cosmetics which may result in the very thing you seek to overcome and, in addition, may unjustly deprive us of the portion of the income we now receive from these services. These amendments will be presented by our consultant of our bureau of safety and accident prevention, an instrumentality created by our association for the purpose of gathering and disseminating information and experience regarding beauty products, a forerunner of the Bureau of Standards, which our association was in the process of formulating when the depression curtailed all new activities. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Charles Barban, consulting chemist and chemical engineer, of New York, will presenti our views and amendments. Mr. CHAPMAN. Miss Emme, how many members are there of this association for which you speak? Miss EMME. We have some ninety-odd affiliated associations. Mr. CHAPMAN. We will appreciate that very much. Miss EMME. Yes, sir. (The list above referred to is as follows:) NATIONAL HAIRDRESSERS' AND COSMETOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION, INC., Miss EDNA L. EMME, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C. CHICAGO, ILL., August 5, 1935. DEAR MISS EMME: Pursuant to your request of August 2 (just received), we are submitting herewith list of our affiliated units, local and State associations, with the aggregate number of all members as follows: Arizona: Tucson Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association. Number of members 19 10 San Joaquin Valley Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association_-_-. Colorado: Denver, Colo., Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association___ Connecticut: Hartford Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association_ District of Columbia: Washington, D. C., Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists Delaware: Delaware Hairdressers' Association____ Florida St. Petersburg Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association_. Hawaii Honolulu Cosmetologists' Association__ Illinois: Chicago & Illinois Hairdressers' Association____. Danville Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association__ Des Moines Association of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists. Iowa-Continued Number of members North Iowa (Mason City) Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists Association_ Fort Dodge Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association__. Storm Lake (Iowa) Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association___. Marshalltown Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association___ Baltimore & Maryland Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association__ Massachusetts: Ladies Hairdressers Association of New England__ Worcester Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association__. Northampton Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association____ Michigan: Detroit Hairdressers' Association__. Capital City Beauticians' Association___. Jackson County Cosmetologists' Association____ Upper Peninsula Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' As 'ociation--- Battle Creek Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists Association__ Minneapolis Beauty Culture Association____ St. Paul Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association_. Missouri : St. Louis & Missouri Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association____ Nebraska : Lincoln Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists Association__. Grand Island Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists Association___ New York: Coiffure Guild of New York___ New York State Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association____ 13,250 Ohio: Columbus Hairdressers' Association. Oklahoma Oklahoma Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association___ York, Pa., Hairdressers' Association____ 1 The Pennsylvania Hairdressers' Association (State association) ---- 1 1, 647 'As recorded January 1934 to January 1935. Tennessee: Number of members 46 96 Nashville Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association. ciation Wisconsin: Milwaukee Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association__ Cheyenne Hairdressers' & Cosmetologists' Association.. Trusting this serves your purpose, we are, with kind personal regards, R. R. DOBLE, Managing Director. Mr. CHAPMAN. Are you connected in any way with any concern manufacturing toilet articles or cosmetics?" Miss EMME. I am acting as a consultant; yes, sir. Mr. CHAPMAN. I see. Are you familiar with this product that has been discussed here, this Lash Lure? Miss EMME. I know of it, Mr. Chairman. Mr. CHAPMAN. Is that in very general use in the country? Miss EMME. I am sorry to say I know nothing of that. I know of the product, and I do not think that it should be on the market. Mr. CHAPMAN. Are you familiar with the product called "Thannanbrow"? Miss EMME. I know of its existence; yes. Mr. CHAPMAN. Do you know what it contains? Miss EMME. I am sorry to say I do not. Mr. CHAPMAN. Do you know whether it is regarded as dangerous or not? Miss EMME. I am sorry, but I am not qualified to answer. However, I am sure our consultant will be. Mr. CHAPMAN. I have a photostatic copy of a newspaper story. here which shows the picture of a young lady who was planning a birthday party and used a product called "Larieuse." Miss EMME. Yes, sir. Mr. CHAPMAN. And caused her to go blind and spoiled not only that birthday but all birthdays to come. Do you know anything about that product? Miss EMME. Yes; I do. Mr. CHAPMAN. Who manufactures it? Miss EMME. It is manufactured by Godefrey Manufacturing Co. Mr. CHAPMAN. Where are they located? Miss EMME. They are located in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. CHAPMAN. St. Louis? Miss EMME. Yes, sir. Mr. CHAPMAN. Have you ever had any connection whatever with that article? Miss EMME. Yes; I have. I have acted as consultant. Mr. CHAPMAN. Are you acting as consultant now? Miss EMME. I would not say consultant. I tested the product which they manufactured to see the reaction, if any. Mr. CHAPMAN. Have you ever used that product? Miss EMME. I am very familiar with that product; yes, sir. Miss EMME. Yes; it is. Mr. CHAPMAN. Does it contain paraphenylediamine? Miss EMME. I do not know. I cannot state. I can say, however, that it is an amine hair and eye-lash hair coloring. Mr. CHAPMAN. In what way does that color the hair; what product is in it that makes the hair colorer? Miss EMME. It has an aniline derivative, a coal-tar derivative, I should say. Mr. CHAPMAN. Well, can you tell the committee whether or not that is regarded as a deleterious or an injurious product? Miss EMME. May I ask that you ask the consultant that? Mr. CHAPMAN. You answer them so graciously, that I like to ask you. Is that product sold as a French coloring for the hair? Is that a picture of the carton; I mean, is that a representation of it [exhibiting picture]? Miss EMME. Yes, sir. Mr. CHAPMAN. Have you known or heard of instances where it has caused blindness? Miss EMME. I have not. Mr. CHAPMAN. Well, I would like to put this in, add this to the record. (The matter referred to is as follows:) CLINICAL NOTES, SUGGESTIONS, AND NEW INSTRUMENTS DERMATO-OPHTHALMITIS DUE TO THE EYELASH DYE LASH-LURE (Clyde E. Harner, M. D., Long Beach, Calif.) One Having observed the report by Greenbaum1 of a case of dermatoconjunctivitis, due to Lash-Lure, I am prompted to report three cases that I have seen. patient was poisoned 4 years ago with the same dye. In addition to the three cases here reported, another case was seen several years ago in consultation, but adequate notes were not kept, or have been lost, and this case is not reported. In only one of my cases can the condition be styled merely dermatoconjunctivitis, since the lesions involved the eyes in general, producing keratitis and uveitis, and I have classified them as dermato-ophthalmitis. REPORT OF CASES Case 1.-Miss E. N., aged 23, seen in 1929, had the eyelashes dyed about a week previously with Lash-Lure. The eyelids were markedly swollen, so that she could hardly open them. They were covered with many small watery blisters. There was marked chemosis of both the bulbar and palpebral conjunctivae. The corneas were difficult to see but apparently clear. The iris was normal. The pupils were small. There was marked photophobia. Under treatment the condition improved slowly. Ten days later a small abscess on the lid of the right eye, near the inner canthus, was incised. The lids were still quite thickened and the conjunctivae velvety. Vision was: Right, 6/6-1; left, 6/6. Improved by lenses it was: Right, 6/4; left, 6/4-1. 1 Greenbaum, S. S.: Dermatoconjunctivitis, Due to Lash-Lure, an Eyelash and Eyebrow Dye, J. A. M. A. 101: 363 (July 29), 1933. |