For the sake of beauty....i ended up in the E.R.!!!

[HOTasFCUK]

What a disaster!!! So yesterday i went for my monthly facial/microdermabrasion at 11 am and then at 5:30, i went to do my hair. The last time i got it done was in December and my very dark roots looked
bad (my hair is blondish/brown) so i said let's do the same thing but more blonde. So the hairdresser puts bleach on my roots first and then we were going to do the toner or colour on the rest of the head. Only we didn't get that far because after she rinsed out my hair (i was in so much pain from the burning of the bleach!) and she began to blow-dry it, i started feeling sick and she freaked out when she saw my face! It was blood red and i had white rings around my eyes. My face was burning like hell and i was shaking! So i got some fresh air and water but it didn't help so my parents came to get me and my mom took me to the E.R. incase it was an allergic reaction! My head was pulsing so bad and it felt tight! My whole hairline was numb, all the blood had rushed to my face, and i felt like fainting! Uggghhh i had to go out in public with that bleached hair (roots only!!!) and everyone was staring at the hospital! My face was all red and splotchy and i had a rash on my arms! Finally, i saw a doctor after 3 hours but by then only my head hurt and face was normal again! All he said was your scalp is burnt and take Benedryll. Oh, and don't dye it again for at least another week!!!

Geeee thanks!!!! All that for a 1 minute conversation with a doctor! My head is all scabby now and it feel like i've been badly sunburned!!! I refuse to go out in public with this hair and i look albino or like a lightbulb! My boyfriend came to the hospital and i told him Valentine's Day is cancelled LOL and he's off the hook from taking me out!

So basically i just had a strong reaction to the bleach because of my facial & my hairdresser freaked when i told after that i had one done earlier that day! All the pressure from my head from the burning bleach moved to my face and caused all the heat, redness, burning, and swelling!

Anybody have similar beauty horror stories. I feel like an idiot, i should've just dyed it to my natural colour. I don't know what to do!!! In a week should i just make it blonde again (with a gentle dye) or just go back to dark hair, which is want i want now and don't know if they could dye it back to dark over bleached hair??!! Sorry for this long story.....but we are all about beauty here and here's a story of my big hair mistake hehehehe!

 

[Willa]

Last october I had a similar story
I went to a salon where you can have a student hairdresser, supervised. So, I thought I would be ok, since the professor would be there to check if everything was alright.

Basicaly, she dyed my hair to a dark brown, and didnt use any vaseline around my face to prevent any mess. I asked here why and she said that she wouldnt stain my face, and that if anyway she did, she would remove it with a great product they had.

I then told her the I was very allergic to any perm stuff (had a reaction before) and if it was that product, to be carefull NOT to use it on me. She said no, and that they only use good stuff.

Went to the sink, to rinse everything off (never got any eye check by the professor btw) and then I smelled the classic ''rotten egg'' stuff... I strongly reacted saying ''are you using perm stuff on my face???'' And she replyied yes, but that they only use good products, so that I shouldnt be stressed with it.

I was upset!
I mean... I asked you not to do it, and you do!
And then, she started rubbing my face to remove any product left. Hey girl, DON'T rub, you're letting it enter my skin!

It was too late...
I went home with great hair, but woke up the next day with a bloated face, rash all around. I was M-A-D! 3 days after, I had to go to the hospital because my left eye couldnt open anymore. They gave me benadryll but let me tell you : it doesnt work on me. It only made it worst.

I went back to the salon because on the phone, the owner wouldnt listen to me. The employee who was there was terrified when she saw me, and what about the customers... espescially the lady who had her hair dyed...

The owner never called me back, and she said to me that it was my fault, that I should never go to a school salon bla bla bla.

 

[MACATTAK]

My horror story is definitely not as bad as the both of yours, but it was horrible to me at the time. I had gone to get my highlights retouched like I had done so many times before. I went to the same salon as I had gone to so many times before. I got a different lady & obviously she did not know what she was doing. She left the bleach in my hair for too long & when she was blowdrying my hair, I noticed a lot was coming out on the brush. She said nothing, so I figured it would be okay. I paid her and tipped her too

The next time I styled my hair, my hair just kept coming out in big clumps. I called the salon & asked them when I could expect my hair to stop falling out, and they replied, "It should stop soon." My hair was sooo damaged, it was bad. I hate causing trouble, so I never spoke to the manager, but I should have. There have been a lot of instances where I should have spoken up, but I didn't. I need to have a bolder/bitchier attitude. Needless to say it took a long time to get my hair into shape after that.

