPD, whereas only 2/216 (0.9%) showed a positive reaction to 1% HPPS. Reactivity to 2% HPPS was only slightly higher (5/216, 2.3%). On the basis of the 43 PPD-positive patients, the reactivity to 2% HPPS amounted to 12%; the corresponding figure for toluene-2,5-diamine was 15% (5/33). In a use test on two PPD-positive patients with a hair dye containing HPPS, no adverse reaction was seen, even after several years of regular dyeing. CONCLUSIONS. HPPS may be an alternative hair dye for individuals not tolerating PPD-containing dyes. However, cross-reactivity with PPD and other aromatic amines may occur. HPPS is also a known sensitizer, and the risk of de novo sensitization can only be assessed by a controlled study on a large panel and under regular use conditions.
© 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

gregnsandy

I have been on steroids for over 5 months now for a massive reaction to my hair dye. My scalped became irritated, my lymph nodes swelled in my neck and everytime I washed my hair, the washed off microparticals of hair dye went down my back and left a trail of extremely itchy rash. After months of waiting to get into Baylor College of Medicine allergy testing I finally confirmed what I already knew. I am allergic to p-phenylenediamine which is found in almost all hair dyes. So no I am on my way to grey. Luckily, my hair is really not grey but white which, according to my hairdresser, its what everyone strives for who chooses grey. Below is the list given to me by the dermatology institute at Baylor.


What are some products that may contain p-phenylenediamine?*• Just For Men® Brush In Mustache,
Beard & Sideburns
• L’Oreal® Preference & Feria Haircolor
• Clairol® Ultress Custom Color
• Revlon® High Dimension Permanent Haircolor
• Garnier® Nutrisse Permanent Crème Haircolor
• Temporary, paint-on and black henna tattoos
• Clairol® Natural Instincts for Men Haircolor
• Just For Men® Shampoo In Haircolor
What products do NOT contain
p-phenylenediamine?*
• Lady Grecian® Formula
• Temporary Color Spray
• Clairol® Loving Care Haircolor
• Vegetable-based hair dyes such as juglone
from walnut shells
• Jerome Russell’s Color Mousse
• Grecian® Formula
• Sun-In®, Spray-In Hair Lightener