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PLEASE READ!!!!!
Reviewer:
Mel Mendoza
from Long Beach Ca. Mon Mar 24 2008
I called the number on the box - 1-800-431-2610 and spoke with a customer service girl named Clementine or Camela. She said, "Every time you use this product, you must test it on a small area and wait 48hrs. to determine if you will react negatively." She also said these instructions are clearly written on the box. She said, "Just because you didn't react one time, doesn't mean you won't react the next."
This company is making a business out of playing Russian Roulette with our personal health!!!
Big Mistake
Reviewer:
Big Red
Wed Feb 27 2008
Like many others...I had a terrible reaction to this product. For some reason I decided to touch up my moustache and my hair on the same day. I honestly can't remember being more uncomfortable in my life. I went through three days of pain, burning, itching. My whole head hurt and all of the skin on my face was red an irritated even though this dangerous product never touched it. Five days later and it is not too bad, but still itches from time to time and the skin on my ears and lips is very dry. Compared to what some others have described I got off easy, but I never imagined an over the counter product could be so hazardous. The kicker...it didn't even do a very good job....I left it on for less than the prescribed 5 minutes and my hair got much darker where is wasn't grey and stayed grey where it was grey. Maybe it works for some people, but I'll never touch this stuff again. Oh yeah, in addition to the skin irritation, this stuff actually made me feel sick for a few days. Hard to describe how....poisoned might be the most accurate description!
chapped burning lips
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Mack McEachern
from Rural Oregon Tue Feb 26 2008
I have used this product for 4 years. I noticed a year agao that I had burned my face so I started to use the product in very small amounts. I still had problems and my lips became very chapped and swollen. It's been about 4 months now and I have not used the product and my lips are still chapped and swollen. This product should be recalled. Maybe if the manufacture was slapped with a lawsuit they my wake up and do something about their "New Formula"
day 6 went to docters
Reviewer:
don
from ga Wed Feb 20 2008
I have been using this product for years with no problems. last week I used it and now after 6 days my face is still red and blistered. went to the docters thinking I had contacted a skin infection and now on antibiotics. My face looks so bad I don't want to go out in public. will never use this product again. Don from Ga
Owww!!!! It DOES burn!!!
Reviewer:
Dave
from Canada Mon Feb 18 2008
In the past, I used Just For Men for years with no problems or pain whatsoever. I recently decided to grow my beard again, and used the new Just For Men...and OMG, it burned and continued to burn after being washed off!!! It never used to do that!!! After reading everybody else's horror stories here, I quickly lathered my face repeatedly with a mild soap and then continued to rub a strong hydrocortisone cream into my face until the burning subsided. There's still a slight burning sensation hours later...this is scary. I can only hope that nothing else develops. Why did they change the old formula? I will never use JFM again.
Grey is better than this
Reviewer:
anonymous
from Oklahoma Mon Feb 18 2008
My husband, who has used this product over a year now, used the black JFM brush-in gel 3 days ago. In a little over a hour of using the gel, his face started to blister and seep yellow gunk. At first we thought it was a chemical burn. But, after 2 days of pain and swelling, he went to the ER to find out that he has a major skin infection caused by the gel. His instructions were to remove all treated facial hair (ouch) as long as it is on you so is the chemicals that are causing this, wash with an antiseptic cleansing solution, take a benadryl like medicine (to help dry out the area). then just sit back and wait. I hope that other men out there read these reviews and save yourself a whole world of trouble.
DON'T USE JUST FOR MEN!
Reviewer:
Robert A. Celano
from Temple City, CA Mon Feb 11 2008
Like many of the other negative posts about this product, I agree that it should be banned from the market. I had been using it for about 10 years with no problems. About 2 years ago, I began to experience itching after using it. Then it became worse, causing itching, burning, redness swelling of my upper lip, and scaling dryness on my skin. I was advised that the formula was changed about 2 years ago. My response was, "If it was working well with no problems before, why fix it?" Never, Never again!!!
Same thing
Reviewer:
Anonymous
Tue Feb 05 2008
My husband used this for 5-6 months starting early last summer with good success. Then in Dec he applied it and a horrendous red, puss-oozing, swollen, burning rash covered his beard-mustache area. It is still not 100% recovered more then 6 weeks later. I found this thread trying to find a solution for it. With all these reports, what is this doing on the market!?
VERY, VERY UNSAFE!
Reviewer:
Greg S..
from Los Angeles, CA Mon Feb 04 2008
I used "Just for Men" (beard, sideburns and mustache version) on my mustache and goatee and carefully followed the instructions, but shortly after rinsing the product off in the shower, I developed a very serious rash, with oozing blisters and extreme swelling of the lips and chin area. Today is day 4 and the swelling still has not subsided and now I have thick scabs over most of the still-oozing blisters. I am extremely dissatisfied with this porduct and would definitely NOT recommend it to anybody under any circumstances.
my dyeing woes...
Reviewer:
Gareth
from Montreal, Qc., Canada Sun Jan 27 2008
this is my story...2 days ago I slathered on the ole formula, having not used it for over a year my 'stache and goatee were pretty white, about 20 minutes after applying and showering I start to get a little itchy, before I head to bed I look in the mirror and am starting to see redness, thought to myself 'damn'...I awake in the middle of the night, my whole lower face is on fire...after looking in the mirror I'm shocked, my face is swollen, very red and is oozing this yellow pus...so, I whip open the medicine cabinet and give myself a liberal coat of 'poly-sporin' and back to bed...I awake a few hours later, my pillow is all gunky and I proceed to the mirror again, well, let me tell you, I was shocked...my whole lower face was swollen to over twice it's normal size, my lips felt like they were going to burst open and I was beet red and just a mess of slime and pus, man, am I going to die?
