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Violent allergic reaction to hair dye

When dyeing hair you should do a test to rule out an allergic reaction.
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The main thing is the hair ...

That's why you should always test hair dyes on an inconspicuous spot: This woman published pictures of her violent allergic reaction to her new hair color!

It is so often on the packaging of cosmetic products: Test before the first use in an inconspicuous place on the skin. And why is that there? To prevent exactly what happened to the girlfriend of this Reddit user:

A few days ago, Reddit user "The Chosen Ginger" posted pictures of a friend of hers with the sentence "My girlfriend had a pretty funny allergic reaction to hair dye". But if the girlfriend found it so funny ...?

It started with a slight burning and itching, two days later, her face is then completely swollen. This swelling lasted for five days.

A Reddit user quite appropriately commented under the post: "Your girlfriend has turned into a 79-year-old Asian woman!" Well, she is half Cambodian, admits "The Chosen Ginger", but that she is white to the other half, you can hardly see.

Meanwhile, "The Chosen Ginger" has reported that her friend is feeling better and the swelling is gone. But she will surely test her cosmetics in the future ...

See here the incredible transformation of the girlfriend (below the picture you can click on):

So, my friend had a pretty ridiculous allergic reaction to hair dye ...

Incidentally, the friend had agreed to publish her pictures. But that she had expected so much attention, we do not believe ...

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