Do Hair Color Cause Cancer. Starting anewEllen DeGeneres reveals her natural hair color after recovering from hair dye disaster However hair dye isnt the only commonly used hair product that could be a cause for concern. However studies looking at people who have their hair dyed have not found a consistent increase in bladder cancer risk.
In 2008 researcher Michael Kelsh and his colleagues pooled data from 12 different studies a meta-analysis of personal hair dye exposure among men and women and bladder cancer. Food and Drug Administration FDA and National Cancer Institutes summaries of health research on hair dyes often stipulate dangers associated with use prior to or after. In 2017 a Rutgers University study found that using dark brown or black hair dyes was linked to a 51 percent increased risk of breast cancer among African Americans and a 72 percent increased risk that the cancer would be estrogen-receptor positive.
When looking at a range of cancer types including lymphoma there was still a lack of statistically significant evidence linking hair dye use to risk of cancer.
Black women who regularly used permanent dyes to color their hair were 60 percent more likely to develop breast cancer compared to black women who did not report using dye according to an. A study by Kefah Mokbel a London surgeon showed that women who dye their hair are 14 more likely to develop breast cancer 3. After eight years of follow-up White found permanent hair dye use was associated with about a 7 higher risk of developing breast cancer among white women whereas in black women that risk was. In the mid-1970s some research concluded that components of permanent hair dyes including some aromatic amines did cause cancer in animals.
