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Eye of the Tigger Member  |
So, here it goes : a few years ago, my mom had a major allergic reaction right after dying her hair. After a few tests, she was diagnosed with an allergy to para-phenylenediamine.
So we searched around, and she went for one of the very few PPD-free hair dyes available (Sanotint light), and all went well for a few months. Last week, as she was getting her hair dyed, she had to run to the doc for epinephrin injection again. It appears the ppd-free Sanotint hair dye contains diamino-toluene, and she's developping an allergy to that one as well. In fact, chances are she's now allergic to all para-diamines. Problem is, at 60 she's not ready to let her hair go white... and we searched the French market for a diamine-free hair dye : there's none. So here I come to the place where every question finds an answer, to ask if anyone of you has already had that kind of problem (or knows someone who has, by looking on the internets I see it's a pretty common allergy), and if you've heard of a miraculously diamine-free hair dye (permanent or not, at that point we don't care), available in your country... Then I can try to get it through the internets  Thanks a lot in advance !! *bounces out of thread* |
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"Flam - flames. Flames, on the side of my face, heathing . . . breathle - heathing breaths. Heathing breath . . ." Member  |
I'm anything *but* a specialist, but have you tried natural Henna dye? Should be available from organic markets. But not so-called "black henna", that contains para-phenylenediamine!
****************************************************************** Superbly Sublime Splendiferous Sterling Shiftmaster of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination ****************************************************************** You are a Player. There are no small parts, only small people, and we suspect that's due to malnutrition endemic to the period. Every night you're a different person, knave or king, man or woman, 875 roles in all. The ones the audience liked got you applause, and the ones they didn't got you pelted rotten vegetables. The theater is a harsh mistress, but you love her dearly. Plus, it beats working for a living! ****************************************************************** 'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice 'You must be' said the Cat 'or you wouldn't have come here' |
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Click here! Member  |
That stuff sucks. I can't believe they still put it in cosmetics; it's been known to cause severe allergic reactions and I think it's very likely to be a carcinogen, too. It used to be banned in Finland but after we joined the EU, it had to be allowed back on the market. As to henna... I'd be extremely careful. It can cause some bad reactions, too, and not just the black variant. My impression is that it's mostly not half as "all natural" as you're lead to believe. Sadly, I don't know about any other alternatives, either... Also, if your mum's become hypersensitive to para-phenylenediamine, she should watch out for allergic reactions to other things - such as certain food colourings and sun screen lotions. The whole business with the toxins in just about everything we use makes me neurotic if I think about it too much. *twitches* ------------------------------------------------- Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here. |
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Eye of the Tigger Member |
Yeah, and local anaesthesics too, and some clothes dyes...  I'm very reluctant about henna dyes, because most of the known brands put PTD, or even PPD in the formula, to enhance the color of henna. And I find it quite difficult to trust the natural products retailers selling "natural" unbranded henna in boxes on which the components list is written in arabic letters I can't read. I mean, it's not really "let's try it and see what happens", last time she went into anaphylactic shock and was lucky there was an epipen close by... *bounces out of thread* |
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miss Punk found me a Lush henna that looks kosher !
 ...and it has such a funny name ! *bounces out of thread* |
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is in perfect karmic alignment Member  |
You should still take care. If hennas are used on very light coloured hair, you could get some *very* dramatic colour effects.
~You are a *Taverner*. Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication, you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~ -Royko |
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Starving artist - well, not starving, but if you happen to have an extra biscuit lying around . . . Member  |
We gave one of the boys in Halls an amazing ginger streak by accident with henna once. He poked the person applying it and go swiped in the head. We didn't realise he got hennaed for about twenty minutes. Oops.
Taught him not to annoy a woman with a handful of hairdye again, anyway. ------------------------------ You are a Leprechaun. I'm not even sure what you are. Whiskey-soaked reports from your baffling Isle of Ire raise more questions than they answer. Are you a dwarf? Where's your pickax? If you're an elf, why don't you cobble? You'd think with all your gold, you could invest in some land, perhaps a title, and improve your station. Instead, you hide it in meteorologically-determined locations. You're getting killed on inflation, little friend! |
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Well, she said she didn't want white hair... didn't say anything about orange, blue or purple...  *bounces out of thread* |
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"Flam - flames. Flames, on the side of my face, heathing . . . breathle - heathing breaths. Heathing breath . . ." Member |
Heh, I was just about to suggest trying Lush. ****************************************************************** Superbly Sublime Splendiferous Sterling Shiftmaster of the Realm of Unproductivity and Procrastination ****************************************************************** You are a Player. There are no small parts, only small people, and we suspect that's due to malnutrition endemic to the period. Every night you're a different person, knave or king, man or woman, 875 roles in all. The ones the audience liked got you applause, and the ones they didn't got you pelted rotten vegetables. The theater is a harsh mistress, but you love her dearly. Plus, it beats working for a living! ****************************************************************** 'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' 'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice 'You must be' said the Cat 'or you wouldn't have come here' |
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