Sensitive Skin

The Epidemic of Methylisothiazolinone

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There’s a new paper out with some numbers from dermatology clinics about reactions to methylisothiazolinone (MI).  Dermatologists regularly patch test people to discover what they are allergic to.  This involves applying a set of common materials that tend to provoke allergic reactions to the skin, and seeing which ones the individual reacts to.  

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A Quick Tip for Methylisothiazolinone Free Hair Dye

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I have had a couple of people asking me about methylisothiazolinone free hair dye.  The answer is that although I don’t know a lot about hair dyes, I don’t think that many of them contain methylisothiazolinone or methylchloroisothiazolinone in either the colour shade or the activator.  But quite a lot of them also include a conditioner, and this

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