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- A number of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers, claiming they developed cancer after years of use. Zinhle Essamuah speaks to five women who used chemical hair straighteners for years and said they noticed changes to their hair and health.
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Black women, let’s start embracing our natural hair. We are beautifully and wonderfully made ❤
Thank you!!!
Thank you that goes for the ones who keep covering with weaves & wigs as well just making others more rich
WW have their chemically processed too. And let’s not blame the companies when the product is left on too long for burns.
Also, ....we are low on vitamin D3..
It's not relaxers alone..
I've had them for 40 years, but I was also outside
If I wasn't outside..it's possible, I'd be like this
Blacks need MORE SUN not less
Millennial/gen-Z already done that ! It’s old boomers/gen-X holding on the European standard 😂
I stopped using perm, because I realized I was putting something on the top of my head that you couldn't touch with your bare hands.
You made a great point!
😂 WW get their hair chemically processed too. And no it isn’t recommended that they do it bare handed.
@@smfarrie2943Here we go. They don't do it because they can't get a job with their natural hair. It's way different for BW
@@smfarrie2943Black women hair can be nappy nappy to the root so white dont need perms to straighten that's how God made it.
@@smfarrie2943not the same products/chemicals
Stopped relaxing 10 years ago. Thank the most high.
24 years since I have been natural and ain't no way am going back to relaxers period!
All praises belong to him for this journey .🙏🏾
12 for me
I stopped 3 years ago def thanks to the most high 🙌🏽
APTMH Same here Sis I stop 8 years ago my hair can actually be beautiful without chemical perm..
I did too but the damage is already done because I had perm put in my hair at 6 years old, stopped at 27.
Thanks for putting this in the spotlight. It’s not a temporary risk. Once you relax your hair, you have to get a touch up every 4-6 weeks. That’s about 13 applications of those chemicals each year. These companies put all these toxins in black hair care products and it’s time for the United States to start regulating them.
@sherice1730 When I used to get relaxers I only got them a few times a year. Maybe 2-3 times. I went natural around 18 though.
@@soufwesthoustontx You must be living in a country where temperatures are not harsh, or your job does not cause you to sweat a lot. I have lived in an African country all my life, and I see people have to re-touch every 2 months (8 weeks).
@@kandisphere8828 I live in Houston where it is humid and summers reach over 100 degrees. However, I no longer use relaxers, but when I did for 18 years I did not use them monthly. My hair was either pressed with a hot comb in between or I flatironed it. The other option was to braid my hair and where a braid out. Worked fine for me.
I relax my hair only four times a year.
@@kandisphere8828 I live in Houston where it's humid and temperatures can get over 100 in the summers, but I stopped relaxing my hair years ago. When I relaxed my hair I did not get relaxers that often during the year. My hair was pressed, flat ironed, or braided in between. Other times I would wear braid outs and sometimes I would just use gel to keep my hair slicked back.
This is a great Video. This brings back painful memories which i have been enduring. My relationship of 5 years ended 3 months ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her.
Interesting. Who is this counsellor, and how do I meet the person?l
Thanks a lot. I just did. Impressive.
Accept your reality...
@@LindokuhleJele This is a spam bot. It's not real
I’m on the same boat. Week 3 of no contact and it hurts. Feel better buddy 💪🏼
I remember girls would get teased in school if they did not get relaxers
I had one as a kid. The truth is many of use was using it wrong I believe. It was meant to relax the curl not get it bone straight. All I know is my hair never looked like the girl on those relaxer boxes.
You're absolutely right. I do notice in schools where the educators and staff are majority Black, there's more freedom in terms of wearing natural styles. I saw a picture of my niece's class trip. They're all 16, 17, 18 years old. 80% of them had natural styles. I was just cheesing. Lol! I saw afros, afro puffs, free form fros. Many schools where we're not in control, natural hairstyles are practically forbidden. I think that leads to the teasing in school. Being in an environment where natural hair is not normalized.
Practically, most black people had Jheri Curls in the 1980's.
We got teased at little in the 60's/70's. Didn't matter because we still wore our fro's.
