Like numerous, Black women especially, Christal Love has been relatively audacious with her hair.
" Natural was a smirch back in the day," said Love." I used to perm my hair. I used to color my hair all of the typical effects that women do."
Love continued her adventures in hair styling until 2016 when she set up a lump on her bone.
" She said no it's stage three — perhaps stage four," said Love.
Through rigorous chemotherapy, she beat cancer and at that point, she was gaping at a bald head and she took a hard look at all of her haircare products.
" We have heard about them being linked to issues and cancer being dangerous to us," she said." But after cancer that is when I am like' Ok I got to pay attention to what I put into my body and put on my body."
New Exploration at the City of Hope studied the effect of parabens, a popular component in numerous black hair products, on cell lines from Black bone cancer cases versus white bone cancer cases.
" We saw increased cell growth in the Black bone cancer cell line with the paraben treatment but didn't see the goods in the white bone cancer cell lines at the cure that was tested," saidDr. Lindsey Treviño.
The study solidified Love's hunch and she's since dumped the chemical brands. She's also making sure those dangerous products say out of her son's hair.
" I'd rather be natural and not have to worry about another what if again," she said.
According to Treviño, people should avoid three constituents parabens, phthalates and spices.
" You can actually overlook the barcodes of the products that you're presently using and find out how dangerous they're for your health," said Treviño.
Love said that now that she only uses natural products her air is then to stay.
" It took me a long time to get there but I say enjoy it," she said." Rock it."
An app that helps determine if hair products contain dangerous substances can be set up
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