{"id":2543,"date":"2023-01-21T07:12:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T07:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T06:29:10","slug":"hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Hair Straightener Cancer Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women have routinely used chemical hair straighteners for the past several decades. Unfortunately, recent data suggests several of these products can cause severe health issues, like uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and endometriosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#How_Do_Chemical_Hair_Straightening_Products_Work\" title=\"How Do Chemical Hair Straightening Products Work?\">How Do Chemical Hair Straightening Products Work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Common_Chemicals_Found_in_Hair_Straighteners\" title=\"Common Chemicals Found in Hair Straighteners\">Common Chemicals Found in Hair Straighteners<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Hair_Straightener_Health_Risks\" title=\"Hair Straightener Health Risks\">Hair Straightener Health Risks<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Uterine_Cancer\" title=\"Uterine Cancer\u00a0\">Uterine Cancer\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Breast_Cancer\" title=\"Breast Cancer\">Breast Cancer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Hair_Straightener_Lawsuits\" title=\"Hair Straightener Lawsuits\">Hair Straightener Lawsuits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Hair_Straightener_Lawsuit_Eligibility\" title=\"Hair Straightener Lawsuit Eligibility\">Hair Straightener Lawsuit Eligibility<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Which_Hair_Straightener_Products_Cause_Cancer\" title=\"Which Hair Straightener Products Cause Cancer?\">Which Hair Straightener Products Cause Cancer?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#Hair_Straightener_Lawsuit_Compensation\" title=\"Hair Straightener Lawsuit Compensation\">Hair Straightener Lawsuit Compensation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/hair-straightener-cancer-lawsuits\/#File_a_Hair_Straightener_Lawsuit\" title=\"File a Hair Straightener Lawsuit\">File a Hair Straightener Lawsuit<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_Chemical_Hair_Straightening_Products_Work\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Do Chemical Hair Straightening Products Work?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of chemical-assisted hair straightening relies on using heat and chemicals to diminish natural bonds in the hair. Some of these bonds include disulfide bonds, hydrogen bonds, and salt bonds. As the chemicals are introduced to hair, these bonds are broken, and the hair becomes straighter. This effect typically remains until the hair grows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_Chemicals_Found_in_Hair_Straighteners\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Chemicals Found in Hair Straighteners<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair straighteners function using a combination of chemicals. Some examples of chemicals commonly found in these products include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sodium thioglycolate\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formaldehyde<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyclosiloxanes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parabens<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diethanolamine phthalates\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benzophenone-3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Triclosan\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sodium hydroxide\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonium thioglycolate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, many of these chemicals have been linked to cancer and other health risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hair_Straightener_Health_Risks\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair Straightener Health Risks<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary risks of using hair straighteners involve endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which are known to increase <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/cancer-risks-camp-lejeune-water-contamination\/\"   title=\"cancer risks\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">cancer risks<\/a>. Someone who uses hair straightening products as few as four times a year may be at significant risk of developing uterine cancer or breast cancer. Routine exposure to hair straightening chemicals may also cause other health conditions, like fibroids and endometriosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Uterine_Cancer\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uterine Cancer\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/hair-straightening-chemicals-associated-higher-uterine-cancer-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Institutes of Health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hair straightening chemicals can produce twice the risk of developing uterine cancer in individuals who use them at least four times per year. The study reviewed data from 33,947 women between ages 35 and 74 and found that those who regularly used hair straighteners were at much higher risk of uterine cancer diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Breast_Cancer\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breast Cancer<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Institutes of Health discovered that women who used chemical straighteners once every five to eight weeks were exposed to 30% higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Studies also determined that Black women were at greater risk because they are far more likely to use such products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hair_Straightener_Lawsuits\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair Straightener Lawsuits<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair straightener lawsuits seek to recover compensation from companies that manufacture and distribute harmful hair straightening products. Through a lawsuit, victims can claim compensation for any losses they incurred due to hair straightener-related cancer diagnoses and other health conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current litigation has seen more than a dozen individual claims filed, with even more plaintiffs filing to participate in multidistrict litigation in Illinois. At the moment, none of these lawsuits have resulted in a trial or settlement, but the odds are in favor of the plaintiffs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hair_Straightener_Lawsuit_Eligibility\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair Straightener Lawsuit Eligibility<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To file a hair straightener lawsuit, you must have evidence showing that you used hair straightener products and later received a diagnosis of uterine cancer, breast cancer, uterine fibroids, or endometriosis. To determine if you meet the criteria, a conversation with a licensed attorney is in order.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_Hair_Straightener_Products_Cause_Cancer\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which Hair Straightener Products Cause Cancer?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A range of cosmetic brands has been named in recent lawsuits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark and Lovely<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just for Me<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u2019Oreal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namaste<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive Oil Girls<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soft &amp; Beautiful<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength of Nature Global LLC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TCB Naturals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have used these or other hair straighteners routinely in the past, then developed cancer or another health issue, contact a hair straightener attorney immediately to start the investigation process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hair_Straightener_Lawsuit_Compensation\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair Straightener Lawsuit Compensation<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average compensation awarded to plaintiffs who successfully file for damages related to a uterine cancer diagnosis is $2 million. Therefore, women who file hair straightener lawsuits can win settlements or judgments ranging between $300,000 and $3 million. Though, the multidistrict litigation filed in December 2022 may group lawsuits together, resulting in somewhat smaller settlements for each individual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"File_a_Hair_Straightener_Lawsuit\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">File a Hair Straightener Lawsuit<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The path to filing a hair straightener lawsuit is relatively straightforward. Although there are no cases settled so far, the evidence that hair straightener manufacturers will be found liable for damages in some cases is compelling. The first thing you need to do to file a claim is assemble evidence to qualify your claim. A lawyer is essential in this part of the process, so reach out to Lawsuit Legit to get put in touch with an attorney in your area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women have routinely used chemical hair straighteners for the past several decades. Unfortunately, recent data suggests several of these products can cause severe health issues, like uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and endometriosis.\u00a0 How Do Chemical Hair Straightening Products Work? 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