Final Thursday in October

Without realising, October is already coming to an end. Ooooo... Why must it past too quickly? With October ending, it means that the end of the year is approaching real soon. Before we know it, 2011 will make it exit right before our own eyes. Why is everything happening so fast? Oooopsss....

There's still a a few things on my Wishlist that is yet to be accomplish. At times I felt that there's so many things to do but with so little time left for the day.

On my previous entry, I wrote about hair dye which leads to death. Majority of the article was an excerpt taken from an online article which I've included the link before extracting the news. Thinking about it totally freaks me out. Reminiscing about the past, how I get involved in hair colouring. My obsession to get my desired colour that never work out to my expection. How frustrated it is.

I continue coloring my hair to get to the result as appear on the colour chart. I repeatedly do so & the end result is as expected; my hair is damaged.. What worst would it be if the hair get damaged... Every girl dream to have a perfect hair, long, smooth & thick. But when my hair get damaged, my level of confidence drop as days goes by.  Hoping that my hair will be back to it's healthy state one day.

That's it... I'm running out of idea. Shall end this entry for now. Till the next time. Adios peeps!

If you are feeling happy inside, it will outshine on the outside. Think positive. ♥♥A smile is all it takes to cheer up the day. Keep smiling :) ♥♥

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Hair Dye That Leads To Death

Here's something to share because I feel the need to share about this news. This is about the recent news regarding a teenager who died after dying her hair. This totally freak me out. Why? I have a habit of changing my hair colour quite often. Although this year I only dyed my hair twice, I recalled back on the previous years whereby I frequently change my hair colour once in every few months per year.

It ever happened whereby I ever dyed my hair in a time difference of just "one month". It's "DIY" hair colouring that I've done previously, all this while except for once that I chose to have my hair dyed at a salon but the end result of colouring is totally disappointing. The stylist doesn't seems to have the skills to colour the hair evenly. There's a patch where the hair is not properly coloured. Of course this caused a frustration to me! The money spent is totally wasted...

But 4 months later, I bought a "DIY" hair colouring product & dyed my hair at the comfort of "my home". FYI, the " (quotation mark) simply means that I don't have my own house eventually. Obviously it's not my home. Ahaha... With the help from the people at home, I managed to get an evenly coloured hair. Atleast it's cheaper than the one done at the hair salon. The most importantly, the result is satisfying rather than the one mentioned previously.

it's the "PPD" ingredients in the hair dye product that can cause death & severe illness, etc... I'm not aware of this hazardous chemical found but one thing for sure, the next time I'm going to get my hair colour, I'll look out for this hazardous chemical before purchasing it.

Here's some facts collected from the web:

WHAT TO  LOOK OUT FOR:

The bad ingredient responsible for many people who are suffering near death experiences from hair dye is: Phenylenediamine (PPD) its present in over 2/3 of chemical hair dyes, and is known to be toxic to the immune system, skin, nervous system, respiratory system, liver and kidneys. It is the most toxic chemical in hair dyes. It is a substance used in rubber chemicals, photo developer, oil, gasoline, ink, textile dyes, dark cosmetics and hair dye. The European Union classifies it as a toxin and irritant that is dangerous in the environment. In Canada, its use in cosmetics is restricted and it was banned in France, Germany and Sweden. PPD is a neurotoxin and is even used in anti-freeze.

PPD might also be called any of these names:

Paraphenylenediamine	Para-aminoaniline (p-aminoaniline)
PPD	PPDA
1,4-Benzenediamine	Orsin™
1,4-Penylenediamine	Ursol™ D
Rodol™ D	Paradiaminobenzene

****this is not just for store bought boxed color, this is in certain salon brand hair color as well! (see info below about Hair Stylists and Cancer levels)

And it causes Cancer: Laboratory experiments have shown that PPD damages the DNA of human cells. Accumulated DNA damage leads to cancer.

DANGERS FOR HAIR STYLISTS: 
Hair stylists who color hair at work do have higher cancer levels. Studies have shown that hair stylists have higher rates of skin allergies, asthma and breast cancer, so the risks for stylists are real.
• Hairstylists and barbers with just one year or more occupational exposure to permanent hair dyes were 50% more likely to have bladder cancer than those who did not. This increased to five times — 500% — more with 10 years of professional exposure.

HAIR COLOR AND CANCER: 
The Scientific Committee for Cosmetic and Non-Food Products is fully aware of the dangers of PPD.

The National Cancer Institute also warned that PPD can increase various forms of cancer such as:

• non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Multiple myeloma
• Breast Cancer
• Leukemia
• Bladder Cancer

The University of Southern California just completed a study linking hair dye to bladder cancer:

• Women who used permanent self-administered hair dye at least once a month for a year or longer were twice as likely as women who did not use permanent hair dye to develop bladder cancer.

• Those women who used permanent dye monthly for 15 years or more were more than three times as likely to develop bladder cancer as non-dye users.

IT MAY NOT KILL YOU BUT IT WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR THIN:
But did you know that certain ingredients are causing women and men to get thinner and thinner hair, and in some cases hair dye has even taken lives.
This is something that many big companies are not talking about, because this would put a major dent in their millions of dollars in sales and dark hair colors seem to be the most dangerous.

So what's a girl or guy who wants to dye their hair or cover their gray to do?

No worries, we just have to make sure what we're using or where we're going uses hair color without PPD.

Do a little research before you head to the store to buy hair color or before you head to the salon to get your hair colored- and remember to look for the other names PPD labeled as above.

Since sharing is caring, here it is. I'll include the links below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2051098/Does-YOUR-hair-dye-contain-chemical-feared-killed-woman.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Does YOUR hair dye contain the chemical feared to have killed this woman?

