The Disgusting History of Hair Dye

The Disgusting History of Hair Dye

How long have humans been dyeing their hair? How did people manage it in the time before store-bought bleach and box dye?


This week, we're diving into the colourful history of hair dye to investigate the ingredients people across time have used to colour their hair, from the expected, the strange, the scientific, to the disgusting and dangerous.


NOTE: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, mentioned in this episode, is reported to have memorised one million hadiths!

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