@@cheriparisedwards3468 I graduated in the 00s girls with afros were definitely picked on. I'm happy the natural hair love pride trend came back.
a lot of women got relaxers when we were just teenagers
Right of passage at 13
However, I've seen a straighting comb, that doesn't get hot..
It uses lasers..
They're expensive though
If more people bought them
Price would come down
Likewise with me
Childhood. I had a relaxer before the age of 10.
*toddlers
I was 10
Haven’t had a relaxer since 2009 now I have microlocs for 5 years now & I love them best hair decision ever
You must be a millennial!! Black American millennial destroyed the relaxer business! It’s just boomers/gen-X old heads still trying to straighten there hair 😂
@@javionriley8739at least they got hair to straighten my relatives no longer here granny and my aunt's died with a head full of waist length hair and longer and used no chemicals just an old school hot comb on the stove
Sadly, there has been a steady fall back into the 'creamy crack'
Awww 😞 made me tear up. As much as you want to be a mother….there is also a motherless child out there who needs and wants you ❤❤
I went natural and hope other black women go natural. Chemicals can be dangerous. Whether we straighten or wear our hair natural is each person's choice.
All black women around the world should sue companies
I got a relaxer at 13. Didn’t even have a choice, my mom got it to make my hair more manageable. Got them every 4-6 months until 18, when I stopped. It needs to be taken off the shelves.
It’s a myth that black hair isn’t manageable, same lie my mom told me. It’s just self-hate tbh
@@nnenna2469 Very true, there were just very little products or information on how to deal with black hair, so most people took the easy way out. I love that black girls now are all growing up rocking their natural hair.
@@nnenna2469Thank you that's all they say lol. They hate themselves but need to blame someone for it.
@@nnenna2469correct is right…
Self hate and self deception
My mom told me that at 14, and at that time, I was learning to love and style my hair naturally smh
I don’t know if a lot of the comments are from young people who have no clue that in certain industries you are most certainly judged on your appearance. Years ago you had to conform to the white standard of beauty. People will discriminate against you if you don’t fit into their work culture. I didn’t feel comfortable wearing braids in corporate America until right before the pandemic. At that time I was growing out my relaxer. I still remember ignorant comments from folks of a different race. If you think your appearance is not factored into you getting a job or advancing then you are foolish. Yes it’s much better than years ago but let’s not ignore that black women faced a lot of pressure to straighten their hair in order to be accepted in the workplace. Has nothing to do with lack of self love or vanity. Listen and learn. Instead of pre judging, popping off and making false assumptions.
The health and well-being of black women as a whole is far more important than fitting in.
That part! I worked in a legal office as my first big girl job. During my time at this is job is when I started the process of going natural and I stopped straightening my hair as much. I already cut out chemical relaxers years before.
I began wearing a lot of high ponytail puffs. One day I had a white male coworker ask me why I don't wear my hair more like the other black girl in the office. This girl clearly used relaxers and applied heat on her hair daily. And I simply said "bc i dont do that anymore and want to wear my hair like this". He continued to press me about caring more about my physical appearance. I was very young, still a senior and college (he in his 40s) didnt even realize this was literally workplace discrimination.
Mind you I left that job and found out he went on to become the manager of that department. Knowing what he said to me taught that he will DEFINITELY discriminate against black hair when he comes across eligible candidates during that are pursuing a job there. And this was 2015/16!
@@yvonneossei1965 You think the health and well being of a Black woman AS A WHOLE isn't contingent upon having gainful employment? Getting an education? Stop victim blaming. Black women in America are at the mercy of white people who create the work standards and laws! Some of our children aren't being allowed to graduate because of their natural hair. They're being sent home from school. They're having their hair cut off at wrestling matches because it doesn't meet regulation. Many school and work handbooks distinctly restrict our hairstyles. Only recently the armed services began lightening the restrictions on Black hair. It was ILLEGAL in America for BW to have their hair out at one point. We had to cover our heads. The policing of Black people's hair is deeply and systemically rooted. Don't gaslight Black American women. We're trying to enact the Crown Act in every state to fight against hair discrimination. Imagine having to fight to wear the hair that grows from your scalp. How about you go sign the Crown Act petition and tell others, and help make a difference. Because this comment isn't it.
