Hask's Placenta Question

[Hotmommak]

I washed my hair last night and dc'd with hask's placenta. Instead of sitting under the dryer, I decided to leave it in overnight. Then, since I wasn't going anywhere today, I decided to leave it in a little longer. I took my scarf and shower cap off, and my roots were starting to dry. THEY LOOK AND FEEL LIKE PURE SILK!!!! Can I just let my whole head airdry and not rinse it out? I know this may seem silly, but I am new to this and don't know what to do!


TIA!

 

[cookie1]

I wouldn't because it's a protein conditioner and it may make your hair hard.

 

[Hotmommak]

that is what i was worried about. It's been on a long time n its not hard, but I'm not taking any chances! Thanks!

 

[SlantedEyezMiss2003]

Girl I heard some stuff about products with Placenta in them, I read a story about how it gave one girl cancer......from www.blackhairmedia.com


I recieved this email at work today...has any one heard about this ?




>FYI - Be aware . . Spread the word . . .
>Even if you don't
>need this information pass it on . . . It might save someone's life.
>
>By Debbie Norrell
>
>
>At least two months ago WPXI contacted me to do an interview
>about ingredients in hair care products used by African-Americans
>possibly leading to breast cancer. I was selected because I am a
>15-year breast cancer survivor. I agreed to do the interview. However at
>the
>en d of the taping I didn't know anything more about the study than
>before
>the cameras started rolling.
>
>
>Recently WAMO news anchor and New Pittsburgh Courier freelance
>writer Allegra Battle did a story on this same subject and it was a
>feature on the May 9, 5 p.m. KDKA news.
>
>But at the end of these stories we still did not have a list of the
>products.
>
>Battle gave me the list that didn't make her feature during a recent
>visit I
>made to the WAMO studio's promoting the Pittsburgh Race for the Cure.
>So many of my friends have seen the stories on television or read about
>this issue in the paper and they want to know which products to be
>concerned about.
>
>
>However I wanted to give you more so I went to the Internet and
>looked for articles from the Center for Environmental Oncology and
>found one entitled: Why Healthy People Get Cancer: Center Examines
>Environmental Suspects (update Spring 2005).
>
>
>The article stated, one of immediate resea rch priorities of the
>new Center is the puzzling phenomenon of breast cancer in
>African-Americans under the age of 40, who have nearly twice as much
>breast cancer as do white women.
>
>
>The center will work with Silent Spring Institute, a Massachusetts based
>cancer institute, to identify suspect contaminants and ingredients in
>hair care products and other personal products regularly used by
>African-American young women and their mothers.
>
>
>More recently, attention has turned to estrogenic compounds in
>hair care products used by Black women as a possible explanation for
>higher cancer rates in this population. I've started to carry copies
>of the list in my purse but we're going to share it with you right here.
>
>
>The list simply says: The following is a list of products that have
>previously been found to contain hormones:
>

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>Placenta Shampoo
>
>Queen Helene Placenta cream hair conditioner
>
>Placenta revitalizing shampoo
>
>Perm Repair with placenta
>
>Proline Perm Repair with placenta
>
>Hormone hair food Jojoba oil
>
>Triple action super grow
>
>Supreme Vita-Gro
>Luster's Sur Glo Hormone
>
>B & B Super Gro
>
>Lekair natural Super Glo
>
>Lekair Hormone hair treatment with Vitamin E
>Isoplus Hormone hair treatment wit Quinine
>
>Fermodyl with Placenta hair conditioner
>
>Supreme Vita-Gro with allantoin and estrogen plus
>
>TEA-COCO
>
>Hask Placenta Hair conditioner
>
>Nu Skin body smoother
>
>Nu Skin Enhancer
>
>
>The majority of these products contain placental extract,
>placenta, hormones or estrogen.
>
>As early as 1983 Dr. Devra Davis (epidemiologist and director
>of the Center for Environmental Oncology, part of the University of
>Pittsburgh Cancer Institute) and co-researcher Leon Bradlow advanced
>the theory that xenoestrogens, synthetic estrogen imitators, were a
>possible cause of breast cancer.
>
>
>Davis also says, 'most cases of breast cancer are not born, but
>made and the more hormones a woman is exposed to in her lifetime, the
>greater her risk of breast cancer.'
>
>
>We need to be more cautious of the products that we use on our
>hair and our bodies and demand that more information about our health
>is shared.
>
>Ladies and gentlemen beware.
>
>(Email the columnist at debbienorrell.Com.)
>
>
>Below is a link with regard
>to the research.
>
>http://www.wpxi.com/health/4204594/detail.html <http://>

