A Woman claimed she has been left with bald patches after regularly using dry shampoo to clean her hair.
Emily Roberts, 25, told how she used the product on her hair every other day for around three to four weeks because she was too busy to give it a wet wash.
But her hair began to come out in clumps and she went to her doctor, fearing she was going bald.
A hospital specialist ruled out alopecia, blamed the dry shampoo and told her to stop using it. The substance comes in a powder or spray and makes the hair look clean by absorbing oil.
British women are among the world’s biggest users of the product, which should always be applied to dry hair.
Miss Roberts, of Goole, East Yorkshire, then stopped using dry shampoo and her hair began to grow back with treatment. But now, almost a year later, her hair has started coming out again.
Her experience has made her warn other women: ‘Don’t use dry shampoo at all. Take the time out to wash your hair with a proper shampoo if you can. I really regret using dry shampoo.
‘I used to have lovely, long hair. I could make loads of styles out of it. Now it’s so short, I can’t do anything with it.’ Dermatologists and hairdressers have warned about the dangers of repeatedly using dry shampoo instead of washing hair with water.
Experts claim the chemicals weaken hair follicles or can make them stick together and lead to hair coming out easily with brushing.
Miss Roberts, a volunteer carer at a centre for the elderly and disabled, said she was also looking after her mother when the problem arose.
She turned to the popular substance as she was ‘too busy’ to take showers every other day. ‘I was using it about every other day and washing my hair a couple of times a week inbetween,’ she said. ‘Then it started to come out in clumps.’
Her hair grew again and she had it styled in March, only for the problem to return recently.
Miss Roberts said her confidence had been badly affected by comments and staring by strangers in the street.
She plans to start again by having her head shaved for charity.
‘I hope that my hair will grow back normally and it will stop the bald patches from returning,’ she said.
Daily Mail