Most Women Are Unaware Of The Risks Chemical Hair Relaxers Pose To Their Health

Hair relaxer and straightener products join baby powder and cosmetics on the list of potentially cancer-causing beauty products

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - Hair relaxers and talcum powder are two of several products that Black women routinely use in their beauty regimen. Unfortunately, both products have been linked to developing cancer. While baby powder containing talc has largely been removed from the market in North America, hair relaxers continue to be sold despite the current spate of hair relaxer breast and uterine cancers. Few Black women are aware of the cancer risks of using chemical hair straighteners, a risk that manufacturers LOreal, and others have been aware of for decades. Optimum Care, SoftSheen-Carson, and Dark and Lovely are some of the more well-known brands of hair relaxers, however, there are dozens currently on the market. Hair relaxers are tailored to individual hair types and textures, particularly wavy and kinky hair. Beauty salons offer hair straightening as an essential part of an overall beauty regimen. Over the years, millions of Black women exposed regularly to toxic chemicals that are absorbed directly into the bloodstream through the skin have been unknowingly poisoning themselves. Many women have developed cancer and once aware of the source of their illness have spoken with hair relaxer cancer lawyers to learn about their legal rights. Hundreds of hair straightener cancer lawsuits are expected to be filed once

Black women are gradually being made aware of the link between their disease and using the beauty care product. Hair relaxers contain highly toxic chemicals, including alkaline agents like sodium hydroxide and guanidine hydroxide, and thio-based agents like thioglycolic acid, that break down the molecular bonds of curly and wavy hair, leaving it limp and straight. Researchers think these chemicals are sufficiently toxic to have a detrimental effect on health when they enter the body by absorption through the skin. The results of a recent and far-reaching study have recently been released, conducted by the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) should have women sitting up and paying attention. The study shows a probable link between using Hair relaxers, also known as hair straighteners, regularly and for many years with developing uterine and breast cancer, two of the most deadly disease known to mankind. According to OpenGPT, the NIH study, which was published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, involved the analysis of data from over 4,000 women, including those who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and those who had not. The researchers found that women who regularly used hair relaxers had a higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who did not use the products. The study also found that the risk of breast cancer was even higher among women who started using hair relaxers at a younger age and that the longer a woman used hair relaxers, the higher her risk of developing breast cancer. This suggests that the chemicals in hair relaxers may have a cumulative effect on the body over time, increasing the risk of cancer. The authors of the study stress that their findings are not definitive proof of a connection between using chemical hair relaxers and developing cancer, however, it does support the hypothesis of causality. Researchers intend to continue to make studying this matter a priority.

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