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What Are Beauty Product Lawsuits?

Beauty product lawsuits are designed for women who’ve been hurt by a product on the beauty industry’s massive dazzling menu + who are looking to take legal action against the responsible manufacturer.

Chemical Hair Relaxers

Thousands of people are filing lawsuits against L’Oreal, Revlon, and other brands,1 for not warning that research links formaldehyde and other chemicals in hair relaxers to uterine cancer and other grave hormone-related diagnoses.2

Gel Nails (UV Dryers)

Gel polishes per se aren’t the problem: UV nail dryers are. UV rays are harsher than the sun’s + routine exposure can cause cell mutation in hands, feet, and nails – “just one step along the pathway to cancer.”3

Talcum Powder

Johnson & Johnson has finally replaced its asbestos-containing talc with cornstarch, but not until they were forced to by a mountain of lawsuits4 and irrefutable evidence that talc increased the risk of ovarian cancer.5
ACFW is deep in the trenches helping to protect women day in and day out because we are women too. Aren’t we all looking for the latest volumizing, brightening, smoothing serums, soaps, and shampoos? However sunny the marketing, many beauty products use cancer-causing ingredients to achieve smoother, creamier textures + longer shelf life. We believe that manufacturers are not doing enough to safeguard users by ensuring products are safer and divulging risks on product labels.

What Should You Expect from a Beauty Product Lawsuit?

If you feel that your medical issue is linked to a product you have used, we want to hear your story. You may want to consider joining a beauty product lawsuit. Don’t worry – we can help with that.

ACFW is legit from every angle – we’re here to help women take action against products that knowingly caused harm. You deserve to feel safe in your own skin and you deserve justice when that trust is broken.

First up, here are a couple of key points:

  • OUTCOMES: Knowing the ballpark compensation range is a plus. When you contact us, we’ll talk through any specific questions you may have. The beauty product lawyers/ firms we introduce you to will also walk you through any details.

What Do Beauty Products Have to Do With the Civil Justice System?

Civil lawsuits work differently than criminal lawsuits. Instead of punishing one bad actor at a time (criminal law), civil law aims to wield steep financial penalties that punish the manufacturers for choosing profits over you and your family.

When civil lawsuits win, titans of industry must bow. One voice can start something loud and sweeping – and it could be yours. ACFW wants to help you speak up if you have been betrayed by misleading marketing or product labels that hide the truth.

So, in these cases, successful outcomes typically include monetary awards for survivors + mandates for defendants (the manufacturers) to do better. To be sure, real improvements rarely  happen on a volunteer-only basis when industries are self-regulated. That’s why these lawsuits matter.

We only work with firms that operate on contingency. Your lawyers will do the heavy lifting at no charge unless they’re successful at the end of the day.

We Are Here For You.

This is an issue that affects other women, so why not let other women help you? Since 2015, we’ve been growing a community of kindred women – now hundreds of thousands strong – who trust ACFW and gain strength from sharing tough experiences + triumphs + lifting each other up when speaking out is the only way to flip the script.

In May 2020, for example, J&J pledged to stop selling its once-legendary baby talcum powder and transition to cornstarch in US/ Canadian markets.5 We helped make that happen through our dedication to the talcum powder lawsuit, and that isn’t the only dangerous product we’ve helped wipe completely off shelves through our case-specific campaigns.6

We’re here for you 24/7/365. What we do matters. And for our many services, we charge you nothing. Ever. It’s proof that we’re helping you because we want to.

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Sources

  1. Dorothy Cucci, “What to Know About the Connection Between Hair Relaxers and Uterine Cancer,” New York-Presbyterian Health Matters, October 10, 2024.
  2. Linda Villarosa, “The Disturbing Truth about Hair Relaxers,” New York Times, June 13, 2024.
  3. Aria Bendix – “These dermatologists say they don’t get gel manicures as research hints UV nail dryers may damage DNA,” NBC News, January 23, 2023.
  4. Tiffany Hsu and Roni Caryn Rabin, Johnson & Johnson Will Discontinue Talc-Based Baby Powder Globally in 2023,” New York Times, April 11, 2022.
  5. Stalo Karageorgi, Margaret A Gates, Susan E Hankinson, Immaculate De Vivo, “Perineal use of talcum powder and endometrial cancer risk,” NIH/ National Institutes of Health, PMC/ Pub Medical Central, April 20, 2010.
  6. Carl O’Donnell and Lisa Girion, “Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc baby powder in U.S. and Canada,” Reuters, May 20, 2020.