@@Matoaka365 they don't want to understand and lack empathy
What years? The seventies when everyone was natural?
The 80's when everyone kept their natural hair but braided it with all the beads?
The early two thousands when women like Erika Badu popularized natural beauty again, not that it ever went out of style.
Sorry, we always had options but some were too lazy or didn't have enough self love. Now they're victims. Lol.
My heart goes out to all of these women. Try to stay natural, sisters. ❤
Stopped relaxing in 2010 thanks to the natural hair gurus on yt who taught me how to care from my hair. Now I have been seeing a lot of them going back to relaxers for the past 3 years or so. I have never been once tempted to go back to the creamy crack, its not even an option. I hope this message will be more widespread, it is a dangerous thing.
Sad to hear the woman say she wanted a job smh. I hate we black women have to go through hoops to just live. Bless them.
Black women dont have to go through nothing its a choice no one has a gun to your head.
@@gellica04Didn’t just hear them say they needed it for a job? Have you ever heard of the just passed Crown Act?
@gellica04 Yes, they are. I witnessed it on the job. I saw an African woman be judged for coming to work with a natural afro. It's not just women either black men are also judged for their hair. Do you live under a rock? You haven't seen videos of schools forcing black teenage boys to cut their hair?
It’s BP that belittle each other on their looks. I see it all the time.
@@gellica04 shut up if you don't have anything constructive ti say. This is so ignorant.
You can’t touch this stuff with your hand and yet it can be applied to your scalp.. yeah something isn’t right
Common sense is not so common 😉
You nailed it!!!
House cleaning, ran into Malcom X book that encouraged me to stop using those chemicals in 2012 and never looked back
I stopped relaxing over 10 years ago. No going back. These wicked people target black people continuously. We need to bankrupt these companies and stop relaxing.
Truly it’s frustrating and disheartening to see the amount of women on here speaking against those women and their experiences. Stop airing out your naysaying attitudes. If it hasn’t happened to you be grateful and move on. Don’t seek undermine or diminish their stories. Thank you.
It doesn’t seem like anyone is speaking against them. Honestly, I think that you are implying that. We are simply just commenting about our experiences with using relaxers and no one is saying they are lairs or anything. We can voice our opinions. This is America, isn’t it?
Leaving that creamy crack alone is THE BEST decision I’ve ever made!! Addictive and deadly is what it is. The fact that you have to protect your scalp and apply Vaseline jelly throughout your hair and around the base of your head before the crack is applied is an indication in itself that this stuff is highly unsafe.
I have had multiple surgeries, causing me to have a hysterectomy. The last one was in 2016, which was endometriosis. This is after i had had 9 children and didn't know why. I truly believe this stuff was slowly killing us. They never could tell me why i was having so many problems, just told me oh sometimes this stuff just happens.
Went natural in 2010 in my early 20s. I haven’t looked back. I remember when the older women would give naturals a hard time for allowing our “kitchen to kink up”. I’m proud of my natural hair and love and appreciate everyone’s hair texture.
I stopped using hair relaxers almost 20 years ago. Similar to what the lady with the braids, I would get scabs on my scalp.
I started getting relaxers when I was 8 years old. At the time (in the 90’s) we didn’t know about the dangers of chemical straightening your hair. I’m glad I made the decision on my own to stop doing it when I was 19.
Now that lady said that chemical relaxers affect your menstrual cycle, I remember I didn’t start getting my period until I was in my early 20’s. The doctor’s couldn’t figure out what was going on. I believe now it was due to these hair products. I would never use these products again!
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Devastating for these women. My heart breaks for what they have been through.
While relaxers are definitely a problem and I haven’t relaxed my hair in 14 years, we also have to understand that there are other risk factors that contribute to cancer and hormone imbalances (hysterectomy) such as obesity, stress, what we eat (seed oils, food chemicals), etc.
