A mother died after suffering a severe allergic reaction caused by L’Oreal hair dye, an inquest heard yesterday. Julie McCabe, 39, was rinsing out the dye when she ‘screamed loudly’ and gasped at her husband: ‘I’m struggling to breathe, I think I’m going to die.’ She fell into a coma and died 12 months later in hospital without regaining consciousness. Julie McCabe, 39, died after suffering an extreme reaction to L'Oreal hair dye, inquest hears The coroner, Geoff Fell, said he believed it was only the second death in the UK resulting from hair colourant. Mrs McCabe, an estate agent, coloured her hair dark brown every month despite a long history of low-grade allergic reactions to the dye, the inquest at Skipton, North Yorkshire was told.
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Julie McCabe visited her doctor up to 20 times between 2005 and 2011
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She complained of rashes, itchy eyes and swelling during visits to GPs
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Slipped into a coma after severe reaction to L'Oreal  hair dye in 2011
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Never regained consciousness and died a year later in November 2012
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Doctor says 'inconceivable' she wasn't told to stop using dye
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