Me vs. my dad: hair dye
Here is the issue. I plan to get my hair dyed this week, and when my dad found out he was completely upset with me and my decision making capabilities. He said I was turning into a self-absorbed person, that boys would be crawling all over me, that I would get cancer, and that I was utterly harming the environment.
He does make a few good points, however, I think he is completely over reacting over something as simple as dyeing one's hair. I even looked up several scholarly journals which claim the connection to hair dye and bad side effects are pretty negligible, and tend to increase in people who smoke, are imunocompromised, are allergic to the dyes (well, duh haha) and in hairdressers, who constantly deal with hair dye over a long period of time. I am none of those things.
I can see how hair dyeing chemicals can have harmful side effects in grossly unrealistic proportions, but also have read that many of the classic "carcinogenic" chemicals were only present in hair dye until the 1990's at the most. From what I have researched, today's hair dye is safer than in the past.
Also, like I said before, he also thinks I am being completely self-absorbed and selfish for wanting to dye my hair (*cough couch*, says the man who is a fairly heavy drinker) and that I am being a hypocrite for wanting to recycle (help the environment) and dye my hair. He is so frustrating because I think he is reading far too into things.
And who gives a damn if I have boys all over me. I will shut them down like I have before. I doubt it will be this huge "Look at me! Look at how hot and easy and slutty I am" scenario my dad envisions, and having him think that is who I am is very irritating.
I am 18, I can do what I want and he knows it, but I am just wondering is it normal that my dad has such a huge reaction over me wanting to dye my hair. Sorry for making this huge post over this silly question, but I am really curious if this is a normal thing for dads to do.