Glyoxylic acid was patented and introduced recently in hair-straightening products as a seemingly safer alternative to formulations containing formaldehyde. 4,5 In consideration of the potential ...

Interestingly enough, glyoxylic acid and similar chemicals are intended to be safer alternatives to formaldehyde, which has long been used in hair-straightening products but is now being phased ...

Experts warn that glycolic acid metabolism produces glyoxylic acid, which then converts to oxalate, posing a risk to kidney health. Oxalate can accumulate and form kidney stones, leading to ...

Instead, professionals use a solution containing a formaldehyde derivative or (the much safer) glyoxylic acid to break your hair's bonds and reseal them in a straighter position, thus mimicking ...

At each salon appointment, the woman's hair was treated with a straightening cream containing the chemical glyoxylic acid. This likely caused her scalp to burn and ulcerate, her doctors suggested ...

The salon was using a cream treatment made with 10% glyoxylic acid, ... 2023 shared 26 patients across Israel who became ill and had kidney complications from keratin-based hair treatments, ...

The culprit, doctors say, is the glyoxylic acid used in these treatments, ... damaged strands and used to often get recommendations by well-meaning stylists to opt for hair ‘botox’ treatments.

Each AKI episode coincided with a hair-straightening procedure at the same salon that used a cream containing 10% glyoxylic acid. A relatively new product, glyoxylic acid was recently developed as ...

Some hair-straightening products can cause kidney failure – pioneering Israeli study Israel 1st country to ban treatments with glyoxylic acid which gets absorbed in skin, causing pain, vomiting ...