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Lady-Seashell-Bikini t1_j6a4ceq wrote

Reply to comment by CustosEcheveria in Black and Hispanic hairdressers are exposed to a complex mixture of chemicals, many of them unknown, potentially hazardous, and undisclosed on product labels, researchers report. There are more than 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, more than 90% of whom are estimated to be women. by MistWeaver80

I'm not sure about Latine hairdressers, but Black hairdressers are exposed to more dangerous chemicals and at a more frequent rate.

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userid8252 t1_j6a9f8r wrote

Why do they use different products?

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CustosEcheveria t1_j6aa54g wrote

Generally speaking black people's hair has different care needs so they use different products, but there should still be natural/gentler alternatives with less chemicals available.

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BallumBallum t1_j6ag3f5 wrote

It kind of doesn't work like this. Because science isn't some kind of magical thing that can just solve anything, but also because many people don't care that much about their own safety.

For exemple there is a whitening active banned in european cosmetics because it is known for being very bad, but because it works well there is a full black market of it

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somedave t1_j6co9sp wrote

"with less chemicals" is not a meaningful statement.

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Quetzalcoatle19 t1_j6ah33x wrote

The entire concept of black hair/dreads is that they’re natural and healthy.

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CustosEcheveria t1_j6ah7ge wrote

All hair is "natural" - we're talking about hair care products.

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MuddyAuras t1_j6b7sud wrote

Natural hair is a term used in the hair care world. It refers to hair that it not chemically treated, thus being in it's "natural state" if you ever accompany a women to a salon you might see it posted on the wall, salons typically charge more $ for natural hair.

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CustosEcheveria t1_j6a4g8e wrote

Sounds like they should use different products then

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JRadiantHeart t1_j6bfn8c wrote

Why do you think people used lye to straighten black hair? Because it worked.

They don't have healthy processes/chemicals which achieve the same result.

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Lady-Seashell-Bikini t1_j6a4l6t wrote

Oh wow! Why have they not thought about that before?!

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abnormally-cliche t1_j6b8ur2 wrote

Idk, why haven’t they? Clearly there are products on the market that don’t have this problem.

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Lady-Seashell-Bikini t1_j6b9ull wrote

The African hair market is different from the European hair market. The products you're thinking of are different and have nothing to do with treatments that would be applied to African hair. Relaxers, for example.

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