Colouring/hair chemical agents-haidresser occupational hazard

[shootingstar]

Really, I don't think I want to colour my hair:

Already I've had 2 highly experienced hairdressers over the years, working as hair stylists for over 15-20 yrs.

The colouring, perming and straightening chemical agents are toxic to their health. Just had my haircut and blow dry a few days ago. My hairdresser says that if the salon door is closed, the colouring agent fumes have affected her sinuses so much that she is affected by the end of day. There is a hair stylist working less than 5 ft. away whose primary job is hair colouring and bleaching jobs.

It's awful.

For the sake of other people's health, I now don't want to colour my hair. (Not that I want to nor have done so in the past. I've had 2 hair perms in my life. That's it. It turned my black hair slightly brown.) Then there is the health impact effect on myself, especially if i want to go drastic, ie. blonde ..ie. that would take a powerful chemical agent to achieve this. Also did some searching around on PubMed database, U.S. National Institutes' of Medicine database. There's nothing conclusive that stuff is safe over many years of hair colouring use.

I'm sorry to be a fashion de-bubbler. Just to meet and know someone who is physically sick from daily exposure to hair chemical agents, is sad.