Chemical Damage From Hair Colouring: Recommended Treatments

Hair has always been a social symbol of beauty, health, femininity, and masculinity throughout history. Since today’s society is highly focused on youthfulness, maintaining the colour of one’s hair is now crucial. Essentially, grey or white hair is associated with old age. People then resort to dyeing their hair to project a younger look.¹

This contributes to why the use of hair dyes is prevalent in modern societies and remained constant over the past decades. Currently, hair dye is commonly used by millions of people and can be performed by professionals or as a popular cosmetic routine at home.² In the United States alone, there is an estimation of around 50-80% of women and 10% of men older than 40 who use hair dye.

However, because hair dyes use chemicals to alter your hair, they may cause significant damage to the hair fibre structure.³

The perils of hair dye

However, because of the chemicals used to change the hair colour and how the scalp absorbs these chemicals, hair dyeing products can cause various adverse effects. The longer the chemical lingers in the scalp, the higher the chances of side effects.

This is because hair dyes, especially permanent ones, will contain an ingredient known as phenylenediamine that can cause contact dermatitis with severe itching of the scalp.

While it is true that permanent hair dyes have a higher chance of causing hair damage, it does not mean that the other types of dyes do not carry that risk. Semi-permanent hair dyes can still irritate the scalp and cause allergic symptoms.

Regardless of their type, long-term contact of hair dyes with the scalp may lead to contact dermatitis, which can cause telogen effluvium, another common type of hair loss.

Treatments to damage caused by hair dyes

While a hair transplant surgery isn’t typically the first line of therapy for those suffering from hair damage, especially if it affects the scalp, Dr Angeline can provide a thorough analysis of your scalp condition and evaluate if a hair transplant is suitable in your case.

Some of the known treatments that can deal with unwanted effects due to hair dye include:

Low-level laser therapy

Low-level laser therapy is a hair loss treatment that focuses light energy to kickstart a biological reaction and trigger hair regrowth. The low level-lasers are aimed towards the patient’s head and patients usually describe the treatment to have a warm and tingling sensation that feels almost painless.

The laser penetrates deep into the skin layer, where it will then be absorbed by the cells to start the process of cellular repair, leading to hair growth.

This treatment is suitable for those who suffer from hair loss due to the chemicals from hair dyes.

Microneedling

Also known as collagen induction therapy, it involves repetitive skin puncturing with sterilised microneedles. It relies on physical trauma, where the needle penetration will induce dermis regeneration.⁴

The needles then penetrate the outer layer of the skin to create tiny holes with minimal damage. This then generates growth factors to stimulate collagen and elastin production at the deepest part of the outer skin layer. This helps heal wounds faster, suitable for damage done to the scalp.⁴

Overall, while all of them are efficient treatments for hair loss and scalp damage, combination treatments are better because they show a reasonable increase in hair count, compared to using a single treatment.⁵

HydraFacial Keravive Scalp Health Treatment

HydraFacial Keravive contains a proprietary serum that targets scalp and follicle health. It is specifically made to cleanse, provide hydration, stimulate and give the scalp nourishment; resulting in thicker and healthier-looking hair.

Benefits of the serum include:

Exfoliating dandruff and any excess build-up
Stimulating blood vessels and microcirculation
Strengthening the skin barrier of the scalp
Enhancing other hair restoration treatment
Hydrating and nourishing scalp and hair follicles
Cleanses scalp and hair to remove dead skin cells, dirt and oil.

This scalp treatment comes in three steps, two performed in-office and one to be performed at home daily.

Step 1 (in-office): Cleansing and exfoliating the scalp with a relaxing, painless suction. This helps remove oil, dirt and dead skin, cleanse hair follicles and improving scalp circulation.

Step 2 (in-office): Stimulate and nourish the scalp with Keravive Peptide Complex Solution, which boasts a blend of 5 growth factors and 2 skin proteins.

Step 3 (at-home): Extending and enhancing hair follicle stimulation and nourishment through daily use of a take-home Keravive Complex Spray. This helps give ongoing benefits between in-office treatments.

For best results, patients should go for the Keravive scalp treatment at least once a month for 3 months consecutively. They should also use the Keravive Complex Spray regularly.

Don’t endanger your health for the sake of beauty

While it is true that hair dyes are aesthetically pleasing, it does not come without its risks. It’s also best to stop using hair dyes completely if your hair starts to show any adverse side effects after usage.

At Angeline Yong Dermatology, we offer a huge range of medical, surgical, and cosmetic options to help with your hair, skin and nail problems. As an acclaimed dermatologist in Singapore who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of a range of conditions, Dr. Angeline Yong is well-equipped to accurately diagnose and advise your next best steps, whether it be a mole check or pigmentation problem.

Depending on your preference, lifestyle, and the root cause of the issue, she will then come up with a customised solution just for you. Contact us to learn more about our FUE hair transplant cost or book an appointment today.

References

Saitta, P., Cook, C. E., Messina, J. L., Brancaccio, R., Wu, B. C., Grekin, S. K., & Holland, J. (2013). Is there a true concern regarding the use of hair dye and malignancy development?: a review of the epidemiological evidence relating personal hair dye use to the risk of malignancy. The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 6(1), 39–46.

Narayana, S., Krishnaswamy, B., & Patel, D. (2013). Trends in use of hair dye: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Trichology, 5(3), 140. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.125610

da França, S., Dario, M., Esteves, V., Baby, A., & Velasco, M. (2015). Types of hair dye and their mechanisms of action. Cosmetics, 2(2), 110–126. https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics2020110

Iriarte, C., Awosika, O., Rengifo-Pardo, M., & Ehrlich, A. (2017). Review of applications of microneedling in dermatology. Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 10, 289–298. https://doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S142450

Zhou, Y., Chen, C., Qu, Q., Zhang, C., Wang, J., Fan, Z., Miao, Y., & Hu, Z. (2020). The effectiveness of combination therapies for Androgenetic Alopecia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Dermatologic Therapy, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/dth.13741

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Chemical Damage From Hair Colouring: Recommended Treatments