Hair-raising issues of hairdressers

Hair dressers are an unhappy lot because nearly 50 percent of the clan is found battling chronic skin disease, which signals a dry patch in their careers.// A new study has claimed that nearly 50,000 hair stylists are suffering dermatitis, triggered by constant use of chemicals, soaps and shampoos ...

Fight against HIV taken up by Zimbabwe's Hairdressers

Zimbabwean hairdressers are the latest to join the fight against HIV with their services of counseling and giving out condoms to their clients.// They have been recruited as part of an innovative program to reduce HIV infection, with a ￡20m grant from the British government. This donation is expe...

America's Beauty Show Challenges Toxic Salons

...logical, are not feasible. Moreover, there is substantial and long standing evidence on a wide range of toxic effects in salon workers, particularly hairdressers and beauty stylists. These include nausea, sleep disorders, fatigue, and numbness and pain in the fingers. They also include allergic dermatitis, a...

Dermatitis Can Have Many Causes

...gy (ACAAI) in Seattle. "Allergic contact dermatitis of the hands is very common among certain occupations. This includes health-care professionals, hairdressers and cosmetologists, woodworkers, machinists, and chemical workers," Dr. James. S. Taylor, director of the Section of Industrial Dermatology at the Cle...

Know the Warning Signs of Stroke

...ther challenge. Kleindorfer has been exploring different venues for education, even local beauty shops. Her research team taught stroke symptoms to hairdressers in African-American-run salons in Cincinnati and Atlanta who, in turn, talked to their clients about stroke. Before-and-after measurements showed a si...

Now-Banned Hair Dyes Linked to Bladder Cancer

... WEDNESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- hairdressers and barbers who used now-banned hair dyes that had...stent, risk of bladder cancer was reported in male hairdressers and barbers. Because of few supporting findings by...genicity and reaffirmed occupational exposures of hairdressers and barbers as 'probably carcinogenic' to humans,"...

Tis' the Season to be Jolly ... and Stress-Free: Survey Reveals Women's Stress Levels During the Holidays

... realistic, practical and inspiring approach to the holidays. -- Start Getting Organized! Create a file of gift recipients. From teachers and hairdressers to friends and family, file each recipient into a category and add what gift they received this year. Next year, it will facilitate the gift-...

AAAAI: Asthma on the Job

... powdered natural rubber latex gloves -- Workers manufacturing plastics, rubbers or foam products -- Bakers and pastry makers -- Cosmetologists and hairdressers -- Housekeepers and janitors -- Workers handling two part adhesives or paints -- Textile and carpet workers -- Animal handlers, veterinarians and ...

World Cup Fans go for Patriotic Hairstyles

... German hairdressers are doing roaring trade this World Cup with young men demanding "patriotic" hairstyles in the country's black-red-gold colours // . "Guys only dar...

Stress Can Cause Hair loss at 16

...d oiliness. Trichology and trichological referral is an integral part of the services offered by the hairdressing professionals in the West. If hairdressers are the artists who create beautiful hairstyles then trichologists could be seen as the best "art supply store" for those who feel their hair quality ...