Hair dye

I never do. I know is should especially as I have had tattoos but I don't. I have never had one done when I have had my hair done professionally either.

I have also had many different colours - blue, red, pink, purple, black.... Never did I test before going ahead and doing it. Probably really stupid because there is a reason they tell you to but at the time I didn't want to wait around... ?

Another who has dyed her hair regularly from about 15, and never done a patch test. I have never had a reaction and have used so many different makes.

Another who has had their hair every colour under the sun at one time or another. I never do patch tests and have always been fine.

I always think I should do a patch test and then I never do. (Patch test autocorrected as psych test, I should probably do one of them too!)

I've never done a patch test and have always been ok so far.

Hi Mooshy. I've been regularly dying my hair since I was 16 and I always really worry about allergic reactions too!! To be honest I always do a patch test if I am dying with a brand that I've never used before or if I've not used it in a long time. But if it's the same one I'm using every 6/8 weeks or so then I don't bother.

I read somewhere that the more often you dye your hair then the more likely you are to have an allergic reaction. Not sure why or how true that is but since I do do it regualrly I always feel better doing a test - otherwise while the dye is on my hair doing it's thing, every tiny little tingle or slight itch makes me thing "oh god it must be a bad reaction", lol x

When I coloured my hair myself I always did patch tests, now I go to a hairdresser I have a skin test if using new dye but not otherwise. Not had a reaction yet

I've been doing mine for 20+ years and never done a patch test. Yesterday for the first time ever I got a really tingly itchy scalp while the colour was cooking though. I do always have a patch test when I get my lashes tinted though, it's just a bit too close to my eyes for comfort if it goes wrong.

I never do a patch test which is very naughty as l am quite an allergic person