Brazilian Blowout: Hair treatment of death?

The FDA is cracking down on the popular hair-straightening procedure after a rash of health complaints

Brazilian Blowout
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The FDA has taken action against one of the most popular hair-care treatments available, the Brazilian Blowout. This widely used hair-straightening procedure — in which a chemical solution is essentially burned into the hair to temporarily straighten it — involves a product that the FDA has deemed unsafe for both consumers and salon workers. The manufacturer of the Brazilian Blowout line of salon products — currently involved in a messy tangle of lawsuits — maintains that its product is completely safe. Here, a guide to this controversy:

What makes the Brazilian Blowout unsafe?

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