Prof. Folahan Adekola of the Department of Chemistry, University of
Ilorin, has warned that dying of hair increases risk of cancer.
Adekola made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin.
He
said that hair dye formulations contained chemicals known as
Yombo-fitta and Yombo-tumtum, which he said are freely sold in Nigerian
markets for people to dye their grey hair and look younger.
