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Job Name	Hairdressers, Hair Stylists & Cosmetologists
Description	Provide beauty services such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May also apply make-up, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide nail and skin care services. [SOC] Causes of allergic contact dermatitis include nickel, rubber chemicals, p-phenylene diamine, glycerol thioglycolate, and Kathon CG. Ammonium persulfate is a cause of contact urticaria in hairdressers. See the process, "Dressing Hair."
Category	Other Services
SOC Code	39-5012
Synonyms	Cosmetologists; Beauticians; Hair stylists
Job Tasks	High risk job tasks associated with this job: Dye or bleach hair, or use ethanolamines in beauty culture Generate latex dust using latex products Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria Use methacrylates to apply artificial fingernails