Hair coloring: Alert!

Having your hair dyed has been a common practice for some time.. Artistes, athletes and even simple characters indulge in this style, ignoring the risks they will face.

Better known as tint, Hair coloring takes on a worrying scale in Benin society. Indeed, the dyes used in the manufacture of these products contain a large number of chemicals that can endanger the life of those people who without any reason engage in this practice.

On leave for a few days, Nadine O., student in first class in a college in Cotonou decided to put some dyes in her hair, history of changing style. "I wanted to change the look of my hair. I've never done this but I like to see which ones do. It is easy to get noticed ", she confided. To believe it, only those who usually do are exposed to the dangers. "It's when you do it repeatedly that you put yourself in danger. I'm just going to spend the holidays with it and as soon as I resume I bleach my hair ".

Besides Nadine, other young people are passionate about color. This is the case with Géraldo V. young aspiring artist. "It's a style that I like and which changes my personality" he admits while indicating that "an artist must stand out from other people in society.. I have chosen for two years to always have myself tinted. Because it has no impact on human health. ".

Around sixty, Martin A., retired engineer thinks that it is the sociological changes which impose these practices on the youth. "We all know that dyes are made from a number of chemicals and our hair is made up of cells that can be damaged.". The sixty-year-old thus shows his indignation at a harmless practice that endangers the young guard in search of extravagance.

Side effects associated with hair coloring

The composition of cosmetics is more and more followed and their components criticized. According to specialists, in the beginning, thanks to the coloring, the hair takes a real boost, " but very fast, damage to the inside of the hair fiber is reflected on the surface ". The latter let it be known that chemical coloring has the annoying habit of attacking anything that protects the hair and that could prevent it from entering it to carry out its mission..

A few months ago to stop the bleeding,  the French National Health Security Agency has sounded the alarm on the repercussions of hair color on the health of hairstyles. Which further proves that it is a practice to be avoided.

Firmin KASSAGA