Quick...the hair coloring box is right in front of me....I'm sooooo tempted. I want to get rid of my grey..
but how will taking generic plaquenil affect the color? Saw some postings around the web that it changes the coloring that you are trying to go for.....something about the chemicals.
But then again, it is halloween. I could just blame the holiday...
I've been coloring my hair myself for years, and I saw no difference. As long as I picked up the right box, that is! :P
I started coloring my hair myself right after I started generic plaquenil and have had nothing but really good results. The color is maybe a little bit darker than the shade on the box. So the next time I just bought one shade lighter.
I color my hair about 1 a month because of the greys. I don't have any problems with the color and I also found that Dove Weightless Oils is great for my dry hair.
SueAnn
Oops, I'm now a red head. Not the color I was going for...this is the normal shade I get...a light ash brown. But, it turned red. Oh well, a new me :)
I never had a problem years ago...wish I had some hair left to color...ha ha
You should be fine!!!!
Gursie
I haven't colored my hair but Plaquenil did bleach it out. It is much lighter with a few dark blond streaks in it. I sure was surprised when I learned that Plaquenil was the culprit. Now I am losing hair because of the methotrexate. It is all dry and like straw. oh, the joys of connective tissue disease!
Joyce
The Plaquenil also lightens my hair.
I am due to get my hair highlighted at the salon, I am wondering if I need to let the stylist know once I start taking the Plaquenil? If it lightens it, it would save me a fortune on my regrowth (chance would be a fine thing)
Plaquenil doesn't make any difference in my hair coloring, either at home or the salon. I doubt the stylist would know what "plaquenil" was if you asked her, but it can't hurt to find out. Lucy
I wonder how plaquenil can lighten your hair - I have heard it aids hair growth, but some people have said theirs has fallen out. I have lost quite a bit of hair, not too noticeable thank god, but I wouldnt want to lose any more.
My hair was much better on it...I learned that years ago when I stopped it and all my hair fell out and my SS got so much worse.
Gursie
That's a new one on me. I'm a natural blonde whose hair has gotten darker the past few years (on plaquenil). But so has my sister's blonde hair. I finally started highlighting it a couple years ago and love the results.
I have been on generic plaquenil for over 5 years and have been coloring my hair for that long as well. I couldn't understand why my hair was reddening up--come to find out it is the plaquenil! I have found other posts who had the same problem, so just be prepared--u may get to be a redhead! I still have my hair colored, but alway go with a color with ash in it to help tone down my red.
Quote from: stockchick on November 01, 2011, 09:06:46 AM
I have been on generic plaquenil for over 5 years and have been coloring my hair for that long as well. I couldn't understand why my hair was reddening up--come to find out it is the plaquenil! I have found other posts who had the same problem, so just be prepared--u may get to be a redhead! I still have my hair colored, but alway go with a color with ash in it to help tone down my red.
Yup....it sure did turn a little red...lol That's ok though. I'll get use to it and then in three months, do it again.
The first time I had my hair colored after starting plaquenil, I looked like Ronald McDonald. My stylist doesn't know what plaquenil is, but she knows I am on "that weird medicine". She told me with the mix she uses for my coloring, I should have green hair, but we finally got it right, no more red for me.
I'm envious! I was a natural red head but started to boost the color with dye in my 30s when gray started popping up. Colored my hair for 20 years with no problems. Then last year, I suddenly became allergic to the hair dye. Broke out in huge hives all over my body. I tried coloring my hair once more but had the same results. No idea why. Can I blame it on the SjS?
So...I'm now a sad, mousy gray. Combine that with new glasses (had to give up my contacts due to dry eye), giving up makeup (skin is too dry and itchy) and a weight gain of 50 pounds and I don't even recognize myself in the mirror anymore.
I miss "me".
Deb
Hi Dee,
Try finding a chemically sensituve hair salon. They use dyes without formadehyde and phenylendimine ect You might still be able to color your hair.
I have suffered with shampoo, hair product allergies for 18 plus years. I think that was my first SJS symptom.