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<p>A fitness blogger was left unable to open her eyes for two days after an allergic reaction to henna hair dye caused her face to swell up to twice its size.<br />
Chemese Armstrong, who became an inspiration to thousands through charting her battle to lose more than double her body weight, experienced the extreme reaction after visiting a salon to have<a href="http://konnie-moments.blogspot.com/2016/02/gorgeous-curly-hair-is-all-rage-how-do-you-wear-yours.html"> her grey hairs covered.</a><br />
When she visited A&;E, doctors told the 35-year-old that if her face swelled up any more it would begin to affect her breathing.<br />
Sharing her “traumatic” experience on Instagram as she recovered, the Texas-based <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chemese/" rel="nofollow">blogger</a> said the hair dye had caused her “severe pain”.</p>
<p>She wrote: “I was in severe pain from my scalp burning and itching with my face completely swollen to the point I was unrecognisable.<br />
“The most scary part about this whole thing is that my eyes was completely swollen shut where I couldn&#8217;t see for two days.<br />
“My doctor was afraid that it was going to start affecting my breathing which didn&#8217;t happen.<br />
&#8220;As of today my eyes are open and I can see again but my face is still very swollen (I don&#8217;t look like myself).<br />
“I&#8217;m not in any more pain and I feel things are heading in the right direction.<br />
“I hate that this had to happen but now I&#8217;m even more focus on making sure that my health is number one priority.”<br />
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<p>Chemese used henna hair dye, a plant-based substance, on the advice of a dermatologist.<br />
She knew she was allergic to Paraphenylenediamine, or PPD, which is found in many mainstream dyes, and always avoided using it.<br />
However it appears her most recent hair stylist ignored Chemese’s warnings.<br />
In a YouTube video, she told her followers: “I was told the henna was all natural and chemical-free but that wasn&#8217;t the case.&#8221;<br />
Chemese visited the salon and March 5 and did not react to the dye straight away.<br />
After a 30-minute strand test it appeared that nothing was wrong, but after the dye was washed off Chemese started to show symptoms.<br />
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In a later post on Instagram, she shared: “My face is still swollen and I don&#8217;t look like myself. “It&#8217;s hard looking at myself in the mirror right now but I know this is only temporary and I&#8217;m taking it one day at a time.”<br />
Chemese, who missed an entire week of work because of the ordeal, now has an EpiPen, in case this ever happens again.<br />
Nine days after the appointment Chemese still had no response to her emails to the salon.</p>
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