11/10/2023
Today I am addressing this Topic: on HAIR RELAXERS causing certain cancers due to certain chemicals in Hair Relaxers(commonly used by black women ) NOT Hair Straighteners ( commonly used by Caucasian women) and the lawsuit with NO Verified won claims….
Being a 2 generation Licensee Cosmetologists and understanding the inside of the Black Beauty Business Fight against it outside race Counterparts
🗣️Do YOUR RESEARCH AND THEM RESEARCH THAT INFORMATION…….
There has been an ongoing infiltration and takeover of the Black Beauty industry for over 30years( the reason many ORIGINAL black beauty suppliers and manufacturers are not in business now or sold out…..
🗣️The Alleged lawsuits against Hair Relaxers ( commonly used for black hair)is reported to be linked to certain gynecological cancers as a result of the ingredient FORMALDEHYDE ( which is NOT in HAIR RELAXERS ( common used for black women) BUT is FOUND in HAIR STRAIGHTENERS ( commonly used for Caucasian women).
FACTS::🗣️
The most common types are/: sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide (lye/no base), No-lye relaxers and ammonium thioglycolate ( curl straightener ( aka jerry curl)….
WE CONSUME MORE and ITEMS WITH formals daily Than ANY HAIR RELAXER
FACTS🗣️
Formaldehyde
Found In
* Nail polish
* Nail glue
* Eyelash glue
* Hair gel
* Hair-smoothing products (NOT Hair Relaxers
* Baby shampoo
* Body soap
* Body wash
* Color cosmetics
* Toothpaste
* Permanent press fabrics
* FOODS
JUST TO NAME A FEW
What to look for on the label
* Formaldehyde
* Quaternium-15
* DMDM hydantoin
* Imidazolidinyl urea
* Diazolidinyl urea
* Polyoxymethylene urea
* Sodium hydroxymethylglycinate
* 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (bromopol)
* Glyoxal
https://www.safecosmetics.org/chemicals/formaldehyde/
What Foods Contain Formaldehyde?
* Meat and poultry: 5.7 to 20 mg/kg.
* Milk: 0.01 to 0.8 mg/kg.
* Fish: 6.4 to 293 mg/kg.
* Sugar: 0.75 mg/kg.
* Produce: 6 to 35 mg/kg.
* Coffee: 3.4 to 16 mg/kg
What's another name for formaldehyde in products?
Common names for formaldehyde include formalin, formic aldehyde, paraform, formol, formalin (methanol-free), FYDE, formalith, methanal, methyl aldehyde, methylene glycol, methylene oxide, tetraoxymethalene, oxomethane, and oxymethylene.
STOP BELIEVING EVERYTHING THAT THE MEDIA/ Companies / People SAY They 9x out of 10 are NOT TELLING THE entire TRUTH AND ITS ALWAYS IS related to MONEY…
Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives (FRPs) are used in many personal care products,[1] particularly in shampoos and liquid baby soaps.