I would argue that some of those issues can be even a bigger risk for some people. Obesity puts you at a HUGE risk for cancer, hormonal imbalances, etc.
So as a community, we also have to look at other factors as well. So that’s the tricky part when it comes to causation.
This is going to be skipped over. There's a 4% chance of getting cancer from a relaxer. Relaxers don't contain formaldehyde; keratin treatments do. I hate to be rude but all of those women are obese which translates to having poor diets, lack of physical exercise, and we have to wonder the kind of environment they’re in. There’s a lot more that goes into this than “relaxers gave me cancer”
People don't wanna hear or read this. It's easier to say it causes cancer
completely agree.
Thank you!
Right
As a black woman, I love the way God created me, I don't wear make up, I love my natural hair and no botox, nothing else done to my body because I am very grateful with everything God blessed me with. 🌷🌷🥀👌
Well, someone else who never fell for the societal hatred of black features. Good on you. I’m the exact same way. I was raised that way and steadfastly remained that way all the way to today in my late 30’s…
That's you!! Now ask God for humility!!! 🙄
My mother began relaxing my hair when I was 11 or 12. I was in my early 20s when I stopped and never looked back.
I used a hair relaxer once and then I noticed a couple of hairs falling off. I got so scared and stopped using that again. Don't ignore the subtle signs because that could save you in the future. Also, this lawsuit is unprecedented because you have to prove a number of users having the same diagnosis as you and especially if it's FDA approved, I'm sure the manufacturers will use all measures to avoid paying damages
I stopped using it in 2003. Happy to be natural
Ma'am, you are still a woman, you can adopt, a mother is WHO you are mostly.
That is very true, but it’s still not right to take that experience from someone.
A mother is biology
A MOM is NOT
Her experience is really sad but it's rare. My sister is 42 and has 5 children. Started getting relaxers in the 90's and has since stopped. My Mom is 75 had 3 kids and only stopped relaxing 5 years ago and thankfully has never had cancer. The world and air is full of chemicals. It's not just relaxers or a target on black women.
Not everyone wants to adopt.
@@michael50694These companies don’t care about health. They only want money.
14 years relaxer free. This is so tragic
WOW to Infinity & Beyond!!!!! I used to get perms back in the day but stopped around 2010. Hence, I’ve had some of those same issues, & by The Great Grace of The Lord Jesus Christ, I do not have any cancer. And I decree that I shall not have any cancer. Although, I did have a small benign polyp removed from my uterus some years back. All I can say is, “BUT GOD!” You ladies are blessed, keep The Lord first & He will fight ALL of your battles. And He ain’t lost one yet, & He ain’t gonna start with you!!!!!!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I stopped using it about 14yrs ago because my hair was thinning. Now I have long thick natural hair thank you Lord
I myself stopped relaxing my hair 6 years ago and never once have I regretted doing so, we as beautiful black women have to LOVE our natural hair, at this day and age who are we trying to be cute for, if it’s for a job then that job isn’t for you l, if it’s for a man then he isn’t for you, whatever you do has to be for you not someone else or something else!! sending love from New Jersey! 😘💜
I got relaxers when I was a kid. I did not know & I don't think my mother knew.
Naturally they are of great beauty. I understand why you'd use this, it's mostly for social/ economic acceptance. It should not be this way. This is sad and I hope you get the help needed.
Thank you!!
Think of how many women got cancer and didn't know this was the cause 💔
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All those chemicals on your hair OF COURSE you are bound to get something. The movie Good Hair saved my life haha
Why is that a "ha ha"??
Good hair? Still looks like an afro to me but with looser curls. Good hair to me is 4c hair that you can put in locs. Most low maintenence style. Can't do that with 3c hair. Most women with 3c hair straighten it or wear it in a massive afro or short curls.. I don't see the difference from 4b hair in terms of the look. Texture is just looser. Good hair is healthy hair. Nothing wrong with an afro either. 4b hair is just more versatile.
