What are the symptoms of hair dye poisoning

Many people like to dye their hair, but we need to understand that there are many chemical components in hair dyes, especially some heavy metals, some toxic chemicals such as aniline. Moderate hair dyeing has little effect on health, but if you dye your hair frequently, it may cause hair dye poisoning. For example, the toxic substances in the hair dye will combine with certain cells, which may induce some serious diseases.

Hair dye poisoning symptoms

Various hair dyes contain dozens of chemical ingredients. According to tests conducted by relevant departments on more than 100 types of hair dyes, nearly 90% of them contain toxic chemicals such as nitrobenzene and aniline, which are easily absorbed by the skin and cause harm to the human body. Medical experts point out that if hair dye is used for a long time, as long as 1% is absorbed into the human body through the skin, it will accumulate and cause poisoning. The chemical substances will combine with certain cells, damaging the deoxyribonucleic acid in the cell nucleus, causing cell mutations and inducing skin cancer, bladder cancer, leukemia, etc. Therefore, experts warn to be vigilant about "diseases entering the body through hair."

Research by the American Cancer Society shows that women who use hair dyes have a 70% increased chance of developing lymphoma. A survey of 13,000 women who dyed their hair found that the rate of leukemia among them was 3.8 times that of women who did not dye their hair. There is an increasing trend of leukemia caused by hair dyes, so the medical community has specifically named it hair dye leukemia to alert people to it.

There are also reports in Chinese medical journals about hair dyes causing leukemia, skin cancer, and bladder cancer. Harbin No. 1 Hospital admitted 6 patients (5 women and 1 man) who developed leukemia due to frequent hair dyeing; the Hematology Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital found that many middle-aged and elderly leukemia patients had a history of hair dyeing.

Some imported hair dyes also contain lead acetate, which contains 5 to 10 times the amount of lead in household paints and pigments. Once lead enters the human body, it is difficult to be excreted, causing cumulative poisoning, resulting in a series of lead poisoning symptoms such as dizziness, headache, fatigue, numbness of the limbs, cramping pain in the calves, abdominal pain, etc. It also enters the liver, kidneys and brain marrow, destroying the functions of these organs. In severe cases, lead can cause loss of labor.

How can we reduce the harm?

When dyeing your hair, it is best to apply some Vaseline on your scalp to protect it. When dyeing your hair, ask the technician to try not to let the hair dye products come into contact with the scalp and neck skin. If you accidentally get hair dye on your hair, rinse it off immediately with water. Of course, do not dye your hair when there is a wound on your scalp, so as to avoid the chemical substances in the hair dye entering the blood through the wound and causing harm to your health.

After dyeing your hair, be sure to wash it several times after two days to prevent any dye from remaining in your hair. Remember to rinse your hair with running water, and be especially careful not to scratch your scalp with your fingers to prevent hair dye from entering the body's blood circulation.

I advise you all to enhance your self-protection awareness and dye your hair less often for beauty purposes. You should weigh the pros and cons and not harm your health. In particular, people with allergies and blood diseases should not dye their hair. Pregnant women and breastfeeding women should also not dye their hair to avoid endangering the next generation.