Mother hospitalised for three days after allergic reaction to hair dye almost killed her

A mum was left terrified and fighting for her life after suffering an allergic reaction to a bottle of hair dye.


Mariade Kelly, 29, ended up in a hospital high-dependency unit after using a bottle of £5.99 Garnier Nutrisse in Black.

Just hours after applying it to her hair, Miss Kelly's scalp began to weep with pus and her skin started to itch uncontrollably. 

But this was just the beginning of her problems as over a 48-hour period her symptoms deteriorated to a life-threatening degree. 

Her throat closed up, she struggled to breathe and her heart rate jumped to a dangerous 180 beats per minute.

Miss Kelly, who started going grey in her early 20s, decided to dye her hair ahead of a trip from her home of Grangemouth, Scotland, to see her fiance Paul's family in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.  More

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