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applegrove

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1. I died my hair for 20 years till i was 43 or so. I went prematurely grey

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:43 AM

Jan 2020

and my hair was so dark that people used to point out i had a grey hair when i didn't dye it. I read somewhere hairdresses who worked with dark permanent dyes often got cancer. So after such a long time i went grey. Love it.

Funny story: i once died my hair with a black blue colour. It was so not me. There was an emergency 1-800 clarol telephone number for emergencies. They asked me a few questions and told me which colour dye to use to get back to normal very dark brown. It worked like a charm.

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Hair Dyes & Straighteners Linked To Higher Cancer Risk, Esp. For Black Women; New Study [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2020 OP

I died my hair for 20 years till i was 43 or so. I went prematurely grey applegrove Jan 2020 #1

Good for you, More women are going natural, this has to be appalachiablue Jan 2020 #2

My grandparents both went prematurely grey and that was before WW2 happened. applegrove Jan 2020 #3

My late mother died her hair for years CountAllVotes Jan 2020 #4

I have read for many years lymphoma too With dark color hair dye the biggest risk lunasun Jan 2020 #5

Concurs with what I just looked at as well. Many of the reports appalachiablue Jan 2020 #6