A study found a frightening link between hair straighteners and uterine cancer
Straightening your hair is not healthy and that is known, but what would you do if you found out that it could increase the risk of cancer?
That's what a new study found, and it's alarming indeed
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10/19/2022
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 07:19
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Hair straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, according to a large study published this week.
"We estimated that 1.64 percent of women who had never used a hair straightener would go on to develop uterine cancer by age 70, but for those who used it frequently, that risk increased to 4.05 percent," said study leader Alexandra White of the US National Institute for Environmental Health and Safety ( NIEHS).
White said that "it's important to put this information in the right context — uterine cancer is a relatively rare cancer." Still, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), uterine cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States, with an increase in classes, especially among black women.
The researchers followed 33,947 women of various races, ages 35 to 74, for an average of nearly 11 years.
During that time, 378 women developed uterine cancer.
After taking into account the participants' other risk factors, the odds of developing uterine cancer were more than two and a half times higher in women who used smoothing products more than four times in the previous year.
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GIF of a woman straightening her hair (Photo: Giphy)
Less frequent use of the eraser over the course of a year was also associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer, but the difference was not statistically significant, meaning it may have been a coincidence.
Previous studies have shown that hair straighteners can disrupt hormonal activity.
The products have previously been associated with a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
"These findings are the first epidemiological evidence of a link between the use of lubrication products and uterine cancer," wrote White and her colleagues in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
"Further research is needed to identify specific chemicals driving this observed association."
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