Using chemicals to straighten your hair, do you know if you are doing it right or not?

• April 21, 2023

According to a research report published by the National Cancer Institute, those who use chemical hair straighteners are more likely to develop uterine cancer. According to researchers, chemicals like parabens, bisphenol A, and formaldehyde are used in these treatments.

Although they said that there is no possibility of uterine cancer in any hair dye or bleach. Alexandra White of the United States National Institute of Environmental Health and Safety reports that women who do not use chemical hair treatments are more likely to develop uterine cancer by the time they reach their 70s. Even that probability is 1.64 percent. But not before 70. On the other hand, the risk remains for those who use this chemical in their hair.

In 2022 alone, the number of uterine cancer patients worldwide was 65,950. The graph of this disease has taken an uphill path among women mainly from the 'Black' group of America. Che Jang Chang, a Ph.D. scholar, says, 'The practice of using all these chemicals in the hair of black women can be observed from a very young age. These studies can be very important for them.'

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