I've colored my hair sporadically since my teens. The last nine months or so I've been coloring it (black) regularly. The last two times I've had a reaction, the first being burning, a rash and peeling skin on my face, shoulders, and neck. This last time I had the skin symptoms again, and discovered the cause, but now about 5 days later the lymph nodes in the back of my head, and down my neck are swelling (1cm+ in diamter), are hard, and painful. Its worse on one side then the other. I went to a walk-in clinic was told it must be related to my allergy, and to take benadryl around the clock, which is making me near non-functional. I know hair dye reactions are common and was wondering if anyone else had experienced one with similar or different symptoms.



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