Whitney Houston's Brother, Michael Houston, On Doing Drugs With His Sister …
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: (FILES): This 23 February 2000 file photo shows US pop diva Whitney Houston performing at the 42d Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Houston has checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic, her publicist said 16 …
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Many more '3rd strikes' in some counties
The law provides for exceptions – a life sentence can still be imposed for offenders who commit certain drug, sex and gun-related crimes. The law also allowed current prison inmates to … we believe poses a danger to public safety." Of the state's …
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Cissy Houston, Mother Of Whitney Houston, Questions Parenting Skills, If She …
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: (FILES): This 23 February 2000 file photo shows US pop diva Whitney Houston performing at the 42d Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Houston has checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic, her publicist said 16 …
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Bestselling Book on Addiction Free for Five Days
Cliffside Malibu is a full-service residential drug rehab and alcohol abuse treatment center located in the Los Angeles area. Intensive, individualized psychotherapy coupled with evidence-based treatment protocols is the foundation of successful recovery.
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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Urges Parents To Be On The Look For …
Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Executive Director, Debbie Ross, urges parents to be on the lookout for drug paraphernalia in their home as Florida heroin use increases with pill prices rising. “The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has …
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Salisbury woman starting faith-based substance abuse recovery program
Capstone Recovery Center Inc. will provide a safe environment for women who've attained sobriety will be encouraged to lead fully functional lives into the Salisbury community. The center will offer a residential program, a non-residential program and …
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Christian recovery program promises healing for any ailment
But like others who have walked through the Celebrate Recovery program at Spring Hills Baptist Church, Yoder found renewal in what most alcoholic anonymous programs refer to as a higher power. “We identify the higher power,” said Lisa Farsht, a program …
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Students and Artists Honor Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Movement in Los …
At the time, effective recovery programs were hard to come by for men, and especially rare for women. Sybil C. was the first female AA member in Los Angeles. The movement grew quickly, and during a visit to L.A. in 1943, AA Founder Bill W. was …
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Is the Religious Right's Powerful Opposition to Drugs Finally Fading?
It's home to New Life Church, once and still a formidable liberal foe, as well as groups like Young Life, whose youth ministry opposes drugs, and the 100-year-old Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, whose two Colorado centers provide drug rehab and …
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Scott Sterling's death a family tragedy, regardless of what you think of the …
Diagnosed with diabetes as a child, she was raised in an opulent apartment on Fifth Avenue, relished the club scene and began experimenting with street and prescription drugs in her teens. But a month after her death, the Los … After receiving a call …
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Calvin Klein's ex-boytoy gets into trouble – again
Gruber was reportedly on a date with a woman when totaled a $ 100,000 BMW belonging to current boyfriend John Luciano in a three-car accident in Los Angeles this week, according to the New York Post. The crash occurred after Gruber and the woman had …
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Question by Nic V: Is there a Hair Salon in Arizona that does Brazilian Hair Straightening?
I need a stylist that has been practicing this for at least 10 years. Does anybody know any in Arizona, there many in Florida are there any here? I don’t want to be part of someones learning process.

Best answer:

Answer by Sur La Mer
Yes, I’m sure of that, but I wouldn’t recommend them. There are many brands of hair straightening out there and they call them anyway they want to get your attention. Coco is another name brand. Some Japanese hair straightening processes can damage the hair and leave it flat and lifeless.
None is better than the other.
Ex. of one relaxer: http://monicabtheorganicstylist.wordpress.com/tag/hair-relaxers/

Keratin are not approved by the FDA. Visit their website & search for it in their web. If you’re thinking about the Brazilian treatment, there’s a danger about using formaldehyde, a chemical that causes cancer. The FDA does not restrict the use of that chemical in cosmetics.

A hairstylist in Portland, Or. is blowing a whistle on the treatment.
“A big red flag: About a month after she started using Brazilian Blowout on clients, Scrutton had the first nosebleed of her life.”
http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2010/10/
after_hair_stylist_becomes_sus.html
(Type it in if they moved the page. “After hairstylist becomes suspicious of Brazilian Blowout, tests find formaldehyde”.

Stylists and clients often wear gas masks or other protective equipment and still may feel the ill effects of this potentially fatal gas.

Many customers and stylists do not know that this Brazilian treatment often contains high concentrations of formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical.

Relaxers are for permanent, but they are damaging to hair.

Go to the FDA website & type in permanent or relaxers so you understand what are the side effects.
http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/byaudien…

Here’s the newest news:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently seized tens of thousands of bottles of “Rio” hair relaxer products after determining they can cause severe hair loss or turn hair green.
http://blog.taragana.com/business/2010/0…

The FDA have warned consumers not to use “Rio Hair Naturalizer Systems,” a product imported from Brazil and sold through television infomercials by World Rio Corp. of Los Angeles.
http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductInformation/ucm228898.htm

The official complaints against hair straightening products range from serious hair breakage and hair damage to serious scalp burns that may require an emergency room visit.
Example of what one suffering severe hair loss after Japanese Hair Straightening from YA HAIR:
I got my hair rebonded back in March and have lost more than a third of it since then. Everytime I run my hands through my hair, I lose 7-10 strands on average!
In the shower I lose clumps after shampooing and conditioning.
Bald spots are showing up in my hair.
I used to have beautiful thick hair, ho can I get it back?

Another ex: I used to have very curly, beautiful hair..and then i got it chemically straightened..DONT DO IT! when it started growing out, it was mess and even more difficult to work with than before. and once it was completely grown out, my hair was no longer curly..it is now this aweful wavy mess, and only certain spots are still curly.

Another example: I don’t recommend it. Hair went back to normal even before 4 months (it stated that the Keratin would stay on for 4months). Soft rebonding would be the better choice. I think the KeraStraight was a scam. Even the KeraStraight shampoo/conditioner did no contribution. It was a complete waste of money :/ However it was straight for awhile. But not very long.

Source(s):
I know hair. I have 4 decades of hair know-how. I have silky, shiny, soft, smooth very healthy hair down to my knees. Previously damaged by perming & dyeing in the 80’s & 90’s. I’ve known people in their 30’s whose hair stopped growing from ironing their hair in the 70’s.

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Does Demi Moore need treatment for drug abuse and eating disorder?
Los Angeles: Actress Demi Moore has sparked fears that she is heading towards relapse and will need treatment for substance abuse and an eating disorder for the second time. Moore's estranged husband Ashton Kutcher filed for divorce Friday, more than a …
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
In a state plagued by one of the worst prescription drug abuse problems in the nation, where nearly 1,000 people a year die of overdoses, a Courier-Journal investigation has found that Kentucky's treatment options are woefully limited, especially for …
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