Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-17 Thread C H
Regarding hair dyes: If you dye your hair at home, try using it for a shorter amount of time than what is suggested on the box. I think they normally suggest something like 20 or 25 minutes on the roots and another 5 or 10 minutes all over. I do a 5 minutes on the roots and 5 minutes all

Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-14 Thread Rowena
When I was in Brazil and a few other South American countries you could tell which people used the henna, when in the sun the hair looked purple. Purple, eh? Why not, I've seen orange and red and green done on purpose. Reminds me when my mother first went from using henna (took an age, and had

CSRe: FW: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-14 Thread Dan Nave
*Subject:* Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes When I was in Brazil and a few other South American countries you could tell which people used the henna, when in the sun the hair looked purple. Purple, eh? Why not, I've seen orange and red and green done on purpose. Reminds me when my mother first

Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-14 Thread GMetropulo
Are all natural hennas like light mountains color the gray product safe and true to color?

Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-14 Thread mborgert
FROM MY SCHOOL BOOKS HENNA IS SAFE TO USE ABOUT IT BEING TRUE TO COLOR IS DEBATABLE MARY -- Original message -- From: gmetrop...@aol.com Are all natural hennas like light mountains color the gray product safe and true to color? ---BeginMessage--- Are all

Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-13 Thread Rowena
Just goes to show - yesterday's science is today's fallacy. When I first started dying my hair, the wisdom was that semipermanent dyes caused cancer but the permanent ones didn't. So I have been dying my hair for 25 years. If it's any comfort, my mother died last September at the age of 99

Re: CSSister has cancer - Hair Dyes

2006-10-13 Thread mborgert
No, I have no information on that, but my mom who was a hairdresser in her 20's heard the same about permanent dyes and cancer. She is now 94 never dyed her hair. I am in my 60's I do not have much in the way of gray hair so I use semipermanent dye. Only wish I knew the truth, I still wonder