McNeil isn’t the first to experience a hellacious reaction to hair dye. In 2019, a UK woman was temporarily blinded after PPD side effects caused her face to triple in size.

It was a roll of the dye. A UK man has issued a warning after a botched hair coloration left him looking like the animated movie character “Megamind.” “I didn’t look like myself at all. It ...

Published: 04:58 EDT, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 05:42 EDT, 6 August 2024 A horror hair dye reaction gave a man a giant 'balloon head' and left him looking like the cartoon character 'Megamind'.

She used ammonia-free hair dye and usually people don't react to that," she told Newsweek. A recent image of Laura Velaye, 25, sitting at a dining table.

They said it was an allergic reaction to PPD, which is in the chemicals of the hair dye. "I was in the hospital for about 13 hours, I got discharged at about 3 o'clock in the morning.

A Texas woman recounts her experience with a hair-raising reaction to a color dye she used on her mane. Her face was so swollen that she found it amusing how much she resembled an emoji.

Others shared similar sentiments. Kourtnee Jinright said she wasn't shocked by her grandmother's reaction as it's her usual personality. "We are always laughing until we can't breathe," she said.

Hair dye isn’t harmful to your skin, says Joerger. While it’s possible to experience a skin sensitivity or even an allergic reaction to a color product, this isn’t common.

But there’s one look nobody wants — the scalp-reddening, eye-swelling and face-blistering effect of a hair-dye reaction. If you’re among the 5 percent of people allergic to hair dye, here ...

Shanika McNeil, a 29-year-old Houston woman, said she was left looking like an “emoji” after her body had a horrific allergic reaction to hair dye. Apparently the reaction caused her face to ...