By: Kassie Kuehl

This is a fact:  Just because a person does not seem to have a reaction after using or smelling an ammonia-based hair color product several times, does not guarantee that cross-sensitization might not occur after the next usage. In fact, it might not occur until the 25th time the product is used.  The average customer is in contact with hair color ammonia about every 4-6 weeks; however, hair stylists have daily contact–leading to accumulative bouts of headaches, loss of appetite, and fatigue due to the ammoniated smells

According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, ammonia is listed as a hazardous substance that has related negative health effects.  Nearly all professional and “box” hair color contain ammonia.  If a color line claims to be a “non-ammonia base,” the product most likely contains its “silent scented,” even more toxic friend ethanolamine. Read the rest of this entry »