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 Lexi on November 9, 2013 at 10:28pm

Thanks, Michelle.  Yes, allergic reaction to the hair dye that you used. Not also saying the same outcome from using another brand/type of hair color.  Glad you found YOUR answer.  I don't wish hair loss of any kind on anyone, trust me.  I am sure there are many causes of hair loss from simple (did I say simple?) as stress which can cause a million  things, hair loss to heart attacks, we all know. Auto-immune, hair pulling, hereditary, the list goes on, and most of us don't get any answer as to what caused it. Some get full regrowth, only to again lose it all, and some keep regrowth.  Let's end this thread.  You can believe what you will.  If that was YOUR experience, so be it.  Millions of people have colored their hair for years and years, decades and decades, and experience NO hair loss.   Glad your hair has come back.  Hope it stays. 

Comment by Cupid on November 9, 2013 at 11:39pm

@Lexi: Are you a professional hair dresser?  

Comment by Lexi on November 10, 2013 at 8:41pm

Why would I be?  Just my opinions.

Comment by Cupid on November 11, 2013 at 4:12pm

@Wise: I actually did get AA few years back when I was absolutely stressed out from life changing experience.  Now AA is caused by our immune system going hay wired so it doesn't have to happen to others it is only when certain genes like our who is capable of having AA then will occur with outside influences.  So my point is that, this time it wasn't stress it was the hair dye that caused it for me.  And since I'm susceptible to having AA any little external factors, in this case hair dye, can cause my AA to reoccur.  Others who are experiencing this need to know that HAIR DYE can cause AA and can't be ignored!  In your case something else caused your AA but that doesnt rule out the FACT that hair dye is dangerous to some with AA susceptibility.  

Comment by Cupid on November 11, 2013 at 4:13pm

@Lexi: I have a strong feeling you work for something related to Hair Salon or hair products.  Otherwise you wouldn't be so defensive.  It's psychology 101.

Comment by Cupid on November 11, 2013 at 4:19pm

Since no one has died from using hair dye not much research has been done on hair dye causing AA.  Remember the history in which X-Ray was first invented and the scientist kept getting skin rashes but didn't know why and kept using X-ray on himself and his family then it was too late they all ended with cancer. That's when the FDA stepped in to announce to the world X-ray is dangerous with radiation but hair dye only causes AA to those who susceptible so it' kept underneath the rug.  WAKE UP PEOPLE HAIR DYE WILL CAUSE AA! 

Comment by Amy-Rose on November 11, 2013 at 6:54pm
Hair dye won't ever cause AA, but it could very well be a trigger for some people. There is still no direct knowledge as to why people develop Alopecia, but it is all to do with our Immune System and bodily functions.

I believe mine personally was triggered by a number of things including a bad accident, and my bodys inability to absorb calcium. I suffered a very mild form of Areata for 6 years, only to have it all fall out after I got a contraceptive injection. Then the whole lot fell out straight after. Doctors and Derms will all deny it, but things like this can trigger Alopecia for those that have poor immunity as the body cannot cope.
Comment by michelle on November 11, 2013 at 8:37pm

I wasn't going to respond to this thread anymore but THANK YOU LEXI!.......

Comment by Lexi on November 11, 2013 at 8:43pm

Stupid Cupid, 101.  You are such the genius.  Hair dye may have triggered what you deem Alopecia. Many things trigger it.  But doesn't cause it.  Give this stupid topic a rest.  I work in a salon?  Are you joking?  Get over yourself.  Glad your hair loss is better.  If you are allergic to hair dye, that is your issue.  Sorry for your luck.  Can you eat peanuts?  I can, too. Some people cannot.  That is not to say that peanuts cause  Anaphylaxis.  Get over yourself Sherlock.

Comment by Lexi on November 11, 2013 at 8:44pm

Michelle, me neither!!!  I just can't help myself!!  I am not a mean spirited mean hearted person.  Never have been, but this is soooooo annoying to me.  I am becoming sarcastic.  My apologies.

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