Styling Hair And Doing Nails Is A Hazardous Profession

Many of the chemicals that beauticians use to style and straighten hair and polish nails may cause cancer and other terminal diseases

Monday, January 9, 2023 - Recent studies seem to indicate that being a professional beautician may be the most dangerous job in the world. Women who make styling hair, doing facial treatments, and cutting and polishing nails come into contact with the most deadly chemicals imaginable all day every day for the entire extent of their careers. Female beauticians are also at a high risk of having a miscarriage, low birth-weight babies, and babies with serious birth defects. Beauticians also have higher incidences of being clinically depressed than those who engage in other jobs or professions. Studies show beauticians suffer terrible illnesses like contact dermatitis on their hands, decreased lung capacity, asthma, and several types of deadly cancer. According to WomensVoices.org, "Studies have found increased risks of several types of cancer, including breast cancer, lung cancer, cancer of the larynx, bladder cancer, and multiple myeloma, in hairdressers." Beauticians and those who get regular hair straightening treatments and have developed cancer should speak with a hair relaxer cancer lawyer to see if they qualify to hold the manufacturers of these deadly chemicals accountable. Women with breast, ovarian, and uterine cancer are filing hair relaxer lawsuits against L'Oreal and other manufacturers of the toxic product, alleging that using the product regularly and for many years contributed to developing their disease.

There are several ways that beauticians may come into contact with deadly, potentially carcinogenic chemicals in their workplace. The most prevalent method of ingesting deadly chemicals is to inhale their fumes as anyone who has ever visited a nail salon will attest to. An example of the types of chemicals used to clean, paint, and polish finger and toe nails include acetone, toluene, ammonia, and methyl methacrylate. Beauticians who style hair regularly inhale formaldehyde and other toxic fumes found in chemical hair straighteners when they use high-heat flat or curling irons to style hair during straightening or curling. Acetone is a colorless, highly volatile, and flammable liquid with a characteristic pungent odor that one associates with a nail salon. Toluene is a colorless, water-insoluble liquid used to remove nail polish that has an odor like that of paint thinner or turpentine. Clients and beauticians also may experience thermal burns on their hands, head, neck, and face from curling and flat irons. Of all of the above-mentioned chemical hazards that cosmetologists face, the most deadly may be using chemical hair straighteners. According to WV, " Thirty-three hair-straightening products contain high levels of the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde causing them to be recalled in other countries, yet the products remain in the U.S. market, according to new research from the national nonprofit Women's Voices for the Earth." Alex Scranton, Director of Science & Research at WVE was quoted as saying: "Straightening treatments release formaldehyde gas and can cause severe eye, nose, and throat irritation, as well as an increased cancer risk. Several leading brands of hair straightening products have been found to contain high levels of formaldehyde (also called methylene glycol). The increased risks to salon workers who offer hair-straightening treatments merit further investigation."

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