Women using chemical hair-straightening products are at a higher risk of uterine cancer than women who reported not using them, a new NIH study.
. Researchers noted that Black women may have a higher risk because they are more likely to use those products more frequently.
Researchers said chemicals like parabens, phthalates and fragrances in hair care products disrupt the endocrine system, which helps regulate hormones and that could in turn raise the risk of uterine cancer, the most common cancer of the female reproductive system. “We see a doubling of risk for frequent users, and that’s a very alarming figure,” Alexandra White, Ph.D., head of the NIEHS Environment and Cancer Epidemiology group and the study’s lead author, added. “For non-users the absolute risk is about 1.64% and then when you look at frequent users, the risk goes up to 4.05%. It’s a notable increase in risk.”
Pressure to adhere to societal beauty standards that glorify and prioritize hair textures and styles associated with white people have led some Black people to rely on harmful hair care products like chemical relaxers to look the part, said Wendy Greene, a law professor at Drexel Kline School of Law who studies Black hair discrimination. She calls this pressure the “straight hair mandate,” noting that it can impact Black people’s work, social, and educational lives.
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