'我差不多要死了': 使用染髮用品後女性的頭脹如'燈膽'

'我差不多要死了': 使用染髮用品後女性的頭脹如'燈膽'

‘I almost died’: Woman’s head swells into ‘lightbulb’ after using hair dye

A 19-year-old woman says she just narrowly escaped death after her head swelled “like a light bulb” because of an allergic reaction to a substance found in 90 percent of DIY hair-dying products.

Estelle, an English student from Paris, had wanted to carry out the simple transition from blonde to brunette and had bought a common hair dying product from the supermarket so she could do it herself.

But the hair makeover appears to have gone drastically wrong as she she said she had an allergic reaction to paraphenylenediamine (PPD), a chemical commonly used within the DIY dye.

At first, Estelle felt a sudden itch on her scalp a couple of hours after she applied the color on Friday two weeks ago. After seeking help from a pharmacist she was given a stack of antihistamines and a cream.

By Sunday morning, however, the top of her head had swollen to an abnormal size.

“I was struggling to breathe,”Estelle told French newspaper Le Parisien.

“My forehead had doubled in volume. My head was like a light bulb.”

When her tongue started swelling too, she was rushed to hospital, where the circumference of her head had topped 63cm. The average is 56.

The bloated-face woman was then immediately cared for and was able to return home after taking corticosteroids and antihistamines.

But her head only carried on swelling. “I had the impression of being in a jar,” Estelle said.

Then her condition started to deteriorate. Her tongue swelled, her heart started pacing and her breathing became difficult.

https://www.rt.com/news/445273-woman-head-hair-dye/