Jenny Mitchell said she first started using chemical hair-straightening products in 2000 when she was in third grade.
Now, Mitchell, represented by a group of attorneys, including Ben Crump, is suing five hair relaxer manufacturers, including L’Oreal USA, alleging their products caused her cancer.new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute Around 60% of women in the study who reported using chemical straightening products were self-identified Black women.When Mitchell learned about the study, she said she was"shocked."Mitchell said many Black women like herself face pressures to use hair-straightening products, which she said she typically used every four weeks, to adhere to American beauty standards.
But the authors of the new study said that"more research is needed" to determine if hair-straightening chemicals could be shown to cause an increased risk for uterine cancer.
me17trillion I remember several years ago hearing a medical examiner say most Blk women w/ relaxed hair tht was autopsied, had a thin black-grayish membrane right beneath their scalps. He attributed it to the overuse of chemicals from hair color to relaxers. It eventually gets into the blood.
Good for her. It has been known for years, decades even, that relaxers are toxic cancer-causing agents. What’s with the reporting as though this info is brand new?
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE WAY THAT I LOOK. THIS IS MENTAL SLAVERY TO WANT TO LOOK LIKE YOUR ENEMY.
Let's go. How can others join this suit?
What is a woman?
Everything causes cancer.
BLKLiberation84 Once I learned that poisons placed on your skin, can enter into your bloodstream and affect your vital organs. I knew those hair products were killing FBA women ✊🏿
lord_imothep
Natural hair is beautiful
No one made her use those products. There are many black women who are successful in life and business, who wear natural hair style. Her choice. She wants to use an incomplete medical study to justify her money grab. The American way blame somebody anybody
Like black people needed one more cancer causing thing to worry about.
Who’s the dude in the picture…?
Woman?
In this world where men can get pregnant I guess you can have a uterus on your head
Wow! Glad I stopped getting perms long ago. Sending her prayers 🙏🏾
She should have save herself all these problems if she had bought wigs for herself since she hated her natural hair. So sad
Hair losses?