babyautumn wrote: Do all perms contain this chemical ?What is it's purpose to be in perms if it causes something tramatic as genetic disorders or hair and/or hairloss?P.S. applause for your  info.

Hmm very interesting...I have the same question as well?

Wow!  This is indeed confirmation of tranistioning.

Thanks for the information.

Why are people just taking this at face value with no questions??? And going as far as saying it's conformation!!!!

1.  Where did this info come from?  Link?  Article?  ANYTHING?!!!!??

2.  If it causes this much damage/problems, why hasn't there been any info on it on tv?  ABC, CBS, Primetime, Dateline, heck BET????

I'm lookin at the ingredients of a Hawaiian Silky relaxer.  It does not have selenium sulfide in it!!!!  Heck, I'll go as far to say that MOST if not ALL relaxers don't contain this ingredient!!!

Please, people, don't let big words trick you into believing that a person actually knows what they're talking about!!  Especially without any background info? Nothing to back up the statements???  For heavens sake, find out for yourselves!

I agree with Callalily 100% We have to educate ourselves about claims/ideas to separate the truth from the untruths.  Jean inspired me to do some research of my own and in doing so, I think I found the article she posted the info from.

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic896.htm - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic896.htm

In the article it says that the proximal trich...nodosa (white dots along the shaft as ekatherine said) are caused by: chemicals, brushing, combing, shampooing,heat, exposure to salt water, scratching, SUMMERTIME . . . as you can see ANY hair manipulation and even the change to summertime can trigger this problem!  You name it, it can cause this problem!  It is pretty much the severity level of a split end. 

It is called distal trich nodosa in Caucasian and Asian people. Distal because the white dots happen further down the shaft, proximal for us b/c it occurs higher up the shaft more frequently.  It is nothing serious at all . . . and is common in almost any person who does anything to their hair.

If I am reading correctly Jean32's post said that perms, selenium sulfide, AND some genetic problems can cause these white dots (proximal . . . nodosa) . . . NOT that perms cause genetic problems.

The real problem I have with these posts is that Jean32 is repeatedly posting the same thing.  About four months ago, Jean made...oh, say, fifteen posts in a row saying that PVCs damage hair, and that heat caused bubble hair.  Simple enough. 

Now the posts have gotten so complex that if you don't know the terminology, it looks impressive.  If you do know what all the big words men, you realize it's the same posts from four months ago!

What would be more helpful that telling us that we're damaging our hair repeatedly, would be to tell us how to prevent it.  Without claiming that all of the damage can be solved by using one particular product, preferably.