Hair Coloring, Causes Cancer

Beautiful hair color change can be an added value on appearance. But be careful with custom hair coloring. The latest research says, the chemicals in hair dyes could trigger various health problems, including cancer.

Assistant Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Manuela Gago Dominguez said, someone who used permanent hair dyes at least once a month for a year or more the risk of developing cancer . The study found that hair dye, dark colors, especially the shooting lymphoma cancer risk non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and bladder cancer.

"The dark color of hair dye, the hair dye content of the arylamines are also more and more," Dominguez said of the USC News, Tuesday (25/08/2009). "The cancer risk increased according to the frequency to dye his hair. The reason is, arylamine more that enters your body system," he added.

Arylamines are substances in hair dyes that can color. Dominguez explained that although this substance is not harmful to the fetus, but pregnant women should avoid permanent hair dyes, especially in the first three months.

In a small study of women who color their hair since 1980, found that the use of dark permanent dyes for more than 25 years could increase the risk of lymphoma cancer non-Hodgkin twice.

Besides increasing the risk of cancer, the study also found that hair coloring can cause allergic reactions and asthma attacks.