If you or a loved one had a myomectomy (i.e., surgery to remove fibroids in the uterus) after using chemical hair straightening or hair relaxing product, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a hair relaxer myomectomy lawsuit case or settlement claim.
A team of products liability injury attorneys and class action lawyers is investigating potential hair relaxer injury lawsuit cases and settlement claims of women who have had a myomectomy after using chemical hair straightener or hair relaxing products.
A myomectomy (or fibroidectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids (leiomyomas). Unlike a hysterectomy, a myomectomy does not involve surgical removal of the uterus (thereby preserving a woman’s ability to become pregnant in the future).
Unfortunately, researchers have found that chemical hair relaxing and hair straightening products may contain toxins that may be associated with an increased risk of developing uterine fibroids.
Hair Relaxer Myomectomy Lawsuit Cases
Hair relaxer myomectomy lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims of women who, after using a chemical hair relaxer or hair straightener, had a myomectomy:
- Myomectomy
- Surgical removal of fibroids in uterus
- Fibroidectomy
- Abdominal myomectomy (laparotomy)
- Open myomectomy
- Laparoscopic myomectomy
- Robotic myomectomy
- Hysteroscopic myomectomy
- Other hair relaxer injury lawsuit claims
Depending on, among other things, the location, size and number of fibroids being removed, a myomectomy can performed via laparotomy (i.e., surgical incision through abdominal wall to remove larger fibroids), laparoscopy (i.e., small number of subserous fibroids removed via thin scopes and tools, which can include robotic-assisted surgery), or a hysteroscopy (i.e., submucous fibroids found in the inner surface of the uterus removed using a hysteroscopic resectoscope that is passed to the uterine cavity through the vagina and cervical canal).
Myomectomy Complications
Complications of a myomectomy procedure can potentially include:
- Excessive blood loss
- Need for blood transfusion
- Scar tissue
- Infection
- Blood clots
- Damage to nearby organs
- Damage to ureter
- Need for corrective surgery
- Future pregnancy complications (e.g., uterine rupture)
- Future childbirth complications (e.g., need for C-section delivery)
- Need for hysterectomy
- Possible spread of cancerous tumor mistaken for fibroid
- Other myomectomy complications
If you or a loved one had to have a myomectomy after using a chemical hair straightener or hair relaxer, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a hair relaxer myomectomy lawsuit case or settlement claim. Contact a products liability injury lawyer to request a free case review.
*If you or a loved one are experiencing health issues, side effects or complications from a product, we urge you to promptly consult with your doctor or physician for an evaluation.
**The listing of a company (e.g., L’Oréal, Nature Global, Strength of Nature Global, Carson d/b/a Soft Sheen, Revlon, PDC, House of Cheatham, Godrej, Isoplus, Parfums De Coeur, Dabur, Avlon Industries, Dermoviva Skin Essentials, AFAM Concept, Inc. d/b/a JF Labs, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., McBride Research Laboratories, Inc., Luster Products, Inc., Beauty Bell and Namaste Laboratories, etc.) is not meant to state or imply that the company acted illegally or improperly or that the product (e.g., hair relaxer) is unsafe or defective; rather only that an investigation may be, is or was being conducted to determine whether legal rights have been violated.
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