Kidney Failure from Hair Straightening

Is it possible to get kidney failure from getting your hair straightened? That's a great question. Glyxylic acid is actually known to cause issues with kidneys and actually kidney failure. It's a toxin. It actually is in a hair straightener, particularly in Brazilian straightening. This was actually a French article, got translated into English. Looking at this over in France and Europe, the question is, how many people here get their hair straightened? My wife has curly hair. She's gotten straightened before. But these acids, these toxins that actually change the protein structure of your hair from curly to straight can actually have toxic effects on you. The average female puts over 200 different chemicals in her body every day before she leaves the house. And many of these are now known to be neuroendocrine disruptors, which are chemicals that mess with your hormones. We're now finding out with things like formaldehyde and hair care products that can relate to kidney issues, liver issues, and now Brazilian straightener. The gist is use clean products. On our website, we have a lot of resources for looking at detoxification.