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The Affinage hair colour remover I used was not damaging at all, but everyone's hair is different and reacts in different ways so I could no predict how your hair would cope with it. It does require peroxide for the post eraser treatment, but I did not do this as it isn't really necessary. I have heard bad things about the American brands such as Color Oops and Color Zap (I'm not sure how the ingredients compare to the Affinage or Goldwell), but as I have not used them myself I cannot comment.

The Affinage one is used in salons, but can be bought on E-bay or from hairdressing supply stores online. It works differently to bleach because it shrinks the colour molecules, where as bleach strips the hair entirely of any pigment.

While we're still on the subject of colour removers, if you ever come across a product by L'oreal called Efassol, STAY AWAY from it. It's practically like bleaching your hair and will destroy it.

I did a lot of research before I took the plunge into colour removal, Google is your friend

I found this LJ post from a hair group, the girl posting used the Affinage Eraser on her dyed black hair and put pictures up madradhair: after much debate about my hair colour