Through-out the day I applied poly-sporin, even though it wasn't doing any good I kept it up for lack of anything better, I would wash my face and clean with alcohol then apply salve, repeated every hour or so...finally about mid-afternoon I got tired of the whole routine and allpied a thick layer of moisturizer my ex had left in the bathroom...although it didn't stop the oozing it did contain it and it did stop the itching...I was almost in heaven!
Around 7 my neighbour dropped by, she is a nurse, she took one look at my face and started berating me for not going to the hospital, damn, it's just a rash, woman...so, throughout the evening she keeps bringing over things for me...and this is what seems to be working: Benadryl, for allergies, 2 at first and then 1 every 6 hours. Actifed: an antihistimine, 1 every 6 hours and she gave me a Rantidine: 'cause apparently I am gonna get heartburn!
I also got a bottle of Baxedin: an antiseptic cleansing solution, because she said the alcohol was irritating my skin and not helping and I also got a tube of Hyderm Cream 1% which apparently those with children know all about...it's great for diaper rash!
OK...I started taking these last night...a little over 14 hours ago, the swelling has gone down considerably, I can now eat. the itching is almost totally gone, the oozing has stopped and the redness is now quite a few shades paler...I am however feeling a little 'stoned' and am holding myself back from asking the nurse to marry me!
Hope this helps someone and I want you all to know that I will be living with a grey moustache until my last breath.
swollen, red blistres, oozing puss.
Reviewer:
George R Burns III
from Oakville Ct Wed Jan 23 2008
I have used this product several times in the past with no adverse reactions. Recently I purchased the dark brown for mustache, and beards. I applied it according to the directions and with in a hour, my face started to turn red. The next day my mustache was all dried up and oozing puss. The following morning, my upper lip was all swollen, itchy, and very sore. This is a serious chemical burn. If there is no improvement tomorrow, I will have to seek medical treatment. Also I will contact my lawyer and seek damages. This is not right. Shame on you JFM.
Beard coloring
Reviewer:
vance
Sat Dec 29 2007
WOW...!! Terrible Product...What happened...????This product worked great a while back ,but they must have changed something...Why aren't they reading any of these Reviews..???
Don't let the terrorists discover this dangerous formula
Reviewer:
Giovanni
from New Jersey Sun Dec 16 2007
I have been useing JFM for a month to cover my salt & pepper beard without any problem. Last week I used it for the 4th time and experience the worst 5 days of my life. Itching and burning like crazy for 5 straith days. JFM is a forbiten name in my house.
just for men brush in color gel
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jeff stahlbush
from iowa near omaha area ph. 712 527 2001 Wed Dec 12 2007
please take this product out of your inventory'used product friday dec. 7 was barley able to get myself to emergency rm.on monday morning my eyes were almost completly swollen shut if it had not been for the excellent staff at the om. va hospital i beleave i would have went beyound postal. they pres. prednisone cephalexin hydrocodone as itype this the hydroodone is not giving any comfort.my facial hair was ozing puss and still is .if icant drive myself to hospital in morning iwill call 911 my god what a nightmare.i have photos but trust me you do not want to see them.i will leave contact info if you a least warn the public.
Pain, Oosing Rash & Redness
Reviewer:
F.A.
Mon Dec 03 2007
I had used this product 2-3 years ago without any problems and decided to use it again just this past weekend. The result was a painful oosing rash. I would not risk using this product again and hope my recvery is quicker than the reports I've read here. While losing the grey may be attractive it is totaly, the red oozing rash is anything but attractive. Not what I bargained for.
Thought it was just me!!
Reviewer:
Bill
from St Louis Wed Nov 14 2007
HORRIBLE rash, was online looking for a remedy for it when I found this site. Does anyone else have any suggestions for a product that won't make me want to tear my face off?
SERIOUS CHEMICAL BURN - DO NOT USE
Reviewer:
George Heyser
from Texas Thu Nov 08 2007
WARNING MAY CAUSE SERIOUS CHEMICAL BURN
Have used this product for about two years. Something must have changed in the formula. After an application I developed a very nasty oozing blister about the size of a dime on the skin beneath my mustashe. There is something VERY wrong with this new product or formula so BEWARE.
careful
Reviewer:
Jeff
Tue Nov 06 2007
I used this product for ten years. They change the formula and now I simply cannot use it. At first my lips burn, then secrete a clear liquid. Then after a few days lips swell and turn color. This stuff is toxic. It should be banned.
Unbelievable pain and itching
Reviewer:
john
Sun Nov 04 2007
I used this before last year without any problems. (They had to change the formula) After using it the last two times, I developed red swollen blisters, but I thought I had some disease. Terrible itch and swelling with oozing blisters for months. I just realized it was the Just for men beard coloring. Obiously I'll never use it again but what about treatment? What is this stuff doing to everyone? Why are they still selling it?
don't want to quit but have to
Reviewer:
Jon Smith
from Dallas, Texas Thu Oct 18 2007
I am, also, a long time user of this product. About a year ago I started developing severe burning rashes, hives and itching on my scalp, beard and neck. So severe I thought I may had developed skin cancer. But only recently realized it was this product. I did not realize the formula had changed. Only noticed the new packaging. I do not want to quit what I thought was a wonderful product. If the old formula makes a reappearance I will use it again, but I have to find a new product that does the same thing.
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