http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/10-drugstore-shampoos-you-shouldnt-buy-even-if-theyre-on-sale-527242/
So I came across this article the other day and thought it was worth sharing, not really the part about what works and what doesn't, but because of the clip about Pantene, and how it made someone have weird breakouts on their arms.
This doesn't surprise me at all.
A couple of years ago, I started to have headaches, and by headaches, I mean really, really serious headaches, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, really fun stuff ... And I had never had headaches before, this was definitely out of the norm. Anyway, I got the idea that it was my shampoo (Pantene), because it was worst a couple of hours after I washed my hair, differences in whether I washed my hair at night or in the morning, and when I used conditioner, it was even worse.
I changed to Dove, and my headaches stopped for a couple of days! Then they got even worse. I looked it up online and found this list of chemicals in bathroom products which cause problems for people, and I switched to a shampoo and conditioner which did not contain them (all natural), and my headaches went away and have (for the most part) not been back since.
In addition, my skin started to get very rough, dry, cracked, and red on my hands, and unhealthy seeming on my face, so I switched all my soap to non anti bacterial gentler soap, and, again, no problems to the present day.
Oh, the for the most part on the headaches is this: MSG can set it off, but only in relatively high doses. Three servings of non organic fruit (only certain ones, like peaches and strawberries) can set me off, and whenever they put that stuff on the road (or wherever ... ), magnesium chloride, especially in summer, when they put it on dirt roads to keep the dust down, it really, really makes me sick. As far as I know, I'm fine if it is not too recently applied, though.
Is this relevant to the majority of the population? Probably not. I just thought that, if someone else was having serious headache problems, well, maybe you'd want to look at these as potential causes. A lot of people probably are not sensitive to chemicals, in which case, no problem! But if you have been having, well, they sound like they were migrane type headaches from the description I have gotten of migranes, you might want to look at this.
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Hello, my name is Ashley and I work for Pantene Consumer Care, and I am so glad I came across this post! I noticed that you mentioned you began to have headaches after using our shampoo, and that is certainly not anything we would expect. Our products are thoroughly evaluated to be safe when used as directed, and we wouldn't expect the results you described. We would like to make a report for our Health & Safety team, so please give us a phone call at 1.800.945.7768 between the hours of 8am – 6pm EST.
ReplyDeleteThx, Ashley
Sure but I'd like to tell you it's not only Pantene ... It's any non organic shampoo that I've tried.
ReplyDeleteNice post. I have experienced severe migrane problem and i recently found that everyone in my family had started to suffer from the same. Hope I would try some natural shampoos rather than organic shampoos.
ReplyDeleteNice sharing.
Cool, I'd be interested to know how it works out.
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