The Hidden Dangers in Hair Relaxers

If you suffer from fibroids, caused by heavy and long than usual periods, pelvic pain, and frequent urination along with back and leg pain? While we don’t know exactly what causes them or why black women seem to be especially vulnerable, there are some researches that are linking them to hair products that you may be using.

A 2017 Rutgers University study linked breast cancer and Black women’s use of hair relaxers. Also, a 2012 study in the American Journal of Epidemiology associated fibroid risk with the use of hair relaxers. Shirley McDonald of the Hair and Scalp Clinic says, “We now know that many hair products contain chemicals that are considered carcinogenic and/or hormone disrupters, leading to increased risk of medical issues such as fibroids (non-cancerous tumors that grow in the uterus, potentially damaging fertility and leading to a host of other complications). Trichologists see lots of conditions that are likely to be triggered by hair products, particularly central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, a type of permanent hair loss to the crown area of the scalp.” Read more in Health Is Wealth.