@@Calvin.rx1l Ummm "The Movie Good Hair" was the comment, not pointing out what is good hair as that isn't a thing but a preference. The movie "Good Hair" shared what chemicals go into perms and how it is used. It was educational to the point of me and a lot of people stop using perms to straighten or to do hair styles.
@@beemonique8466 I see your point. It was a giggle not an in your face "ha ha" because the movie good hair isn't your typical educational.
I love how in 2024 I run into young women who have never had a relaxer. When the natural hair movement started they were under 8. So they never had the the pressures of having straight hair because they’re cohorts were natural too.
I’ve been natural my entire life thus far and I’m in my late 30’s…
There was never pressure.
Only pressure ppl felt was the one they chose to place on themselves…
Love it so much🙏🏾
I don't think they can sue. Even hair colors (specialy black hair color) have been linked to cancers and people still use them.
Many things, are strengthening the IMMUNE SYSTEM
KEEP UP With VITAMIN D3
Exactly! And women today are injecting themselves with ALL sorts of chemicals. Poor diets consisting of pork and processed foods and high sugar also causes cancer. Let's be real.
They have to disclose that.
Not everybody knows that.
If they’re knowingly making a product that causes cancer but not telling you and you’re buying it but you don’t know that, that’s a problem.
If people could sue Johnson and Johnson then these ladies can definitely sue in this situation as well. And I'm sure they've already gone over the possibilities with lawyers before doing interviews for TV.
Have hair colours been linked to fibroids too?
They'll be suing these wig and lash companies in the next 5 years. 😮 Stop using skin bleaching... Love yourself ❤
Smh the ignorance. Wigs/lashes do not compare to relaxers.
We tend not to bleach in US like they do in Japan and West Africa
@@lcjones4682 When you go bald ,you'll see.
Nothing is wrong with wigs and lashes. If you looked at the singers from Motown those beautiful ladies wore wigs and lashes too…that’s nothing new.
Changing your hairstyle or wearing wigs doesn’t mean you don’t love yourself.
@@queenprincess4life 😔 ok..
When the lawsuit first came out it said you would qualify if you had fibroids or endometriosis but once there were so many women coming forward they changed the criteria 🙄 I still have the letter from my lawyer saying that they raised the bar as more women came forward. It’s sad because anyone that suffered should receive compensation.
I had my first relaxer when I was like 8 years old and finally stopped when I was 29 years old. I have been relaxer-free for 17 years. Thank God I freed myself of that bondage!!
I was diagnosed in 2005 with uterus cancer after using relaxer. I am now 81 would like more inf.
Hey mum. Greetings. The cancer is now gone? Jesus loves you. Where in the world are you?
Let's all learn to investigate all products with chemicals hair, makeup,nail polish 💅🏼 skin care, lashes, etc. the list goes on. 🙏🏽
I’m scared to even dye my hair when I start to go grey because of stories like this
I use henna, a natural plant.
I started going grey about three years going I have just resolve myself that it is part of the ageing process , told myself I will age gracefully and still gets compliments for my thick and beautiful " 4 C" hair .
I don't use hair relaxers on my head!!! Black women, if you have to use hair relaxers in order to get a job or be noticed by people - men in particular - you have to rethink your life!!
You’re talking about today. Now natural hairstyles are more widely accepted. But years ago you had to conform to a certain level of beauty in order to get hired. You did what you had to do to get and keep your career.
it is easy to say that now but back then was a different story
No they don't have to do it for men or their job. That is your wrong assumption and you are generalizing. Have you ever thought maybe people do it for themselves or are you projecting? Genuinely asking.
Black women and Girls have had this issue since slavery and their place in society - yes they had to press or straighten or pull back their hairstyles to work, and we know how hard the brothers have made us feel as well so called naturals and braids were not allowed. You see the Crown Act was just passed which is ridiculous to have to have that in the 21st century - so its very real what all we go thru as black women from the hair down.
@@VolumePerfectionWell in the video that's what alot of them said. Smdh u need to go rewatch the video.
