I discovered hair dye cause alopecia!

it all started a year ago with a bald spot and not knowing what caused it but I realized I was getting a rash on the side of my head but stubbornly I kept using it and then 4 more spots showed up!  I was horrified!  I didn't know what to do! I had to figure out what was causing it then I came up with a conclusion that I started using hair dye for a year and now it's causing this horrific side effects! To make long story short, I stopped using the chemical ridden hair dye such as Clairol and other commercial brand, I instead purchased the all natural hypoallergenic one and not it's been about 7 months I stopped using the stinking chemical hair dye and all the bald spots are back to normal with my hair!  I want to let everyone know that the FDA or whoever is in charge of making warning labels for hair dye is more than likely concealing the facts about hair dye causing hair loss all due to greed and making money off of consumers.  Imagine if they place that warning label as, "hair dye can cause hair loss!"  Who would buy it?  Please be careful and don't use the chemical hair dye and get the all natural ones if you must use hair dye at all.  

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Comment by Pam on November 20, 2013 at 12:20am

Since no one knows for sure what causes Alopecia of any kind, who's to say that it isn't hair dye? If you have found this to be the trigger for you, and are now recovering through removing this trigger, I am so happy for you......thank you for sharing your story Cupid! 

Comment by Cupid on November 20, 2013 at 12:42am

Hi Pam, I first had AA symptoms 6 years ago when I was tremendously stressed. I wasn't using hair dye then. I assumed it was stressed because after I was able to get rid of the problem that was causing the stress my circular bald spots grew back with hair but took about 6 months. This time around I first noticed the 1st bald spot last October and I had been using the hair dye for about 5 months then. I automatically assumed it was stress so I kept using the hair dye but more and more bald spots appeared! I even seen 3 doctors and they all never mentioned anything about the possibility of hair dye causing my hair loss. I researched online for the possibility that others might have mentioned hair dye as the cause and there was couple I found that they mentioned hair dye did cause some hair loss. So I piece the puzzles together. AA is an allergic reaction meaning our immune system is attacking our own cells. So anything that can cause allergic reaction can surly cause AA to happen. So if you read all the hair dye warning labels it will say that it can cause rashes. They of course never mentioned hair as one of symptoms. In my case it triggered AA since I am vulnerable in getting AA.  Of course for most people in here AA just happens without external stimuli and that's unfortunate.  But if there's a miniscule chance something outside is causing your hair loss then we should research it and share the info. If the label of the hair dye box had indicated that it could cause hair loss to some then it would've saved me many months of emotional pain and suffering. 

Comment by Shweetie on November 20, 2013 at 8:54am
Exactly!
Comment by Shweetie on November 20, 2013 at 9:10am
Cupid, what brand of hair dye did you switch to? I got some from the health food store. Crazy thing too is that I was getting an irritated scalp from my dye and read that beauticians add Sweet and Low to their concoctions sometimes and it keeps clients from having a reaction. That was almost two years ago that I added that to my routine. It worked but, Yikes, I'm surprised I haven't grown a third eye by now. Even if the hair dye isn't what's causing my "flare up", it's just not a healthy thing to be doing. Crazy chemicals. Your skin is your body's largest organ and we are slathering toxins all over it. I need to rethink this. LOL
Comment by Cupid on November 21, 2013 at 12:43pm

Hi Shweetie, the hair dye I'm using now is called "Henna". Have you heard of it? I have short hair so I only dye it about every 3 to 4 weeks. So far so good without any reactions like I got from other chemical infested brands such as Clairol. Most of my bald spots are gone except for one, the largest one, its still at 90%.  The best thing is no more new bald spots. This is why I know it was the previous hair dye that caused my AA.  Anyway, I have read about using sweet n low to minimize the reactions but isn't that ridiculous? We shouldn't be using anything that has to be altered with more chemical stuff, in this case Sweet n low. Please stay away from anything like that. I have also heard there's another brand that's also all natural but can't remember the name. I am happy with Henna so far so I'm sticking with it for now. 

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