Hello:

You've reminded me of an incident where I used to work. After being
exposed to an enormous amount of perfume, it stuck in my hair and in
my beard...even after I took two showers.

I then shaved my beard and shaved off all my hair. To my surprise,
although it helped a lot, the perfume smell was still in my nose.
What the other poster said about it going into your skin is true. I
think it actually bonded to my scalp.

Anyway, enough of memory lane. My wife has long hair and it has
always been a problem between us. I have chemical sensitivity and
she does not. Her hair absorbs everything.

Anyway, what usually works for me, since I now manufacture my own
liquid soap, is for her to wash her hair with my liquid soap. It
really does the trick. I suppose if her hair had an inordinate
amount of perfume exposure, it might take an additional shower and
shampoo.

We have experimented with my liquid soap on various objects over the
years that had become contaminated with perfume. The liquid soap
surprised us again and again. It really neutralized the odor. It was
a significant reduction or complete elimination.

For the most intense toxic odors, however, we sometimes have to use
vinegar or witch hazel. We have had a lot of success with both of
these two substances. I recently cured a malodorous (I just made up
that word) plastic container that seemed permanently smelly with
vinegar. Three days of airing it out did nothing. It was a truly
powerful smell that seemed imbedded into the plastic container.
After soaking in vinegar and water for 24 hours, voila, it had
almost dissipated completely...a huge difference.

I'm not sure if I can talk about the name of my liquid soap here,
but if you type into Google or Yahoo "unscented liquid soap"
or "fragrance free liquid soap", you just might come up with my
website. May you have plenty of "Sun" and lots of "Gold" in your
search (hint, hint).

I sympathize with your dilemma.


-Stuart
> I have MCS and my wife went on a vacation and used some really
smelly
> shampoo. Its still in her hair now, 5 days later. Does anyone
know
> if there is any way to get that smell out of hair? If there isn't
I
> fear I am going to have to shave her head. All help appreciated.
>
> Bryan