Study: Chemical hair relaxers may put Black women at higher risk for uterine cancer

Oct. 11 (UPI) — Black women’s long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer, according to a new study done by Boston University.

The researcher’s findings from the university’s Black Women’s Health Study appeared on Wednesday in the online journal Environmental Research.

The study compared women who never or rarely used hair relaxers with those who reported using hair relaxers more than twice a year or for more than five years. They found that women who used the relaxers showed a greater than 50% increased risk of uterine cancer.

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