I saw a young lady patient of 35 who always had used the same very popular permanent hair dye for years . She came onto my unit with partial thickness burns to her scalp with large painful weeping blisters . She said she had done a patch test . We had to completely shave her head then clean it thoroughly to prevent infection then put a specialist cream on the scalp . The texture was like the crinkly spinach served with Chinese meals , I thought . Black or very dark hair dyes are the worst . The colour difficult to grow out if you have white hair because of the two tone contrast effect . I use an ammonia / hydrogen peroxide free Daniel Field water colour ( the real one) very infrequently (every 3 months) to blend in with my greying , used to be strawberry blond hair so no roots . Very sensitive skin with psoriasis but this has been fine but you never know . If I got an allergy to it would simply stop using it . It only colours white hair . They give advice if you contact them apparently . My former hairdresser friend suggested Ash Blonde in this colour and I mix in just a tiny bit of soft golden blonde it works for me anyway . Am not sure if this is right but I often see older people with very dark dyed hair who have very much thinning hair and I think that could be due to using strong permanent dyes for many years . White hair actually can look beautiful.
Support and friendship for those whose lives have been affected by estrangement.
Unexpected opportunity to have a few days break next week and would love some recommendations
