Mary-Louise Parker: Brazilian Straightening Treatment Made My Hair Fall Out

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"I've experienced hair fall-out in the past, and it is not fun. This treatment resulted in more," Parker told Turnbow.

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[Jordana Lorraine Kotlus]

11:43 PM on 04/17/2011

So let me get this straight, a middle-aged woman (common for hair to thin at this time) who has experienced hair loss before, announces that she now has hair loss because of "Brazilian Straightening," which is not even an actual brand product but a general term...I would love to know what product was used on her, if it was done properly (impossible to know unless it was filmed) and what her Doctor says about it causing hair loss.

[momstudent]

10:28 PM on 04/14/2011

It is human behavior women with curly hair want straight hair and women with straight hair want curly hair. Same thing with breasts, height, eye color etc..all of the features we are born with. This is as old as time, however, has escalated due to media and whom and what they percieve as beautiful. Love yourself, be healthy and move one...

[Jessica Winer Bach]

09:27 PM on 04/13/2011

After watching Chris Rock's doc "Good Hair", I'm convinced that the torture we put our hair through is a huge waste of time, money and health.

[momstudent]

10:32 PM on 04/14/2011

It was upsetting watching "Good Hair" the amount of time, money and chemicials they spend and use on their hair. Watching the little girl get her first "perm" was heartbreaking. Another little girl has been taught by her mother the God given hair on her head is not good enough. Very sad.

[Fetus]

02:47 PM on 04/13/2011

Perhaps her Portuguese was not so good and she mistakenly asked for a Brazilian wax on her head by mistake.

[Max Shaw]

03:34 PM on 04/12/2011

She should just ask Snoop Dogg how he does it.

[ethiopia1a]

12:28 PM on 04/12/2011

"This week, in relevant Mary-Louise Parker news..."

[KDMac]

12:30 PM on 04/12/2011

I don't know if you ever listen to Broad Minded on XM, but they say she's a real b*tch in person.

[ethiopia1a]

02:52 PM on 04/12/2011

yea, they all act like they are so health conscious and they inject poisons into their faces.

[pinkindie]

12:25 PM on 04/12/2011

My hairstylist keeps trying to tell me this procedure is safe for me. I keep replying, "Google it; H no."

[tvmommy2]

08:38 AM on 04/12/2011

I feel her pain. Used chemicals for 30 years to straighten my curls, until it fell out. Never again!
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[Yam716]

09:09 AM on 04/12/2011

I checked out your blog! Love natural hair sites, blogs, videos, stories, etc...Congratulations!

[tvmommy2]

08:41 AM on 04/13/2011

Thanks Yam716. Seriously, in the three decades (!) I was straightening my hair, I never DREAMED I would love it this much. I think it really has to do with self acceptance. Someone once said to me, "you never have a bad hair day." I think it's because I let it do what it is supposed to (and wants to) do! No more fighting. Much, MUCH easier!

[oscartucker]

03:29 PM on 04/12/2011

Loved your site; your hair is beautiful.

[tvmommy2]

08:38 AM on 04/13/2011

Oh thanks! It was a horrid thing to go through but being reborn sin't easy right?

[tvmommy2]

08:38 AM on 04/13/2011

I mean, ISN'T easy. Need more coffee!

[Doreen1960]

08:20 AM on 04/12/2011

The process uses Formaldehyde for crying out loud...

[pgurlatl]

10:56 AM on 04/12/2011

I don't know how many times I've repeated this on hair and beauty blogs. Why would anyone think that embalming your hair strands is healthy?

[gemini68]

04:55 PM on 04/12/2011

And they tell you not to sleep on it the first 24 hours after having it done because it if bends it will stay that way! So you have to sleep sitting up!

[alans0222]

06:16 AM on 04/12/2011

and this affects us how??????

[kapalabhati]

09:11 AM on 04/12/2011

Well, for one thing, Alan, unless you're a woman with curly or kinky hair, it affects you in no way. For me, it may well have changed my mind about the process.

[Gigity]

02:49 AM on 04/12/2011

The brazillian is nice and reminds you that she's not 11, but I still prefer the Hitler.

[kapalabhati]

09:11 AM on 04/12/2011

Ya had to go there....

[MagicalPossibilities]

01:13 AM on 04/12/2011

Why would she do that? I have super straight hair and would love to have her wavy mane...

[laaambchop]

08:17 AM on 04/12/2011

lol, I know

[kapalabhati]

09:12 AM on 04/12/2011

Spend a humid day with the unruly locks, and you'll understand. But I had considered this process. Now, maybe not...

[Barbara Lilly]

11:46 PM on 04/11/2011

If you have had hair fall out before why would you try this Brazilian Blow Out?

[FilthyHarry]

11:20 PM on 04/11/2011

"Brazilian Straightening Treatment Made My Hair Fall Out"

Sounds like you had a helluva good time, what was his name?

[standish]

10:56 PM on 04/11/2011

It's called "Brazilian Blowout" and it was just on tonight's news here in Florida. Evidently, it contains formaldehyde and women have been going home and passing out from the fumes. In some salons, it's applied with both the hairdresser and the customer wearing gas masks.

[Lalita Amos]

02:22 AM on 04/12/2011

What...the...hell?!

[Doreen1960]

08:21 AM on 04/12/2011

Who is there right minds does this?

[1jadednewyorker]

08:42 AM on 04/12/2011

c'mon you know women are desperate.

[gemini68]

04:56 PM on 04/12/2011

I actually know a few women who get it done on a regular basis.