My head turned into a football!

A young woman who fancied a new look was temporarily blinded and hospitalised for three days following a severe reaction to hair dye she bought in the supermarket.
Carmen Rowe's face swelled up 'like a football' after using the Clairol ‘Nice n’ Easy’ natural black colour that she bought at her local Asda. She was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea the following day after the swelling left her unable to see.

Yet the 25-year-old said she carried out a skin test 48 hours before using the dye without a problem and had been colouring her hair since she was 13-years-old.

Miss Rowe was eventually discharged after three days after the swelling was reduced with a combination of steroids and antibiotics. But she was then re-admitted another four times in the following month after developing sores and further swelling.

Doctors eventually diagnosed an allergic reaction to the Paraphenylenediamine in the dye.
Carmen, of Swansea, said: 'I woke up and my head was so swollen that I couldn’t see. I was blind.
Carmen bought the non ammonia ‘24 wash’ hair dye from Asda for £3.80. But she lost her job as a packer for a natural health products company because of the amount of time she took off following the incident over Christmas.


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