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Brazilian Blowout Dangerous? Will Celebs Care?
Some people have hair that even a flat iron can’t straighten. Or, maybe you have hair that a flat iron will straighten, but it takes forever. So, you look for a different solution. You can get a Brazilian Blowout in a salon. A Brazilian Blowout typically costs about $150-300 and lasts for a few weeks.
Stars like Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie have gotten a Brazilian Blowout in the past. Shocking that they don’t have naturally perfectly straight hair, isn’t it? A-hem. But, now, there are reports that a Brazilian Blowout could be dangerous: it could cause cancer!
One of the key ingredients in a Brazilian Blowout is formaldehyde. While in small doses, formaldehyde is relatively harmless, the FDA says that “prolonged exposure can cause burning eyes, breathing difficulties, and even cancer.”
The Keratin Express Brazilian Smoothing Treatment has 1.2% formaldehyde. Some salons are refusing to do the treatments any more.
The Brazilian Blowout really does work to straighten hair. Clients just have to decide if straight hair is worth the risk!
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Rachel commented on Feb 24 11 at 10:05 amMy hair is naturally curly. I straightened it ALL of last winter—every day. It finally gave up trying to be curly, and now I have to retrain it. TEN YEARS of training to get perfect spirals, and it’s all gone in five months. I now know to be happy with the hair God gave me!
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