Meowx
21-08-15, 13:04
I went to the hair salon yesterday to get blonde highlights. But after doing the highlights, they put toner (hair dye) all over my scalp, properly massaged it into my scalp for 5 minutes, then washed it out. They hadn't done an allergy test because highlights don't touch the scalp, so I assumed they couldn't be putting actual hair dye on me. I assumed toner must be some kind of special shampoo. But as soon as they used it, I could smell the toxic hair dye chemicals and feel my scalp burning and itchy. As she was massaging the 5000 carcinogenic chemicals into my scalp, the stylist told me the toner was hair colour. I googled toner and found out it is the same as hair dye in terms of chemicals and you need to have an allergy test before using it.
I am SO angry and feeling really frustrated/scared/worried/depressed. I try so hard to avoid any carcinogenic chemicals, and they just throw a load on me without telling me. I spent last night anxiously researching hair dye chemicals and reading scientific articles, and found out that hair chemicals have been linked to lymphoma/bladder cancer/leukaemia, and an estimated 20% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in women is due to hair dye. I am convinced that chemicals in hair dye are NOT safe and could trigger autoimmune diseases or cancer. It could take 25 years for the cancer to develop after using hair dye, but the risk is there. The chemicals in hair dye damage your DNA and that replicates over time, spreading the damaged DNA throughout your body. Unfortunately, my degree was in biological science, which makes my health anxiety all the much worse. I know the risk is probably small, and something may kill me before cancer from hair dye can kill me, but what if it doesn't? And I die a horrible cancer death from some idiot 25 years ago massaging hair dye into my already-delicate scalp without telling me.
My scalp itched so much after and still does. I already had lots of broken skin on my head as I suffer from seborrhoeic dermatitis. I now have lots of scabs on my head. My work colleague commented my forehead looked red and damaged, so it's not just me imagining it. The chemicals would have rapidly entered my bloodstream through the broken skin on my scalp. And my face and body itch too (although that could be anxiety and my Dermatographic urticaria). I also feel weirdly warm all over, but don't have a fever. I read that people still excrete hair chemicals in their urine 3 days after having their hair dyed. I hate the thought of that crap running around my body. I'm trying to drink water to flush it out.
This was the first time I've had colour done at the salon for almost 10 years - and every time before was only highlights, none of this "toner" business. I've done all-over box dye at home around 5 or 6 times, but stopped doing that as I didn't like the idea of the chemicals touching my scalp. For the last 4 years I've done my own highlights around once a year. But I thought this time I'd go to the salon and get highlights done professionally.... never again. What makes it worse is I have no idea what was actually in the stuff they used on my scalp. At least with box dye, the ingredients are all there and I've read that box hair dye is more tightly regulated than salon hair dye. I also read that salon hair dye is stronger and has more chemicals.
My main worries are:
1 - Cancer from the hair dye
2 - Autoimmune disease from the hair dye, which could lead to cancer or just a poor quality of life
I know I sound ridiculous to other people. My mum told me not to worry as it was only the once, and I've only dyed my hair all over my scalp less than 10 times in my life, the last time before this was 4 years ago with box dye.
I know that people dye their hair all the time and go to the salon all the time .... but people get diagnosed with cancer ALL THE TIME!
I don't want to be one of those people. I try so hard to avoid unhealthy things that other people flock to willingly. My worst fear is cancer, more so than death, I fear suffering from cancer (hospitals, treatment, chemotherapy, sickness).
I feel so angry at myself for going to the hair salon and allowing them to do this. I am normally so cautious, but I just wrongly assumed they were professionals and wouldn't put hair dye on someone's scalp unless they'd had an allergy test. When I last had hair dye at the salon, I was around 15 years old, and the salon I went to always insisted on allergy tests even though I had highlights which didn't touch the scalp. I've never had this "toner" thing massaged into my hair and scalp before, I was not expecting it. I feel so stupid for not researching it properly.
