The dangers of hair perming

In recent years more and more people perm hair, perm hair has also become a symbol of the pursuit of fashion, personality and beauty, but the resulting health problems are also increasing, so what are the dangers of perm hair in the end?

Allergy

The perm in the potion easy to make the human body allergic reaction, light itchy contact parts, redness, blisters, rash, and even the whole face and body, serious anaphylaxis. Therefore, people who have allergies need to pay more attention.

Lead poisoning

Hair perming can cause chronic lead and copper poisoning, resulting in dizziness, headache, tiredness, numbness of the limbs, spasmodic pain in the legs, abdominal pain and other symptoms of poisoning.

Absorption of toxic substances

Ammonia and sulfites used in hot perms are toxic substances, and long-term overuse can cause asphyxiation and loss of visceral function, while the main component of cold perms is thioglycolic acid, perms often have an odor that is not easily washed away, in fact, this is the smell of thioglycolic acid-like substances in perms, it is very irritating to the scalp, prone to skin allergies, and even destroy the hematopoietic system and induce cancer.

Change hair quality

The alkaline ingredients and oxidation in the perm solution will cause damage to the scales on the surface of the hair, which is harmful to the hair, scalp and hair follicles, leaving the internal structure of the hair in an unprotected state and losing internal moisture and nutrients, while denaturing the keratin of the hair to a greater or lesser extent, making the hair prone to dullness and lack of luster.

Hair loss

The chronic stimulation of the perm agent will cause inflammation of the scalp and hair follicles, which will cause the atrophy of the hair follicles for a long time, and the hair will easily break off from the middle position, and the perm potion will easily block the hair follicles and cause direct damage to the scalp, resulting in a large amount of hair loss in a short period of time.

How to reduce the harm of perm

Do a skin test

Before perming hair must do a simple skin test, no allergies before you can start, so as not to directly use the curling agent caused by body allergies.

Control the number of perms

Perm frequency must be controlled, not too long, too often, perm hair twice a year at most, each interval as long as possible, at least 3 months interval, in order to reduce the number of perm agent damage to the hair and body.

Choose a good potion

Choose a potion that does less damage to the hair, and do regular care after perming, the hair will be less damaged.

Only perm the ends of your hair

As long as you don't perm the roots of your hair, you can choose to only perm the tips of your hair if you don't want your hair to be damaged.

Using curling tools

If you don't want to damage your hair and want to have the beauty of curly hair, you can try to use curling tools by yourself, and the best result is to use curling tools after washing your hair in a slightly wet state.

Don't try it if you don't want to perm your hair

Elderly patients suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease, asthma, couples preparing to get pregnant, pregnant women and nursing mothers, it is best not to perm their hair to avoid aggravating their condition, triggering asthma attacks and the occurrence of fetal malformations.