Was heartbreaking to here they all had hysterectomy and that the woman couldn't have kids😢💔Stopped relaxing in 2013, will never go back nor relax my kids' hair
I first got a relaxer at 5yrs old. I finally broke away from my mother’s beliefs and stopped in 2015 my hair has never been healthier and now I know so is my body.
Started at 13 years old and gave it up 4 years later when I started braiding my own hair in high school or wearing it natural. I change up my looks from time to time but I have not had those chemicals seeping into my scalp since then. 🙏🏿
I only relaxed mine for a few years, simply because everyone did it back then, but always hated the entire process, the smell of the chemicals, the burning scalp, the expense, the waiting around, then having to go out in the cold after leaving the salon in the Winter months. All felt unnatural.
I've been natural for many years now. My scalp has never been happier.
Glad to hear you listened to the voice that was convicting you.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 When we know better, we do better! No judgement coming from me. Many of us had an experience with hair relaxers, and it was useful for a time, but when we realized how harmful it was to us, we stopped. Many of us are natural now, but we can’t sit in a seat of judgement for those who continue relaxing. Let’s just pray that wisdom will win. The companies need to be held accountable, and we need to expose anything that would help someone make the right choices. 🙏🏾💯🙏🏾
I have used hair relaxers ever since high school i have always had nice thick hair i chose to use relaxers because it seemed to be less maintenance that i had to do to get the straight look I wanted but since im more educated on the damage it can cause to our bodies i want be using it any more
My mom has brain cancer, and I believe that relaxers were the cause.
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I hope these ladies can sue them successfully but I've never used a relaxer with formaldehyde? Wasn't that thing banned ages ago...
Now start embracing a more healthy natural diet
Used a hair relaxer maybe 3 times out of my whole life when I was a teenager. It felt unnatural to feel pain just to style my hair.
I’m not saying their cancer diagnosis didn’t come from relaxers, but they have many people that use such chemicals. Anything can be linked to cancer these days. I have been relaxing for years, and never had an issue. I went natural for a while but found it difficult to maintain the maintenance, because I am so tender headed. Relaxing is what was best for me, and if you’re going to do it try to stretch your relaxers to 3 months at a time and follow the instructions.
You are only stupid. Make up your mind please!
Bravo! 👏🏾After we get these relaxer companies, we need to go for these synthetic hair and wig manufacturers! They put a lot of those toxic soup chemicals on packaged hair too! Fibroids, reproductive cancers are running rampant in our communities! Something needs to be done. This is a good start.
My heart goes out to the lady who couldn't have children. Please consider adoption. There are so many children in the US that need a present and loving mother. Even teenagers who never experienced a family. Please consider! You can be of great benefit to the children and the children to you.
1. Stop getting relaxers before 13. 2. Stop getting lye relaxers 3 stretch your relaxer to 3 months.
I would get weeping sores and scabs, like most ppl. Idk if going natural & stopping birth control 12yrs ago contributes to never having fibroids, endometriosis, or PCOS, but I suspect it may.
We are conditioned to believe straight hair is more presentable. I changed to keratin but shaved it all off to start again. We can do this our hair is beautiful, so let the fro flow
Without relaxin/perming my hair, it’s almost impossible to maintain my hair as the texture is too tough so I just cut it to almost skin. And I have been happy with this and life is a lot less stressful for me. I like having hair but it’s got to be comfy too.
Are you married?
@@PAIDFOR50 yes, why?
I stopped relaxers from the age of 13. Was introduced to it from age 6 I’m 25 now relaxer free
I went natural 3 years ago! It was hard at first i had a relaxer in my late 2os not in my 50s ciss was showing up in my body I now embraced my natural hair.
hair using hot combs and curlers look more classy. natural hair is the best though. but i would always worry about women using relaxers. it always seemed so extreme and chemical.
smh Our hair is so beautiful, it’s so unique and yet society tries to shame us for what grows out of our heads. I’ve used relaxers for 16 years (age 14-30) and I count my blessings each and every day that I stopped getting them after the panoramic started. These chemicals are definitely a hit out on us seeing as they so happened to “miss” the bill deadline.