I can't concentrate on anything else, I feel sick at the thought of what I may have done to my body. And my hair looked better before my natural shade. I just wish I'd never gone to the bloody salon :doh:
Mostly, I feel depressed. There are so many things in life I don't do because I don't want to get cancer: I don't smoke, I don't even drink alcohol socially any more, I never drink fizzy drinks, I barely ever eat fast food any more, I avoid eating/drinking from plastic where possible, I refuse X-Rays and medical scans unless medically essential, I don't take any pharmaceutical medications even when it could make my life better e.g. I refused antibiotics and hormonal pills for acne and medication for IBS, I avoid using the microwave, I don't fly on airplanes (because of the solar radiation) more than once a year and where possible will convince family/friends to go on holiday somewhere with a shorter flight duration... I'd love to do some of these things, but I don't, because I don't wanna get cancer. This may help you understand how utterly mad and frustrated I am that someone smothered my scalp in 5000 carcinogenic chemicals. :(
I am SO angry and feeling really frustrated/scared/worried/depressed. I try so hard to avoid any carcinogenic chemicals, and they just throw a load on me without telling me. I spent last night anxiously researching hair dye chemicals and reading scientific articles, and found out that hair chemicals have been linked to lymphoma/bladder cancer/leukaemia, and an estimated 20% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in women is due to hair dye. I am convinced that chemicals in hair dye are NOT safe and could trigger autoimmune diseases or cancer. It could take 25 years for the cancer to develop after using hair dye, but the risk is there. The chemicals in hair dye damage your DNA and that replicates over time, spreading the damaged DNA throughout your body. Unfortunately, my degree was in biological science, which makes my health anxiety all the much worse. I know the risk is probably small, and something may kill me before cancer from hair dye can kill me, but what if it doesn't? And I die a horrible cancer death from some idiot 25 years ago massaging hair dye into my already-delicate scalp without telling me.
My scalp itched so much after and still does. I already had lots of broken skin on my head as I suffer from seborrhoeic dermatitis. I now have lots of scabs on my head. My work colleague commented my forehead looked red and damaged, so it's not just me imagining it. The chemicals would have rapidly entered my bloodstream through the broken skin on my scalp. And my face and body itch too (although that could be anxiety and my Dermatographic urticaria). I also feel weirdly warm all over, but don't have a fever. I read that people still excrete hair chemicals in their urine 3 days after having their hair dyed. I hate the thought of that crap running around my body. I'm trying to drink water to flush it out.
This was the first time I've had colour done at the salon for almost 10 years - and every time before was only highlights, none of this "toner" business. I've done all-over box dye at home around 5 or 6 times, but stopped doing that as I didn't like the idea of the chemicals touching my scalp. For the last 4 years I've done my own highlights around once a year. But I thought this time I'd go to the salon and get highlights done professionally.... never again. What makes it worse is I have no idea what was actually in the stuff they used on my scalp. At least with box dye, the ingredients are all there and I've read that box hair dye is more tightly regulated than salon hair dye. I also read that salon hair dye is stronger and has more chemicals.
My main worries are:
1 - Cancer from the hair dye
2 - Autoimmune disease from the hair dye, which could lead to cancer or just a poor quality of life
I know I sound ridiculous to other people. My mum told me not to worry as it was only the once, and I've only dyed my hair all over my scalp less than 10 times in my life, the last time before this was 4 years ago with box dye.
I know that people dye their hair all the time and go to the salon all the time .... but people get diagnosed with cancer ALL THE TIME!
I don't want to be one of those people. I try so hard to avoid unhealthy things that other people flock to willingly. My worst fear is cancer, more so than death, I fear suffering from cancer (hospitals, treatment, chemotherapy, sickness).
I feel so angry at myself for going to the hair salon and allowing them to do this. I am normally so cautious, but I just wrongly assumed they were professionals and wouldn't put hair dye on someone's scalp unless they'd had an allergy test. When I last had hair dye at the salon, I was around 15 years old, and the salon I went to always insisted on allergy tests even though I had highlights which didn't touch the scalp. I've never had this "toner" thing massaged into my hair and scalp before, I was not expecting it. I feel so stupid for not researching it properly.
I can't concentrate on anything else, I feel sick at the thought of what I may have done to my body. And my hair looked better before my natural shade. I just wish I'd never gone to the bloody salon :doh:
Mostly, I feel depressed. There are so many things in life I don't do because I don't want to get cancer: I don't smoke, I don't even drink alcohol socially any more, I never drink fizzy drinks, I barely ever eat fast food any more, I avoid eating/drinking from plastic where possible, I refuse X-Rays and medical scans unless medically essential, I don't take any pharmaceutical medications even when it could make my life better e.g. I refused antibiotics and hormonal pills for acne and medication for IBS, I avoid using the microwave, I don't fly on airplanes (because of the solar radiation) more than once a year and where possible will convince family/friends to go on holiday somewhere with a shorter flight duration... I'd love to do some of these things, but I don't, because I don't wanna get cancer. This may help you understand how utterly mad and frustrated I am that someone smothered my scalp in 5000 carcinogenic chemicals. :(