Hair color

[Bakerc]

Has any heard that you should not get your hair colored when you have PBC? Or that getting your hair colored can cause PBC? I read this somewhere and was just wondering.

[Hidden]

I read that too. I believe that more people including men would have it if that was the case. You have to still live and be happy and comfortable. You can cheat and have a piece of cake and have an off day and cheat with certain foods that we should be avoiding if you're choosing a healthy diet. But really you should be asking your doctor. The only thing that I don't cheat with is liquor and I still haven't had a big fat piece of double chocolate cake yet. But it's only been since late January for me.

[Bakerc in reply to Hidden]

I know for sure to ask my Dr. Thank you for responding. Hope you doing well today.

[Hidden in reply to Bakerc]

Be happy and do what you can to feel beautiful. I did read the hair color can be a factor. I will see me Dr. Tomorrow at the Mayo Clinic. I will ask him too I also have to ask him about getting a hep A and hep B vaccine. Thank you for your post. I have been doing chemical treatments to my hair for many years. I also went to beauty school and worked in a salon and a nail salon many, many years ago.

[Bakerc in reply to Hidden]

Hope all goes well at your Appt. Can you keep me updated what they say about the vaccines and hair color. Thanks

[Hidden in reply to Bakerc]

Certainly and if you can think of anymore questions please let me know and I will ask him.

[Bakerc in reply to Hidden]

Sure wiil. Thank you

[4pjx__ in reply to Hidden]

Jennyhadenough, can you let us know what he says about the hair color please ?

[Hidden in reply to 4pjx__]

Yes of course. There's henna that can be used. Here's the thing with henna. You can't have any other service in yur hair or you will lose it. That means henna has to be used on virgin hair. At our age nothing is virgin anymore. Lol. Ha ha. But back to a serious note. There's hair stains but you can only go from light to dark can't go from dark to light and color won't lift color.

[PBCTracy in reply to Hidden]

Do you have a update on the hair color?Thanks!

[Bakerc in reply to PBCTracy]

I do not. I have not been to my follow up yet. I go the 28th

[PBCTracy in reply to Bakerc]

Do you have a update?Thanks!Grey hairs are driving me nuts.

[Angel_b in reply to PBCTracy]

I've dyed my hair several times since diagnosis. I think if there was any known risks to the liver there would be warning messages on the products. I always feel it makes me feel better when I get it done.

[PBCTracy]

My Husband and I were having this conversation a few days ago when I bought some Hair Dye.Looking forward to some responses to this.

[badpiglet]

I remember reading about hair dye ages ago and what I remember is that it's very specific chemicals in certain hair dyes (not all) that may be a problem and adversely affect the liver. But the occasional hair dye cheers me up & gives me a boost - provided I get the colour right!

Nail varnish can also cause problems - my mum was allergic to it and it took years to discover that nail varnish was the cause of streaming eyes and headaches, made worse because she wore glasses and her painted nails were frequently going up to her face to touch & adjust the glasses.

[Shulsey]

Im a licensed cosmetologist & honestly think this is nuts!! We do read a lot of things that are "off" about this disease. But, I have heard that there is a link with some chemicals in automotive paint & body work materials that can effect things. Back in my early twenties I, myself done auto body paint & body work. I've only ever met one person with this disease & the one thing we had in common was auto body work. Strange isn't it. I was actually in a cosmetology academy when I was diagnosed. But I had had it for awhile before hand because I was at stage 2. This will certainly be a interesting find. Looking forward to hearing what the Dr say.

[Ohio82 in reply to Shulsey]

The thing we have to be careful about is that everything goes through our liver - all those chemicals. If you do some research some dyes are ok. Also think about hi-lights. There are also some polishes that ok. It's decisions we have to make.

[PBCTracy in reply to Shulsey]

Have you ever used Henna Hair Dye before?

[Shulsey in reply to PBCTracy]

No, I haven't. I'd like to check it out though.

[Sammie7]

I do think that this a last resort explanation for PBC in that it mainly effects females so hair dye, nail varnish are easy to appropriate to causing it. Millions of females dye their hair and use nail varnish without any side effects.

[emerich in reply to Sammie7]

It seems to be one of many possible contributing factors. I read a survey had shown that 50% of women with pbc had regularly used hair dye,personally I wonder about potters clay dust or glaze powder, which I was in contact with for many years at work. It does seem to be a strong theory that some kind of environmental toxin might be a trigger, along with the genetic factor, and some kind of infection.

[Missboro]

I've never heard of it. I've been dying my hair for a few years and it hasn't caused me any more problems. I was diagnosed with PBC a long time before I started dying it. Would be interested to know if there's any truth in it.

[Shulsey]

Along with acrylic nails, or gel nails. There are SO MANY possibilities of what can cause it or what can't

[Hidden]

You will read all sorts, but I think the truth is they don't know what the trigger is for PBC. ( if anyone has heard differently I would love to know) And if it were hair dye how would the reasearch stack up when there will be people with PBC whom have never used it. ..

I read only yesterday that a childhood tonsillectomy and smoking were the triggers. I was diagnosed 8 years ago and have read: hair dye, nail varnish, smoking, the water, strong chemicals, female hormones, a retro virus, and urine infections.

I personally over the last eight years have thought all of them were the cause of my PBC at some point. But the experts don't know the cause so I still use hair dye I always ask myself if I stopped using/doing it , would it cure my PBC.

The only thing I stopped was smoking, as advised by my consultant, she said it can speed up the progression (or that's what she told me maybe to scare me into quitting and it worked ) I've not smoked since that day.

[Bakerc in reply to Hidden]

Congratulations on not smoking. That is awsome!!

[martinap]

I liked this article on haircolouring and liver disease with some recommendations for which brands of dye when you have liver disease and why

liversupport.com/hair-color...

[Hidden in reply to martinap]

Interesting article thank you for posting.

[PBCTracy in reply to martinap]

Very interesting!

[Pamela4475]

I just had mine done... never heard of it but have not asked..... I know there was a possible link between magenta color and bladder cancer but never heard of liver issues

[Bakerc in reply to Pamela4475]

Thank you all for responding. I think i will still get mine done.

[CoCoMcD]

I've never dyed my hair and here I am. Lol. Hope that helps somehow