Green Hair Caused by Copper Present in Cosmetic Plant Extracts

Tosti, Antonella; Mattioli, Donatella; Misciali, C.

doi:10.1159/000247786

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“…Industrial and accidental exposures to arsenic, cobalt, lead, mercury, or silver have resulted in hair colour changes varying from blue to green to black (U). Green hair, secondary to high levels of copper in water has also been well documented in the literature (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). A number of medications have also been implicated in hair colour changes.…”

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“…Thirty-three subjects with white, grey, or greying hair were non-randomly assigned to three groups. The first two groups received various combinations of 200 mg PABA, 100 mg calcium pantothenate, and 50 g brewer's yeast daily for [6][7][8] months. The third group was given 20mg calcium pantothenate and 3.5g brewer's yeast daily for 6-10 months.…”

Section: P-aminobenzoic Acidmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drug-induced hair colour changes

Bublin

Thompson

1992

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

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Drug-induced hair colour changes are not a common adverse effect from medications. A wide variety of drugs have been implicated in causing hair colour changes but very few have data to support a true relationship. Of the drugs reported, chloroquine and cancer chemotherapeutic agents have the best evidence to support an association. Other drugs, such as p-aminobenzoic acid, calcium pantothenate, anthralin, chinoform, mephenesin, minoxidil, propofol, valproic acid, and verapamil await confirmatory data. Drug-induced causes should be considered in any patient with unexplained hair colour changes.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: P-aminobenzoic Acidmentioning

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Drug-induced hair colour changes

Bublin

Thompson

1992

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

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“…Cd and Cu present in cosmetics are other metals responsible for unintended effects to the human body. A case of change of the hair colour into green after the use of henna containing Cu was observed (Tosti et al ., ). Severe eye keratitis after using kohl, which contained high amounts of Cd (6259 mg kg ‐1 ) and trace concentrations of Hg and thallium (Tl), has been reported in a 21‐year‐old woman (Amry et al ., ).…”

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Metals in cosmetics: implications for human health

Borowska

Brzóska

2015

J of Applied Toxicology

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Cosmetics, preparations repeatedly applied directly to the human skin, mucous membranes, hair and nails, should be safe for health, however, recently there has been increasing concern about their safety. Unfortunately, using these products in some cases is related to the occurrence of unfavourable effects resulting from intentional or the accidental presence of chemical substances, including toxic metals. Heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and nickel, as well as aluminium, classified as a light metal, are detected in various types of cosmetics (colour cosmetics, face and body care products, hair cosmetics, herbal cosmetics, etc.). In addition, necessary, but harmful when they occur in excessive amounts, elements such as copper, iron, chromium and cobalt are also present in cosmetic products. Metals occurring in cosmetics may undergo retention and act directly in the skin or be absorbed through the skin into the blood, accumulate in the body and exert toxic effects in various organs. Some cases of topical (mainly allergic contact dermatitis) and systemic effects owing to exposure to metals present in cosmetics have been reported. Literature data show that in commercially available cosmetics toxic metals may be present in amounts creating a danger to human health. Thus, the present review article focused on the problems related to the presence of heavy metals and aluminium in cosmetics, including their sources, concentrations and law regulations as well as danger for the health of these products users. Owing to the growing usage of cosmetics it is necessary to pay special attention to these problems.

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“…In Einzelfällen wurden als Ursache für eine grüne Haarverfärbung quecksilberoxidhaltige Antimykotika, Teershampoos, Tragen metallener Brillen, kosmetische pflanzliche Extrakte und industrielle Belastungen durch Kobalt, Nickel oder Chrom verantwortlich gemacht [7,11,15,16]. Bei den pflanzlichen Kosmetika ist insbesondere an das allgemein bekannte Produkt "Henna" zu denken, das pulverisierte Blätter der Pflanze Cassia obovata und dadurch auch signifikante Mengen an Kupfer enthält [16]. Experimentell konnte eine entsprechende Farbveränderung durch Einwirkung von 1% Kupfersulfatlösung erreicht werden [9].…”

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Grüne Haare durch häufiges Poolbaden

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Three patients presented with an acquired green discoloration of their scalp hair. History revealed that all of them swam regularly in private swimming pools. Examination of the hair by atomic emission spectroscopy showed that the green discoloration was caused by an excessively high copper content of the hair. This exogeneous discoloration is characteristically related to the uptake of copper from private swimming pools.

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Green Hair Caused by Copper Present in Cosmetic Plant Extracts

Cited by 13 publications

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Drug-induced hair colour changes

Drug-induced hair colour changes

Metals in cosmetics: implications for human health

Grüne Haare durch häufiges Poolbaden

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