![]() It also may or may not be a carcinogen…the jury is still out of that one. One study found that 42% of 1,600 individuals exposed developed an “irritant reaction.” It has also been reported that it is so likely to cause a skin reaction that it’s actually used as a positive control in dermatological tests. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate has been found to have the ability to penetrate the skin and cause irritation. (Read more about DMDM in THIS blog post.) ![]() If that doesn’t make you want to care just a little bit more about who you are buying your products from, I don’t know what will.ĭMDM Hydantoin is one of the most common allergens in cosmetic products and can trigger an immune system response that results in allergy symptoms such as itching and rashes. It is more profitable for them to cause a health issue for us and spend millions of dollars on top of the line legal teams later, than it is to do to the right thing now. It works out to be better for them, financially, to use whatever ingredients they can to increase their profit margin while the product is on sale, even if that means having to spend millions of dollars later in legal fees and settlements. Most companies out there, not just in the hair care industry but in general who are choosing to use questionable ingredients like these, are doing so because they are affordable. They do this because they’re cheap and they give quick and immediate results. Many of these companies are being called out specifically for using ingredients like Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and DMDM Hydantoin KNOWING they can cause hair loss and scalp irritation but choosing to incorporate them into their products anyway. New lawsuits with over a dozen different hair care brands are currently being investigated who, despite being advertised as safe and healthy to use, have caused thousands of users across the globe to experience excessive hair loss and scalp irritation including: Here are the major companies I have found that have already settled and paid out law suits for creating hair care products with ingredients known to cause intense scalp irritation and hair loss:īut that is not even the half of it. It seems like in the past 5 years I have heard about lawsuits in the hair care industry increasingly more regularly and I wanted to wrap my head around what was really happening out there.ĭisclaimer: The amount of hair products with past, pending or upcoming lawsuits against them is seriously ridiculous. After the explosive news last week about the hair loss lawsuit in the works against Johnson & Johnson over their OGX Brand products, I had to go digging.
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