It took a testimony to discover a much larger reality. After the terrible story of Parisian Estelle, 19, disfigured because of a hair color containing paraphenylenediamine (PPD), the comments of young women victims of the same effects keep flocking to our Facebook page.
Many of them have agreed to tell us about their mishap, which fortunately ends well every time.
Sabrina: "I put on sunglbades to hide myself"
Sabrina, 33, thought she could trust the "bio" range of her hair color brand. "For me, it was safe," she says. Rebadured by this label, the young woman does not perform the test yet recommended before applying its color. "I made it on Saturday around 17 hours. The first itching appeared in the night and continued on Sunday, "she says.
Worried by swelling on her face, Sabrina goes to the emergency room on Monday. "They just gave me cortisone," she regretted. Cantinière in a high school and high school, she does not go to work for a week. "I did not want to scare students. To pick up my children or go shopping I put on sunglbades to hide myself, "she says.