To my friends and colleagues,
Please be very carefully with these products. Make sure that if you choose to continue using these Brazilian Blowout products that you are properly protected. Please wear gloves, and mask, and try to have a well vented location to apply this product. The following is another article from a major new network regarding the dangers of using this straightening system. If you can, find a healthy alternative. You don't want to end up with Cancer years from now because of some trendy product that was using harmfully chemicals.
From Fox news Chicago -
State officials in Oregon and hair stylists are raising concerns about a expensive hair-care solution called Brazilian Blowout that contains unsafe levels of formaldehyde, a chemical linked to cancer. The treatment converts frizzy or kinky hair into smooth locks, a 90-minute process that costs between $250 and $350.
After stylists complained of chest pains, sore throats and even bloody noses from exposure to the treatment, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration began testing the solution and found significant amounts of formaldehyde, The Oregonian reported.
Classified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization, formaldehyde is linked to cancer of the lungs, blood and nasal passages.
Oregon officials tested 105 samples from 54 Oregon salons and found that formaldehyde content averaged more than 8 percent in Brazilian Blowout, even when many bottles were marked formaldehyde-free, according to The Oregonian .
