Hair dye - the silent 'killer'?

People who often dye their hair often complain of joint pain, mainly pain in small and medium joints such as the hands, elbows, knees, and ankles.

Hair dyed golden blonde or bright copper or chestnut shows fashion and impression on young people or dyeing silver hair black helps older people become more confident and youthful. However, hair beautification can also leave certain harmful effects...

Effects of hair dye on the motor system

People who often dye their hair often complain of joint pain, mainly pain in small and medium joints such as the joints of the hands, elbows, knees, and ankles. Symptoms of joint pain are often accompanied by skin manifestations such as itchy scalp, itchy hands, blisters, swollen face and hands, redness, itching, yellow discharge, and hair loss.

The reason is that hair dyes contain paraphenylenediamine (PPD). 2/3 of hair dyes today contain paraphenylenediamine, including many hair straightening and dyeing products that contain PPD above the permitted level.

What’s worse is that the joints become swollen and painful, making it difficult for the patient to walk. According to a new study by Swedish scientists, women who dye their hair regularly for 20 years or more are twice as likely to develop chronic arthritis as those who do not dye their hair.

In addition, hair dye can cause systemic sclerosis, a joint disease that causes the skin of the face, hands, and even the whole body to harden and thicken, causing the patient to lose the ability to express emotions on the face, and have cardiovascular, kidney, and joint symptoms... Another joint disease that can also occur is systemic lupus erythematosus.

Symptoms of joint pain and swelling can also be symptoms of some incurable diseases, the result of prolonged poisoning from hair dyes. First is the appearance of some types of cancer in people who use hair dyes.

Experiments show that paraphenylenediamine, if it gets on the face or scalp while dyeing hair, can cause skin cancer and breast cancer. Hair dyes also increase the risk of bladder cancer, blood cancer, brain tumors, meningitis, and auditory nerve tumors.

It is believed that substances in hair dye can penetrate the scalp and enter the bloodstream, causing leukemia or lymphoma. The cancer rate in women who use hair dye is 50% higher than those who do not use this drug. Women who use hair dye regularly are 2-3 times more likely to develop bladder cancer than those who do not.

Advice for women who regularly straighten, dye, and curl their hair

Hair dyeing is a necessary beauty need but should not be abused because hair dye has many harmful effects on hair and health. Only dye when necessary. People with allergic conditions such as hives, atopic dermatitis, asthma, eczema, food allergies, drugs... need to be very careful when using hair dye.

Never reuse any drugs that you know for sure or suspect to cause allergies. Test the drug before dyeing. Only use dye products with reputable origins.

Before dyeing, test a small area on the inside of your arm and wait for 1 hour before dyeing your hair. Avoid letting the dye touch the roots of your hair. It is best to dye your hair every 3-6 months.

According to SKDS