 

[Hotmommak]

I actually just read something similar to this; it was just shorter. I know people that have used placenta products for years and have not had adverse reactions to them. That said, I do intend to do some research. I also know that there are cultures where after a woman gives birth, she eats the placenta or drinks a tea made from it. I'm sure there is a difference in animal and human placentas but I would imagine that much more harm would be done if I ingested the product rather than using it on my hair.

There are studies linking microwaves and cell phones as causes for cancer as well, and I am still using those. I get a little leery when I read things like that, but thanks for the info...I'm going to do some research!

 

[Hotmommak]

Sooo...cosmeticdatabase.com states that methylparaben is likely to cause cancer in mammals from a study done in 1978 (8 out of 10 on their scale). It can also be listed under these names:

BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER; P-CARBOMRYHOXYPHENOL; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER; P-METHOXYCARBONYLPHENOL; METHYL 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE; METHYL P-HYDROXYBENZOATE; METHYL PARAHYDROXYBENZOATE; METHYL ESTER BENZOIC ACID, 4-HYDROXY-; METHYL ESTER 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4-HYDROXY- METHYL ESTER BENZOIC ACID; METHYLPARABE

This link is to a list of other products containing methylparaben: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/browse.php?containing=703937

This website considers the placenta itself to be only moderately dangerous, but does not list cancer as one of its risks. http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ingredient.php?ingred06=704919&refurl=%2Fproduct.php%3Fprod_id%3D49732%26

"Fragrance" is also listed as a harmful ingredient, receiving an 8 out of 10, but not for cancer...there are all sorts of other problems listed.

The product is rated a 7 out of 10 on their scale, but there is a 72% data gap. So, they only have 28% of information stating that the product is harmful in general. For methylparaben, there is a 61% data gap. For Placental extracts, there is a 93% data gap, therefore, only 7% of their data proves there are problems with using placental extracts (of which problems cancer is not mentioned). Lastly, "fragrance" has a 100% data gap, so it's dangerous, but there's no scientific evidence for their claim.

This is what was stated regarding the study on personal care products containing placental extracts:

About PLACENTAL EXTRACT: This ingredient is derived from the placenta, an organ that develops in female mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and attached by the umbilical cord to provide nourishment and oxygen to the fetus. The placenta produces progesterone, estrogen, and other hormones, which raise potential health concerns in personal care products. In one study four girls between one and eight years of age developed breasts or pubic hair two to 24 months after starting the use of estrogen- or placenta-containing hair products. Their breasts and public hair regressed when they stopped using the products. No other cause for early sexual development was found. (Tiwary 1998).

This ingredient may be derived from animals. From PETA's Caring Consumer: Contains waste matter eliminated by the fetus. Derived from the uterus of slaughtered animals. Animal placenta is widely used in skin creams, shampoos, masks, etc. Alternatives: kelp, olive oil, wheat germ oil, coconut oil, flaxseed oil, almond oil, safflower oil, etc.

For me, there isn't enough evidence for me to stop using the product. The results were amazing, and I'm not ingesting it. Also, I am aware that the concern is with the levels of hormones in the products...progesterone 58% data gap and moderate (5) rating, estrogen 52% data gap and high (10) rating, and estrone 63% data gap with high (8) rating.

IDK if anyone else was interested in this info, but here it is!

 

[jeabai]

I know that most would disagree but I LOVE HASK PLACENTA! Especially the olive oil one I only use it once a month though

 

[Hotmommak]

So far, I am liking the results. I wash my hair once a week or once every two weeks, depending on how my hair feels. For the past two washes, I have used it and I like it. I am also thinking of getting the hot creme leave-in for curly days...