Spitfire
February 20th, 2024, 03:11 PM
Hello LHC! Hope you're all doing well! :flower:
I need some help. I've apparently developed an allergy (or, at least, discovered an allergy) to something in my hair, and I'm wondering if it may be castor oil. First, some background on the situation - about two weeks ago, I bought a new shampoo and conditioner. I ran out of my old stuff and they didn't have any more of it in stock, so I tried a brand I've never used before.
My reaction began about a day after my first use of the products, and my symptoms include red spots on my hands after sudsing the shampoo, throat mucus, and night time coughing/wheezing (probably because I got residue of it in my pillow cases which I'm in the process of washing as we speak). It's pretty bad, and it started right when I started using this stuff. I've changed nothing else in my routine, diet, etc - just the shampoo/conditioner. Has anyone else reported castor oil allergies with similar symptoms? Could it be something else in the products?
Here is a list of the ingredients:
Shampoo ingredients (excluding obvious ones like water, salt, alcohols, etc):
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide Mipa, Biotin, Panthenol, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Glycol Distearate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-44, Polyquaternium-7, Citric Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Gluconate, Decyl Glucoside, Polysorbate 20, Aminomethyl Propanol.
Conditioner ingredients (excluding obvious ones like water, salt, alcohols, etc):
Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Biotin, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Jojoba seed oil, Phytantriol, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Behentrimonium Chloride, Dicetyldimonium Chloride, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Diheptyl Succinate, Caprylol Glicerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
I've never used a product with castor oil on my hair before, and I've been reading ingredients for a very long time, so I'm almost certain I haven't used castor before (or at least, not that much of it). The castor oil is awfully high on the lists of ingredients.
I've never had an allergic reaction to any shampoo or conditioner before, so this is really weird. It's the only thing I've changed in the last month, and the allergic reaction started about a day after my first wash/condition with these products.
Is there anything else concerning in these ingredients? They're paraben free, SLS free, blah blah blah, but I did notice the fragrance is a little potent. I have had sensitivities to fragrance before, but never enough to call it an allergic reaction.
Any thoughts? :scared:
Thanks for reading. Be well,
Spitfire
I need some help. I've apparently developed an allergy (or, at least, discovered an allergy) to something in my hair, and I'm wondering if it may be castor oil. First, some background on the situation - about two weeks ago, I bought a new shampoo and conditioner. I ran out of my old stuff and they didn't have any more of it in stock, so I tried a brand I've never used before.
My reaction began about a day after my first use of the products, and my symptoms include red spots on my hands after sudsing the shampoo, throat mucus, and night time coughing/wheezing (probably because I got residue of it in my pillow cases which I'm in the process of washing as we speak). It's pretty bad, and it started right when I started using this stuff. I've changed nothing else in my routine, diet, etc - just the shampoo/conditioner. Has anyone else reported castor oil allergies with similar symptoms? Could it be something else in the products?
Here is a list of the ingredients:
Shampoo ingredients (excluding obvious ones like water, salt, alcohols, etc):
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide Mipa, Biotin, Panthenol, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Glycol Distearate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-44, Polyquaternium-7, Citric Acid, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Gluconate, Decyl Glucoside, Polysorbate 20, Aminomethyl Propanol.
Conditioner ingredients (excluding obvious ones like water, salt, alcohols, etc):
Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Biotin, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Jojoba seed oil, Phytantriol, Althaea Officinalis Root Extract, Fragrance (Parfum), Behentrimonium Chloride, Dicetyldimonium Chloride, Glycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Diheptyl Succinate, Caprylol Glicerin/Sebacic Acid Copolymer
I've never used a product with castor oil on my hair before, and I've been reading ingredients for a very long time, so I'm almost certain I haven't used castor before (or at least, not that much of it). The castor oil is awfully high on the lists of ingredients.
I've never had an allergic reaction to any shampoo or conditioner before, so this is really weird. It's the only thing I've changed in the last month, and the allergic reaction started about a day after my first wash/condition with these products.
Is there anything else concerning in these ingredients? They're paraben free, SLS free, blah blah blah, but I did notice the fragrance is a little potent. I have had sensitivities to fragrance before, but never enough to call it an allergic reaction.
Any thoughts? :scared:
Thanks for reading. Be well,
Spitfire