Andressa is a perky traveling beautician who specializes in Brazilian hair straightening. Sure, she uses formaldehyde — found in embalming fluid — to make curls straight as straw. And, yeah, inhaling ...
Three Democratic lawmakers are questioning regulators about the level of formaldehyde used in popular hair-straightening treatments such as “Brazilian Blowout.” Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jan ...
In-salon, professionally done hair-straightening treatments (such as Brazilian Blowouts) often contain formaldehyde, which is a chemical that many people prefer to avoid. The best keratin treatments ...
The US Food and Drug Administration will propose a ban on formaldehyde and substances that release this carcinogen from certain hair-straightening and hair-smoothing products. The announcement comes 7 ...
WASHINGTON -- Federal safety regulators say a popular hair smoothing treatment called Brazilian Blowout can release unsafe levels of the chemical formaldehyde, posing a risk to hair salon workers and ...
About this time last year Petra posted about the Brazilian Blowout, a formaldehyde-free process that smoothes frizz, leaving hair straight and silky. The BB's fan club includes Ashley Tisdale and ...
Hot hair may now be hazardous to your health. Brazilian Blowout, the latest trend in celebrity hair straightening, is looking less than glamourous to the Food and Drug Administration as they ...
The long-standing dominance of the Japanese thermal-conditioning hair-straightening method in New York’s salons has been challenged lately by a Brazilian treatment that costs up to $600 and is ...
Learn how you can identify formaldehyde in hair-smoothing products. -- Five months ago, the federal government put out a hazard alert about the hair-smoothing treatment, Brazilian ...