 

[Willa]

I'm going to post a picture tonight
It was bbbbbaaaaaaaaaddddd
I scared a little girl at the store

She used so much perm stuff that my hair line was actually permed!!! And it smelled for weeks...

 

[gigglegirl]

OMG both of you, I'm so sorry to hear about that. Yikes!

To hotasfcuk, I'd say go back to a dark colour (which from what I read is more natural for you?!) then its easier to upkeep (I got highlights in my hair and they were awesome at first, but then I couldn't afford to spend so much every few months to touch it up). So I keep mine a natural dark brownish colour.

I hope you feel better, gosh that totally sucks!

 

[VDUB*BELLA]

Yikesssssssssssss
Hotasfcuk; have you called the salon to tell them what happened? They HAVE to fix it for you... FREE ofcourse!

 

[MAC_Whore]

Ouch!

I had a scalp burn/reaction from a dye about a couple of weeks ago. Niiiiice forehead rash, itchy scalp, swollen lymph nodes. I have found a new hairdresser.

 

[GreekChick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willa Last october I had a similar story I went to a salon where you can have a student hairdresser, supervised. So, I thought I would be ok, since the professor would be there to check if everything was alright. Basicaly, she dyed my hair to a dark brown, and didnt use any vaseline around my face to prevent any mess. I asked here why and she said that she wouldnt stain my face, and that if anyway she did, she would remove it with a great product they had. I then told her the I was very allergic to any perm stuff (had a reaction before) and if it was that product, to be carefull NOT to use it on me. She said no, and that they only use good stuff. Went to the sink, to rinse everything off (never got any eye check by the professor btw) and then I smelled the classic ''rotten egg'' stuff... I strongly reacted saying ''are you using perm stuff on my face???'' And she replyied yes, but that they only use good products, so that I shouldnt be stressed with it. I was upset! I mean... I asked you not to do it, and you do! And then, she started rubbing my face to remove any product left. Hey girl, DON'T rub, you're letting it enter my skin! It was too late... I went home with great hair, but woke up the next day with a bloated face, rash all around. I was M-A-D! 3 days after, I had to go to the hospital because my left eye couldnt open anymore. They gave me benadryll but let me tell you : it doesnt work on me. It only made it worst. I went back to the salon because on the phone, the owner wouldnt listen to me. The employee who was there was terrified when she saw me, and what about the customers... espescially the lady who had her hair dyed... The owner never called me back, and she said to me that it was my fault, that I should never go to a school salon bla bla bla.

Hey Willa, which salon in Mtl is that?

 

[Willa]

It's on Ontario, near Berri
Called Smarty's

Edit : I removed the pics because of some jerks who stole my pictures to make fun of me online... bunch of crap people.

I didnt scratch, because I knew it would have spredded...
But I was dying for it, it was sooooo itchy!!!

 

[MACATTAK]

^^ You poor thing!!

 

[s0damnbeautiful]

"Uggghhh i had to go out in public with that bleached hair (roots only!!!) and everyone was staring at the hospital! "

hahaha i'm sorry to laugh at your pain, because i hate that this happened, but this was just too funny. so much pain you're going to the ER and somewhere in the back of your head you're like "omg only roots are bleached" hahahaha. ok i'm sorry for laughing.

I'd go back to dark ... bleach is sooooooo nasty (not looking, just for your hair) and dark hair is much easier to keep. if you want some sort of blonde, go for highlights!

and it's never EVER necessary to bleach your hair, no matter what a stylist tells you. My hair was dyed black for 3 years, and I got mine from black to *almost* blonde w/ no bleach at all. good luck!

 

[purrtykitty]

Ohhhh, that really is awful...I don't really have any horror stories, just memories, and unfortunately photos, of hairstyles and colors gone wrong (read: two years of bleaching my hair beach-blonde with an at-home kit.)

