I have been turning gray since my early twenties. It must be hereditary since my grandfather was all gray at an early age. When I had just a few gray strands, I would literally “wash that gray away” with the product of the same name. It would cover the gray for about a week. As the years progressed, I became grayer and grayer. As I approached my late twenties, one of my clients remarked that my gray hair aged me. That was it for me.
The next week I made my first appointment to rid my dark brown hair of those ugly gray stands in my hair. This decision started a twenty year love/hate relationship with hair color. I yearned to stop coloring, but my gray hair was wiry and unattractive. At this point in my life, I am almost one hundred percent gray. When it is time to color, I look like a skunk with a silver band running down the middle of my hair line.
Have I been slowly Killing Myself?
The amount of chemicals that I was exposing my body to was horrendous. According to the National Cancer Institute, “[t]he evidence for increased risks of other cancers from hair dye use is limited and inconsistent.” See their article, “Hair Dyes and Cancer Risk, for further detail. Just to give you a little peek into the world of hair dyes, many products contain ammonia, parabens, resorcinol, toluene, and p-Phenylenediamine (PPD), which all received high hazard scores on the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database. All in the name of beauty.
(See here for health risk information regarding the exposure of high levels of ammonia, especially if you are a hairdresser. Just enter the word, “ammonia” in the search box.) Here at basin drive hair the safest and most effective natural colors are used. Number one organic salon in ft lauderdale area
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