The Risks of the Brazilian Blow Dry

The Brazilian Blow Dry which is loved by celebrities such as Nicole Richie and Lindsey Lohan is often sold to customers as a keratin boosting straightening treatment which contains no chemicals and helps to improve the health of your hair.

One of the biggest issue with this product is that it may contain formaldehyde a known carcinogen, many products on the European market brand themselves as being ‘formaldehyde free’ but this is not technically correct. Although they do not contain formaldehyde in its purest form they do contain other chemicals such as Methylene Oxide which when combined with the processing involved in a Brazilian Blow dry have the same toxic effects as formaldehyde.

We have represented clients whom have suffered adverse effects from the process including; allergic reactions, hair breakage and the severe drying out of the hair.

The heat that the hair is exposed to during this process can easily cause irreversible damage, with the only outcome being that the hair will need to be cut off and allowed to re-grow again. If you have shoulder length hair then this re-growth could take in the region of 3 years.

Not only is it the customers whom are at risk from this treatment but also hair dressers, the steam that is produced during the straightening process is potentially harmful. In the US a class action including 200 people is being pursued against the makers of the Brazilian Blowout all of whom have suffered damage to their health from the product.

If you have suffered injuries as a result of treatment at a hair salon or by a mobile hair dresser or you are a hair dresser that has suffered with damaged to your health as a result of your job then please contact Martyn Trenerry on 01708 784042 or Holly Nichols on 01708 784066 whom will be able to advise on your claim

Hair Dye Gone Wrong claim achieves settlement of £5250.00

Martyn Trenerry a Member of Mullis & Peake LLP and head of the Litigation and Personal Injury Department recently achieved a settlement of £5250.00 for Miss Charlotte Jones for damaged caused to her hair by a Nottingham hair Salon.

As recently reported on Daybreak and in the Daily Telegraph, Miss Jones attended the salon to have her brown hair bleached a caramel blonde colour similar to Nicole Richie’s. She underwent 11 hours of treatment including five separate bleaching treatments, the first of which turned her hair orange.

The final result was that she ended up with hair that was frazzled and straw like and she said that she ‘looked like a scarecrow’. Miss Jones hair also fell out in clumps. Miss Jones was advised by a specialist to shave her hair completely off to allow it to re-grow from scratch. Some two years later Miss Jones hair has now re-grown to shoulder length.

If you have suffered injuries as a result of treatment at a hair salon or by a mobile hair dresser then please contact Martyn Trenerry on 01708 784042 or Holly Nichols on 01708 784066 whom will be able to advise on your claim

The Pink Hair Dye Fad

The new hair fad as recently modelled by Katy Perry, Fearne Cotton and Amber Rose Le Bon as seen in this weeks Look magazine of dying hair pink can be damaging to hair

As with dying hair any colour the processing of the hair involved in the procedure can weaken and dry out the hair follicle. This can cause the hair to become dry and break off. Other possible side effects which can be caused by the dying of hair include allergic reaction, skin irritation, scalp burns and hair loss

Many people are surprised to find out that even if they have been dying their hair for years they can develop a reaction at anytime, this is especially more likely where a new colour dye is used due to the different chemical used in the dyes.

If you have suffered injuries as a result of treatment at a hair salon or by a mobile hair dresser then please contact Martyn Trenerry on 01708 784042 or Holly Nichols on 01708 784066 whom will be able to advise on your claim

Hair Lawyers Settlement Publicises the Need for Regulation of the Hair Dressing Industry

The settlement achieved in Miss Charlotte Jones favour as recently reported in The Sun, The Mirror and Daily Express re-raises the issue of the lack of regulation in the hair dressing industry.

Our client’s hair was severely damaged when a trainee hair dresser at a Nottingham Salon attempted to dye her hair from Brown to Blonde.  The salon initially refused to accept liability for the damaged as they considered that the hair dresser was not an employee and therefore their insurance did not cover the trainee. Eventually and after a lot of legal wrangling the salon admitted liability for the damaged caused to Miss Jones and agreed on settlement.

Hair Dressers in the UK are currently unregulated so anyone even without any qualifications can open a Salon.

A person with a hair colour similar to Miss Jones should have been advised by the salon that is was not possible to make such a dramatic change in colour to her hair without causing damage.

In addition to this, Salons should carry out strand test each and every time clients have their hair dyed. This will test the hairs ability to withstand the processing that it is about to undergo. In many cases this is a pre-requisite to the salons insurance policy.

If you have suffered injuries as a result of treatment at a hair salon or by a mobile hair dresser then please contact Martyn Trenerry on 01708 784042 or Holly Nichols on 01708 784066 whom will be able to advise on your claim

Regulation of the Hair Dressing Industry

There has been recent call for the Hair dressing industry to become regulated following a campaign by Melanie Kenny whom suffered injury as a result of a reaction to hair dye.

As it currently stands the hair dressing industry is completed unregulated meaning that anyone with or without qualifications can call themselves a hairdresser. The hope is that with the regulation of the industry hairdressers would have to register to a governing body which will lead to standards of practice, eliminate unqualified and inexperienced practitioners and result in fewer injuries.

A full page feature in the Manchester Evening News recently told the story of Melanie Kenny whom suffered an extreme allergic reaction to hair dye, which resulted in her face becoming swollen and causing her to become temporarily blind in one eye. This all could have bee avoided if a skin test had been performed by the salon prior to the dye being applied. Mrs Kenny was awarded compensation of £3500.00.

If you have suffered injuries as a result of treatment at a hair salon or by a mobile hair dresser then please contact Martyn Trenerry on 01708 784042 or Holly Nichols on 01708 784066 whom will be able to advise on your claim.