Wow, Selena, I would quit using it! In my foolish teen days I put anything and everything on my hair and I remember two things: the chemicals were uncomfortable and usually they smelled bad. The things we do for beauty ... :-)

Cathy,

Wow, that is a true horror story. I'm so sorry that you had such a horrible time. But how fortunate that you realized what was causing your symptoms so that you could stop the urinary problems. If they had dragged on for years they might have caused serious damage.

Thanks so much for sharing. Perhaps you have saved some other people from such misery.

Perhaps it does but anything we do to change the color of our hair is going to damage it. Lemon juice is definitely less harmful than peroxide or some of the other chemicals that we use on our hair. To keep our hair truly healthy we should leave Mother Nature's color alone.

Thanks for your comment! :-)

For a long time I was immune to poison ivy/oak - and then all of a sudden I broke out in terrible rashes and it became a horrible problem. Every since then I've realized that we can use a product for a long time but develop an allergy as time goes by. Why this happens is a mystery (at least to me) but I suggest you stop using Olay for a while and see what happens.

Also, do you know that mineral oil is made from petroleum? That black, goopy stuff that comes out of the ground is good for cars but it's probably bad for humans. Your body might not like it either.

Best of luck and let us know how it goes.

You are right, Dara. Someone with dark black hair, for instance, would most likely not have golden blonde highlights.

Trudi, that's exactly right - some people love Oil of Olay and some have unfortunate side effects. That's true of any product, of course. The fact that your skin feels hot definitely tells you that you should stop using that product. What a bummer - use a product that's supposed to make us beautiful and we look worse. :-(

Tolerance is always a problem with any drug. The withdrawal symptoms and horrific insomnia sound really awful. Best wishes for an end to such misery. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

I eat beans every day, too. I am a big fan of Dr. Neal Barnard and he recommends at least one cup of beans every day. Great advice.

How Stuff Works has an answer about the bubbling:

"The reason why it foams is because blood and cells contain an enzyme called catalase. Since a cut or scrape contains both blood and damaged cells, there is lots of catalase floating around.

When the catalase comes in contact with hydrogen peroxide, it turns the hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into water (H2O) and oxygen gas (O2).

Catalase does this extremely efficiently -- up to 200,000 reactions per second. The bubbles you see in the foam are pure oxygen bubbles being created by the catalase. Try putting a little hydrogen peroxide on a cut potato and it will do the same thing for the same reason -- catalase in the damaged potato cells reacts with the hydrogen peroxide.

Hydrogen peroxide does not foam in the bottle or on your skin because there is no catalase to help the reaction to occur." http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scien...

Sounds like the cells that it kills should be killed, since they're damaged.

Honestly, I think God gave us our perfect coloring and, in middle school, I don't advise anyone to fool with their hair color. I was a middle school teacher so I know that isn't popular advice since I had an occasional student with pink hair. :-) The truth is that doing too much to our hair will thin it out. You say your hair is thick (yeah!) - so was mine when I was a kid. But it isn't now and all the permanents, colors, etc., damaged it terribly, Of course, these are more natural changes which is good.