Either you have stick straight hair and you want it curly, or you have curly hair that you want straighten. In my case, I'm the former. Last year, I got a "body wave", while all of my friends were getting this Brazilian straightening method, which apparently was working wonders! But, one of my best friends, Ms. J.C., informed that this new Brazilian method could... kill you? In fact, she only got her bangs straightened and suffered a severe chemical reaction that inhibited her breathing for many days...
One word: "formaldehyde." Formaldehyde is known to cause cancer, and the amount used to straighten hair is more than ten times the amount deemed safe by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel. These chemicals can prove to be particularly harmful when you treat your hair at home. A 33- year old woman in Brazil actually died from this process. According to the National Health Surveillance Agency "What we thought possibly happened was that after doing the treatment, she was in the bathroom taking a shower and the heat caused a heart attack. She died in the shower." Sucks, because the results are amazing... read on...
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