I ❤ my afro....it was my favorite hair style when I was little looking up at my mother 😊
I used to accompany my mum to this Jamaican hair salon when I was growing up- in Maitland over here in Orlando, and my mum and I soon learnt back in 2009 that formaldehyde was one of the leading ingredients that were giving people cancer, we've been natural ever since we heard that in 2009.
edit: My mum also had breast cancer in 2015, and had a lumpectomy as a result. She's been healthy and in remission since ♥
Are texturizers included in those lawsuits? 🤔
I understand the premise of what they’re saying but for sake of example, …why sue a tobacco company because you contracted cancer from smoking?
By virtue of the description, these chemicals have active xenoestrogens; has that been demonstrated through testing?
They were not forced to use relaxer, they did this to themselves !!!
It’s like people who smoke, you can’t sue the company for something you willingly buy and consumed knowing the risks !
I dont even use perfumes. I dont use any body creams except vaselline.
Can we correlate the cancer to the hair straightening as opposed to other factors?
I am baffled on this one... how do they prove that hair relaxers caused their cancer over everything else (environmental, biological & dietary factors)?
Secondly, when they noticed "changes to their hair and health" why didn't they stop using the hair relaxers? Why continue to use it? That don't make NO sense!
Sweetie, it sounds easy, but understand it takes years of research and data to find out different links to cancer! The damage had already been done before the many trials and data had been gathered! It took black women to point this out! That why there has just now been lawsuits filed and for this particular topic to get some attention! Your attitude is the same as the people who don't acknowledge what they have done!
I doubt it was the relaxers. There are so many other carcinogens we come in contact with. Also, certain STIS can lead to cancer, dietary issues, etc. this whole claim is a reach imo but I still support black women who are boycotting relaxers. At this time, I will still continue to relax my hair.
@@rondasmith4037 haha😆😆😆... you ain't making NO SENSE.
Sweetie, your response simply shows your ignorance to science, not understanding my comment, and lack of accountability!
Firstly, there is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF that hair relaxers caused their specific cancers. There are TOO MANY causes of cancer out there (environmental factors, biological factors, dietary factors).
ONLY the cancer cells within their body knows how it got there. 💯
ONLY the cancers cells within their body knows for sure, what caused their cancers. 💯
Do you have the ability to talk to cells? What PROOF do you have that hair relaxers caused their specific cancers? Women of other races who don't use hair relaxers ALSO suffer (and die) from the SAME TYPES of cancer these women have.
Secondly, they noticed "changes to their hair and health" and yet, they still continued to use relaxers??? That makes NO SENSE. One woman said her scalp was coming off when she combed her hair, and yet, she continued to use relaxers??? Makes NO SENSE and also shows a LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY on her part.
Thirdly, using hair relaxers was a CHOICE. There are many other options/alternatives out there... hot comb, flat iron, silk press, wigs, going natural.
I empathize with them, but to claim that hair relaxers caused their cancers, there is NO ABSOLUTE PROOF of that! Women of other races who DON'T USE hair relaxers ALSO develop the SAME TYPES of cancer these women have.
Wait for something you chose to use. Even with all the side effect people still use that product. Ridiculous
I stopped years ago due to fibroids which was linked to it
I wore my natural hair until I was 17 years old. I used a harbor relaxer because hairdressers wouldn't braid my hair. After all, it was long and coarse. That happened back at home in Africa. It is unfortunate how some blacks treat other blacks. For the past seven years, I have been wearing natural low-cut hair, and I love it.
Only reason why I stopped relaxers is because of eczema. Don't have scalp eczema but I didn't want it to get there. Feel bad for these ladies
For all of the 80's 90's babies that remember seeing those beautiful little girls on the perm box ( just for me). Well come to find out those little girls NEVER had a perm in their heads , they just had used straight ing comb to make their hair look bone straight... the perm company had alot of people fooled.
I'm white but I tried a drug store relaxing kit once and those chemicals are so harsh even the mild kit severely damaged my hair. That can't be good for anyone's hair. Just love yourself as you are.
