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Hairdressers Lung.

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^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^

^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^ Report 30 May 2008 20:58

This is a question for all you hairdressers of many years in the trade. How are your lungs.? I have been doing a bit of research into " Hairdressers lung" . I have been in the trade 32 years and for the last 12 years had a dry cough. nothing cures it. I do not smoke. But this last 10 days my chest has been aching and i will have to see doc. I have found out hairdressers are prone to ashma and other lung diseases. Has anyone else had health probs related to breathing in hairsprays and other products.

(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸

(¯`*•.¸*Karen on the Coast*(¯`*•.¸ Report 30 May 2008 22:43

Hi Julie,
i have been in the trade for 24yrs.....blimey didn't realise it was that long......i don't have any of the problems you mention but to be honest it doesn't surprise me one bit.....hairspray,peroxide,bleach etc.
hope you feeling better soon,


Karen x

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 30 May 2008 22:50

Julie , that`s like me and my ? latex allergy , been nursing over 30 years and no problems till now, Ros xx

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 30 May 2008 23:00

I did 7 years and I smoked .....had a bad chest. Gave up hairdressing and later on smoking and chest was fine ...... finding I need an inhailer now and again (not asthma) when I've had a heavy cold.

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Researching Tucker in London/Australia. Cliff in U.S.A. Fuller, Eaton & Sa(u)nders(on) in Bedfordshire. Turner, Morley, Blythe & Webb in Cambridgeshire/Suffolk. Want in Hertfordshire.

Newby Kim

Newby Kim Report 30 May 2008 23:26

Julie , never a hairdresser , run a cleaning company ... life of grime ??
Most of our cleaning stuff is Bleach based , along with acids .. must admit I do get short of breath after 5 years exposure but I do smoke . Have a friend who was a hairdresser , suddenly reacted, face swelled up horribly and had to give it up after 20 years .
Kim

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 31 May 2008 01:26

I did a lot of cleaning for other people over the last 20 years, and was diagnosed with asthma a few years back, no one in our family ever had that, altho my Dad died from lung cancer through smoking all his working life.
i am sure chemicals do cause these problems and did once have a problem at a hairdressers when I was sitting next to someone having a perm, had to move cos I kept coughing.
Lizx