Is it really safe to use plant-based natural hair dyes?

Hair dye is a wide range of hair coloring agents, especially in recent years, many consumers are enthusiastic about some of the so-called plant-based natural hair dyes, so these plant-based hair dyes rely on it?

Types of hair dyes

1, plant-based, using substances extracted from the flowers, stems and leaves of plants to dye.

2. Metallic, with metallic raw materials, deposited on the surface of the hair shaft, showing a duller metallic color.

3, oxidizing agent, this is the mainstream market products. Usually this kind of hair coloring products made of A, B two tubes, A tube is mainly dye intermediates, B tube is mainly oxidizing agent, the two at the same time penetrate into the hair coupled to a large molecule, it is difficult to wash off.

Main Hazards

The commonly used dye intermediates are p-phenylenediamine and aminophenol, and p-phenylenediamine is the most commonly used, which is the most concerned about the safety hazards of hair coloring products, therefore, some hair coloring products are specially marked on the product labels to emphasize their safety. P-phenylenediamine free? on the labels of some hair coloring products to emphasize their safety. In fact, only p-phenylenediamine is most commonly used, even if it does not contain p-phenylenediamine, but also contains other coupling agents. Most of them are phenols, amines and other substances, as well as safety hazards. The above information is taken from the website of the General Administration of Pharmaceutical Control.

Is it safe if it's purely plant-based?

Not all plant ingredients are safe. Some are highly toxic. In particular, there are some herbs that are banned from being used in cosmetics. So pure natural certainly does not equal safe. A lot of the market? Botanical hair dyes? are mostly traditional hair dyes under the guise of botanical ingredients.

Products and regulation

The national level has gradually paid attention to the quality of hair dyes, and constantly conduct sampling. Since the beginning of this year, the General Administration of Pharmaceutical Supervision has been strengthening market supervision, notice of unqualified products, to give consumers a warning.

In addition, relevant laws and regulations are also being established to regulate the market. By the Beijing Municipal Institute of Pharmaceutical Inspection of the organization to write the "hair coloring products toxicology technical specifications" is currently being established, including the evaluation of cosmetic genotoxicity, hair coloring products toxicology and absorption of the human body, the human body to use the safety coefficient and other content. It is believed that in the near future, only the hair dye that is really safe for people will be left, and those hair dyes with invisible toxicity will be gradually withdrawn from the market.

Reminding friends, do not just listen to advertisements when buying, but carefully check the product's production license number, health license number, approval number of special-purpose cosmetics and product implementation standard number.

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