HAIR DYE TIED TO BLADDER CANCER RISK

A new study suggests women who regularly use permanent hair dyes have an increased risk for bladder cancer. Hairstylists who work with such chemicals may also be affected. Researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles report that women who use the dyes at least once a month for one year or longer double their risk for bladder cancer. More frequent users of 15 or more years may have triple the risk. The study, which is published in the International Journal of Cancer, looked at 1,514 bladder cancer patients in Los Angeles. Previous studies have shown that chemicals in hair dyes known as arylamines caused cancer in experimental animals. The body normally eliminates these chemicals through urine with the bladder. Increased cancer risk was not found in semi-permanent or temporary hair color, which rinses out after a series of shampoos. Bladder cancer currently account for 6 percent of all new cancer cases in men and 2 percent of all new cancer cases in women.

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I don't know about you, but I plan to continue dying my hair until I have a beautiful head of solid white hair like Sue. She doesn't need to dye her hair, she looks lovely the way she is, but if I don't dye mine, I will will look like Mrs. Munster with a huge white streak. For those hair dying die hards like I am, do you have any hair dying tips?

First Haircoloring Lesson
Basically, Haircoloring is done to achieve many different results. It can give dull hair a shine, fine hair some body, cover grey to give a more youthful appearance, perk up blah looking hair, change a look and an attitude making yourself feel better. This is all when it is done right.

Haircolor done wrong can make you cry, make you sorry, make you broke, and in some cases, make you bald. It can transform a person who may have not been happy with themselves to a person who, unless enjoys looking like Chuckles the clown, make that person withdraw from people because of how they look. Think I'm lying? Women's hair is THE single most thing that they worry about and is noticed by others. Wanna have some laughs on a day off? Go park outside of a busy salon and people watch. The airport ain't got NUTHIN on the show out of a salon. Look at people's faces, watch how they walk out, with a bounce in their step, happy with their new look? Or, with a hat pulled down to their knees sobbing uncontrollably.

When deciding on haircolor, first determine what exactly is the effect you're trying to achieve. Secondly, look at your skin tone and be realistic as to what color you want to go for. Ladies.. There are some women who are just NOT meant to be blonde. Think carefully and realistically at how you will look as a blonde. When in doubt? Take the time to go into a place that sells wigs and try on the color you are thinking about. LOOK at yourself in the mirror and be honest as to how you look. Take note of other's reactions when you put that wig on. Rolling eyes, mouths wide opened, giggles by passer bys is NOT the reaction you want.

When you find a color you think you will like and will give you the look you are trying to achieve, the next thing you need to think about is, maintenance. Is this going to be a one-shot deal or are you going to be able to afford to keep the look? Will you be able to maintain the new growth and keep the color even or will you walk around looking like you either haven't washed your hair in months or try to convince people the striped look is what you were going for? Don't just think about "today", think about your hair tomorrow and how it will look and how you will keep it that way.

That's today's preliminary on haircoloring. I will do my best to cover things from grey hair to bleaching hair, otherwise known as "hair today, gone tomorrow" when non-professionals throw that potent mixture on their hair.

More men than ever are coloring their hair whether to cover the grey or to have that surfer boy blonde look. If your wife/girlfriend is the one that usually does your hair, let them read this to possibly prevent you from looking like Count Dracula or a clone of the Backstreet Boys on a bad day.