 

[Xqueeze_me]

Can't they be sued for negligence and ignoring what customers tell them what they're allergic to, etc? Some people are so ignorant and foolish. :/

 

[k.a.t]

^^^ that's what im saying, and them saying it was your fault that's just wrong.

i HATE going to hair salons, i get so scared that my hair's gonna get f***** up, so i cut it myself LOL it looks good, i know what im doing lol

Last time i went i wanted a dark, natural brown on my hair (my natural hair is black) and they gave me chestnut/ginger hair ¬¬

 

[k.a.t]

oh yh iam NEVER bleaching my hair again... i love my black hair now lol

 

[HOTasFCUK]

Hey!!! The hairdresser didn't even want to bleach my hair that blonde but i kept insisting so it is my fault! I talked to my bf's friend last night who is a hairdresser and he said its my fault for being so insisting and not letting her know about my facial! Plus, me and my parents have been going to her for a couple years and she does really great work but i guess the open pores on my faces made it really bad!! I'm going to gradually go darker and i never want to see blonde on me again! I look like those pics of Amy Winehouse with that nasty yellow bleachy hair!!! LOL i even went out in public last night & i really want to go to the mall to check out the new Fafi collection but maybe i'll just order online in the privacy of my home hehehe


And of course i will be going back in a few days to re-do it. My parents saw her last night and she said she's ordering me some really gentle non-peroxide colour. I can't wait to get it done! I was going to go out with a scarf over my head yesterday but i looked like a gypsy & once i put lots of make-up on, it wasn't as bad! I'll let you guys know when i get new colour and we'll see what happens!!!

 

[gigglegirl]

Definitely order Fafi soon, eek I saw on the Cdn site the nail polishes are already sold out. My bad for hesitating i guess...

 

[HOTasFCUK]

Willa i just clicked on your pics!!! WOW that's bad!!! My entire face was that colour but it went away after 2 hours! I will NEVER bleach my hair again!!!! I'm scared to even wash & blow-dry it right now out of fear of pain!

I'm laughing about it now....i always do crazy shit! My boyfriend said just dye it dark (but in December he wanted blonde!) but of course i did the opposite! He was sweet to come to the hospital and joked that we'll be laughing about this 50 years from now! I just want to go shopping so bad right now!!!!

 

[Willa]

At the hospital they told me that if it ever happen again (having perm stuff on my face or hair) it will be worst.

The first time it happened I just thought it was a bad reaction due to the fact that the hairdresser forgot to rinse it with shampoo, but I guess I am really allergic. And that's why I told the student not to use it on me (to prevent).

Anyway
I think I have a bad hairdressing karma
It seems I just can't find any salon that fits...

 

[s0damnbeautiful]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willa At the hospital they told me that if it ever happen again (having perm stuff on my face or hair) it will be worst. The first time it happened I just thought it was a bad reaction due to the fact that the hairdresser forgot to rinse it with shampoo, but I guess I am really allergic. And that's why I told the student not to use it on me (to prevent). Anyway I think I have a bad hairdressing karma It seems I just can't find any salon that fits...

Allergy to paraphenylenediamine

Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is a chemical substance that is widely used as a permanent hair dye. It may also been found in textile or fur dyes, dark coloured cosmetics, temporary tattoos, photographic developer and lithography plates, photocopying and printing inks, black rubber, oils, greases and gasoline.
The use of PPD as a hair dye is popular because it is a permanent dye that gives a natural look. Hair can also be shampooed without becoming decoloured and perming to achieve waves or curls can be done without difficulty. PPD hair dyes usually come packaged as 2 bottles, one containing the PPD dye preparation and the other containing the developer or oxidizer. PPD is a colourless substance that requires oxygen for it to become coloured. It is this intermediate, partially oxidised state that may cause allergy in sensitive individuals. Fully oxidized PPD is not a sensitiser thus individuals with PPD allergy can wear wigs or fur coats dyed with PPD safely.

Paraphenylenediamine & hair dye contact allergy. DermNet NZ

Something to look into ... it's a scary thought!