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DEBATE HAS LONG RAGED OVER WHICH HAIR DYE ingredients pose a health risk. If you want a dramatic color change or permanent coverage, avoiding all questionable ingredients is difficult. One of those questionable ingredients is p-phenylenediamine (PPD), found in many permanent hair colors. Mary Beth Janssen, a beauty consultant in Palatine, Ill., and author of Naturally Healthy Hair, says PPD is the cause of most allergic reactions to hair dye and that it has been linked to cancer.

New products with the promise to do what they are supposed to do without the risk of allergic reactions or other health related problems are available to people who find the chemicals in most highlighters and dye too harsh. Diaminobenzene, ammonia, p-Phenylenediamine and peroxide are chemicals that are still needed for the alternative permanent dyes to work but they are present in significantly smaller amounts

Organic Color Systems has permanent hair dyes and other products that are better than any of the ammonia containing hair dyes on the market. This line of products, which is devoid of displeasing side effects, is only available in professional styling salons. In addition to hair colors, Organic Color Systems’ line of products includes activators, lighteners and concentrates, as well as hair care products that are available only in salons that can be used to repair damage to hair that are compatible with the hair colors. A great advantage to using Organic Color Systems products is that you get healthy, gorgeous hair without damage, ammonia fumes, burning or itching, hot roots, brassing, banding, plastics, sulfates, parabens, animal testing or animal products.

Hair dyes and highlighting treatments don’t really need those chemicals that are harsh to work. For color that is short term, Vegetel and Naturcolor are good options that will not damage the hair and will last just a few washings.

One truly natural although temporary dye that has been around since Cleopatra herself is henna. Made from the powdered leaves of a desert shrub called Lawsonia, henna has been used for thousands of years to color hair and skin. Rainbow Henna makes a variety of 100 percent organic hair treatments ranging from blonde to black hair and everything in between. Meanwhile, Organic Color Systems offerss a complete organic line of products and hair coloring packages. While many such treatments are available at natural health and beauty supply retailers, others, such as those of Organic Color Systems, may be available only at salons.

Recent studies have given those worried about the traditional hair dyes they use new reasons to switch to less harsh alternatives. A 1994 National Cancer Institute report found that deep-colored dyes (like dark brown and black), when used over prolonged periods of time, seemed to increase the risk of cancers such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Meanwhile a 2001 study by the International Journal of Cancer found that people who use permanent hair dye are twice as likely to develop bladder cancer as those who go au naturel regarding hair color.

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