Can I take legal action if I used a product on my hair and got an allergic reaction? I had used the product to dye my hair a few weeks ago on a Saturday night and on Sunday; I caught an allergic reaction to the dye. My face/head swelled up a lot that my eyes were completely shut closed. I have used this product before and this has never happened to me until now. I went to the ER and they prescribed steroids, Benadryl and cortisone 10. It helped and the swelling went down a lot. I am still a little swollen and I have been getting headaches since the swelling went down. I've looked up photos online to see other reactions due to dye and most of them are like the same exact reaction. Now I am being told that I should take some kind of action for this incident. I am not sure if I have some kind of case here too.

I had a similar case years ago. The buy purchased baby oil that he put in his hair and it contained bleach or something similar. Before any lawyer can advise you on filing a claim they would need to know what in the product caused the reaction you experienced. You need the product tested to make sure it's not contaminated; if contaminated by what and was that element expected to be in the product. The manufacturer will probably as for the product for testing but I would not send it in because you'll never get it back. If you're dead set on figuring this out then pay a lab to have the product tested and determine the chemical source of your allergic reaction. Then see a lawyer.

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