Hair

Lawsuit: Black Cop Told to Style Hair Like White Officer’s

A New Jersey police officer has sued her department, saying she endured years of racial and gender discrimination that included supervisors telling her to style her hair like a white officer’s. The lawsuit filed by Hillside Sgt. Qiana Brown, who is black, claims she has improperly been denied a promotion to lieutenant.


$26 Million Hair Loss Lawsuit Against Wen Hair Care Products Moves Forward

The lawsuit that was filed against Wen haircare products creator Chaz Dean and marketer Guthy-Renker back in July is every beauty lovers’ worst nightmare. At this point, more than 200 customers have joined the class action suit alleging that the company’s cleansing conditioner led to hair loss, scalp irritation and balding. And today, that case just got its first ruling from a Los Angeles …


Woman Sues l’Oreal for $5m After Relaxer ‘Left Her Partially Bald’

A New York woman is suing L’Oreal for $5million in damages after a hair relaxer allegedly left her head covered in bald spots and burns. Delicia Taylor is claiming the SoftSheen-Carson Optimum Amla Legend No-Mix, No-Lye Relaxer caused large patches of her hair to fall out. Taylor also said the product, which promises ‘fuller, silkier hair’, caused her scalp to blister and scab, according to the …


l’Oreal Causes Hair Loss? US Class Action Lawsuit Says Product Uses Toxic Substances

A hair relaxer marketed by top notch celebrities from Cynthia Bailey to first lady Michelle Obama is the target of a new U.S. class-action lawsuit amid allegations that the product actually causes hair loss. The L’Oreal product, which promises “fuller, silkier hair” causes “disturbing and distressing injuries including hair loss and breakage as well as scalp irritation, blisters and burns,” …


L’Oréal Sued — Black Women Angry Over Relaxer … You Made Us Bald

L’Oréal got a bunch of famous African-American women to tout its hair relaxer when it actually causes great harm, and the company even insinuated Michelle Obama into its campaign … so claim some angry customers who have just filed suit. L’Oréal hawks a hair relaxer called SoftSheen-Carson Optimum Amla Legend No-Mix, No-Lye Relaxer, which it claims is healthy and safe because it uses a …


Sick Kids Hospital, Motherisk Director Point Fingers at Each Other in Class-Action Lawsuit

Statements of defence from both deny blame over faulty hair tests used in court to remove children from their parents. He rejects the findings of an independent review led by retired Court of Appeal Justice Susan Lang last year, which harshly criticized hair testing procedures at Motherisk. “The hair testing methodologies employed by (Motherisk) were, at all material times, accurate and …


Davie Woman Sues Shampoo Company, Wen by Chaz Dean, Saying It Caused Balding

In February, a woman from Orlando posted this photo and reported, “Each time [I used Wen], I had clumps of hair falling out in my shower, all over my comb and brush… I had so much hair falling out that I got scared and started crying.” In 2009, Los Angeles-based celebrity hair stylist Chaz Dean released Wen, a line of hair-care products that purportedly cleans and conditions without harsh …


200 Women Join Lawsuit Against WEN Hair Care Products

Hair today, gone tomorrow. More than 200 women in 40 states have joined a class-action lawsuit against the makers of the hair care line WEN, claiming that the products can cause severe hair damage — including bald spots and rashes, according to a report. The class-action lawsuit against celebrity hairstylist Chaz Dean and direct marketing company Guthy-Renker, which markets the product, was …