By LEAH HARDY
Created 9:22 PM on 19th October 2011

Tragedy: Tabatha McCourt collapsed 20 minutes after dying her hair and died in hospital

Like many teenagers, 17-year-old Tabatha McCourt loved to experiment with her hair colour. 

And when she decided to try a new darker shade one evening with friends, she assumed her home hair-dye was perfectly safe.

But within 20 minutes of applying the colour, she was screaming in agony. She then suffered what looked like a fit and collapsed ‘like a lifeless doll’.

Tabatha was rushed to hospital and later died. The exact cause of her death is not known, but medics are investigating whether it might have been due to a severe allergic reaction to a chemical used in 99 per cent of all hair-dyes: PPD or p-Phenylendiamine.

This chemical fixes dye permanently into the hair so it doesn’t wash out —  and it is causing increasing concern,  with some experts now calling for an outright ban.

In our quest for eternal youth and glamour, hair-dyes have become big business. Every year, we have more than 45 million salon treatments in the UK, while chemists and supermarkets sell at least 50 million boxes of hair colour.

But with this rise in demand comes an increase in the number of people prone to side-effects — some of them deadly. In January, Mariade Kelly, 29, ended up in a hospital high-dependency unit after suffering a severe reaction to PPD. She had decided to dye her hair black.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/10/20/hair-dye-allergy-suspected-in-teen-death/

Oct 20, 2011 2:52pm

Hair Dye Allergy Suspected In Teens Death

The death of a British teen who screamed in agony and collapsed moments after coloring her hair has put the spotlight on D-I-Y dye.

Seventeen-year-old Tabatha McCourt from Lanarkshire, England, died in hospital after what medics suspect was a severe allergic reaction to p-phenylenediamine, or PPD, a chemical found in permanent hair dye, theU.K.’s Daily Mail reported.

McCourt, a veteran dyer, began pulling her hair and vomiting 20 minutes after applying the color at a friend’s house, according to the story.

PPD allergies usually cause itchy, red and swollen skin on and around the scalp. But in very rare cases, even a small exposure can cause anaphylaxis, or death.

“Severe acute allergic reactions like this are very rare but not impossible” said Dr. Darrell Rigel, a clinical professor of dermatology at NYU Langone Medical Center. “If it happens, the first thing to do is take an antihistamine. And then get to an emergency room right away.”

Anaphylaxis is caused by a massive release of histamine – the same chemical that brings on hives. An overload of histamine causes blood vessels to dilate causing a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Anaphylaxis is also marked by confusion, difficulty breathing and swelling of the eyes and face.

The Daily Mail also described the case of 29-year-old Mariade Kelly, whose jet-black locks landed her in intensive care earlier this year.

“My eyelids had swelled completely shut, and I couldn’t see,” Kelly told reporters. “I was terrified.”

Although dye boxes come with allergy warnings urging users to test the product on a small patch of skin first, many dye-hards skimp to save time. And for people with severe PPD allergies, the skin test alone could trigger a deadly reaction.

Even for routine dyers who have taken and passed the patch test, small changes in ingredients could trigger allergies to once-benign products. Rigel said cosmetic users should take note of minor reactions and go for an allergy test to avoid a more serious episode later on.

“Usually, the first exposure sensitizes you but doesn’t cause the severe reaction,” he said. “If you know you’re allergic to something, you can avoid it.”

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 Please meet Miriade Kelly, a 29 year mom, who just wanted to cover her grey hair like normal. She suffered an immediate reaction from her, Garnier hair dye:

'There was yellow pus oozing from my scalp and it had the most horrific smell of burning flesh. 

'I knew straightaway that was from the dye but at that point I didn't panic, I just took some anti-histamines and put some Sudocrem on my hairline, where it was starting to blister, before I went to sleep.'

'Both my eyes swelled up and the skin at the side of my earlobes was really swollen and itchy.

'The worst part was the awful pus that was still oozing from my head all the time. 

'We went to A&E and I was seen pretty quickly, but at that point, because the reaction was still relatively slight, I was sent home with some anti-histamines and told to keep an eye on it.' 

3 hours later she had to return, this time being hospitalized for 3 days.

One of the doctors asked her if she had ever heard of the chemical PPD. 

An ingredient in many hair dyes, para-phenylenediamine (PPD) is a common allergen banned in many European countries. 

People can become allergic to it at any time, even if they have been exposed to it before without problems. 

For this reason, it was voted Allergen Of The Year in 2006 by the American Contact Dermatitis Society.

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That's the article that I felt a need to share to readers out there. Share this on with the rest so that they are aware about this. That's it for now. Till the next update.

P.S: My apologies for the lack of updates. Due to time constraint, I can't update as frequent as I used to. 

Cherio readers! Remember, a smile is all it takes to cheer up the day. Keep smiling ;)

Regards:
 ♥♥ Ms D'Lyte ♥♥

Hello October

Hello October! It's been a while since i last blog. I'm currently writing this using mobile while on a journey in a train. Been lazy & due to time constraint, I can't update any entry.

To any returning readers, welcome back! This is goina be a short update bcos it's impossible for me to blog using my mobile web. It will use up é battery power quickly.

It has been a tiring week for me. I'm upset over something that happened in my life. The regrets that I'm unable to achieve things that I need most in life for survival, etc... Frustrated here & there. But I tried & will continue to try my best to cheer up & put on a smile daily even if it hv to be my worst day.

I hv to end my post for now. Hope everyone is having a good day. Remember what I used to repeat: A smile is all it takes to cheer up é day. Keep smiling :)


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