Teenage girl looks like alien after hair dye causes severe allergic reaction

[yufeyziqi]

A terrible story.


The link:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770



Be wary with what you put on your hair!

[TheSpottedCow]

Holy cr@p.
I think they're totally lieing about the patch test thing though.

[akurah]

Holy cr@p.
I think they're totally lieing about the patch test thing though.

I don't. It's more than possible to do a patch test and be fine, then the next contact you have with PPD it nearly kills you.

PPD is a nasty allergen and you can use it for years with no problems then WHAMMO, you're in bad shape.

[lil_irish_angel]

do you really think a patch test was done

[Lixie]

Oh goodness, how horrible. Okay.. I don't know much about it (and am not blaming the victim), but is it possible that her being so young made her more susceptible to an allergic reaction?

[Anje]

Yeesh.

Of course, for many allergies, it's not the first exposure that gets you, but a subsequent one. (Not necessarily what happened here, though.) The first exposure just causes you to create memory B cells for the specific antigen, then a few weeks down the line when you're exposed again, you get a huge IgE reaction.

[coppercurls]

Patch test or not, that is horrible.

[AJoifulNoise]

Eek! That's downright scary!

[naomimcc]

First off...that is terrible.
Second...what a terrible headline.... Total sensationalism and just downright mean.

[Katze]

PPD builds up in the system, so that people who have dyed for years can suddenly have a reaction:

http://www.hennatribe.com/ppd.php

Poor girl. I've seen some similar reactions from PPD 'black henna' - this chemical should really never touch skin. And those who dye dark with chemical dyes should be warned...