Hair Relaxer

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Chemical Hair Relaxer Lawsuit FAQs

If you have questions about the lawsuits against manufacturers of hair relaxer products, you’re in the right place. Cosmetic brands created, sold, and marketed harmful products for decades, never alerting consumers to the known health consequences. Since the first lawsuits…

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Negative Effects of Using Hair Relaxers

The dangers of cancer-causing relaxers weren’t fully revealed until recently because manufacturers concealed this information from the public, despite its being known. Women considered scalp irritation and the recurring burning sensation a regularity — something that was just another step…

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Are Hair Relaxer Ingredients Dangerous?

Hair relaxer ingredients are now associated with uterine, endometrial, and ovarian cancer, proving that they are dangerous and put women’s health at risk. While evidence against companies producing toxic hair care products has been growing for several years, the National…

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How To Join the Hair Relaxer Lawsuit

There’s still time for hair relaxer users diagnosed with certain cancers to file a lawsuit against the manufacturers of certain hair straightening products. Thousands of women have already filed claims against manufacturers that produced, sold, and marketed hair relaxers for…

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Developing Uterine Cancer From Chemical Hair Straightening Products

Women with a history of frequently using chemical hair straightening products are more than twice as likely to develop uterine cancer as non-users. Though women of color have historically experienced uterine cancer at elevated rates, it took decades for anyone…

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The Hair Relaxer Lawsuit, Explained

The hair relaxer lawsuit gives people who have developed cancer from using chemical hair straighteners an avenue to hold the manufacturers accountable. This case is considered a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL), which occurs when individual cases are consolidated in one forum…