Mind your business and stay out of ours!!! 🙄
And yet hair relaxers are still on the shelves……
This is awful. I stopped relaxing my hair in 2010 and my mother and some family members were so disappointed and in disbelief. It didn’t make sense to put such an irritating and extreme chemical over your brain just to have a look.
Like these companies didn’t know this was going to happen, makes me sick 😒
They stopped relaxing but haven’t realized that dying carries risks too.There are chemicals we don’t understand in dyes too.
Choosing to put a chemical on your body and being mad at the company for making those decisions is just a lack of accountability. They aren’t even factoring in diet and stress that could be contributing to these issues. So many natural black women also have these problems. Women of other ethnicities also have these problems. And don’t use relaxers. And im a black woman who uses relaxers
This comment is awful. Lacks understanding, comprehension, and historical context. If you really are a Black woman still using chemical straighteners, you should check your self and get better informed. Black women have enough to deal with than another Black woman protecting the status quo and capitalism.
These women are older. Wearing and afro to work wouldn't even have been an option in most job industries they wouldn't even let you get the job but relaxing the hair was usually done at age 12 before you could make an informed decision.
'Lack of accountability' has become the most meaningless phrase in existence. Corporations have a LEGAL responsibility to ensure that their products are safe for human usage. But of course people like you love to overlook that.
Oh so companies can put cancer causing chemicals in the products that you use and you're okay with it? Is it a lack of accountability on your part if companies put cancer causing chemicals in foods you eat, lotions you use, etc.? Can companies can do whatever they want? Sounds like an American
So how do we grow our hair? I was using rosemary leaves, Clove, and Jasmine rice and my hair didn't grow yet
Monitor your health. Drink a lot of water and eat healthy. Also avoid certain hair styles like tight ponytails and avoid having braids on too tight
Stopped relaxing 2015
GOD IS FAITHFUL
I may need to put the bleach down!
My sister died of cancer 😡
We've been hearing of these dangers for 30 years, where were they?
Baby, 30 years ain't that long ago! These women are at least 60 years or older ! I wish people would try to do research and educate themselves more before just being so opinionated! The fact that one lady said she wanted a job should have been enough for you to truly listen! The fact that we hear but don't listen and that we are more critical of each other than other cultures is so disheartening! We are own worst enemy! These women have been through a lot! It took our elders' experiences to still. We were pp 2:55 l j0
@@rondasmith4037 Thirty years is more than enough time for them to have educated themselves and done things differently.
They don't have a monopoly on needing to work either. I've worked for 30 years *with natural hair*. I dare anyone to tell me I didn't look fantastic. I never had a problem. Ever. In fact, my coworkers admired and respected me for being myself. Nor was I a light skin woman with the acceptable form of curly hair. I've never apologized for my blackness.
Did you? Too bad.
Be gone!
@@lisabrightlyI’m happy for your experience but a little compassion goes a long way.
@@lisabrightlyI’m sure they didn’t plan or intended for the consequences that they’re dealing with… they said if they knew they would’ve stopped sooner
@@RoyaltySarah my point is they knew because we all knew. They chose to ignore the dangers. Didn't you know and if so why not because we've been talking about the dangers since we were teenagers.
I feel for ALL 5 of these lovely women. The woman who can't have children makes me really sad.
I feel for them in terms of their illness.
I have zero sympathy for them in the context of the use of those hair relaxers.
We have always been our own worse enemy. Whatever happened to being yourself? I’ve been natural my whole life.
Seeing this makes me sad and angry. We as black women are made to feel as if we have bad hair. I’m so glad I didn’t use relaxers anymore. My daughters won’t use them either. I’m teaching them to love their hair.
One day we will see women suing for all fake nails and nail polish too.
Thankfully, I've always had jobs that let me embrace whatever hair style I liked. Unfortunately, many today are returning to perms and Black hair dye has also been indicated as a possible culprit. I couldn't perm long because I didn't care for the look on me, it was unhealthy for my hair type and it burned! I'm locked now and it's a good solution too.
I love your natural hair. God made it, so it's the best.