Do I Qualify for the Hair Relaxer Lawsuit?

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One question decides most of it.

Relaxers — perms, the white cream — at least four times a year for two years or more. If that’s you, the rest is a two-minute conversation.

Active litigation — no settlement. MDL 3060 underway · 12,381 cases pending · filing deadlines vary by state and run from when you knew or should have known.

Did you get relaxers — perms, the white cream — every few weeks, for years?

That one question decides most of it. It seems like nobody ever told you the risk was anything worse than a scalp burn.

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No receipts needed · you don’t have to remember every brand · no fee unless there is a recovery. Court costs and litigation expenses are advanced by counsel and repaid from the recovery. You are not responsible for court costs or litigation expenses if there is no recovery, unless a court directs otherwise. The attorney’s fee is a percentage of the gross recovery, calculated before expenses are deducted.

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Claims are brought against the companies that made and sold chemical relaxers — not against your stylist, your salon, or the person who did your hair growing up. Conversations are confidential. Some matters may be referred to or handled with other law firms. No settlement has been announced and no trial has been held; every case depends on its own facts. This page does not diagnose anything. Attorney Advertising.

Lawsuits consolidated in federal court in Chicago (MDL 3060) allege that long-term use of chemical hair relaxers is associated with uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and related conditions. As of October 2026 the cases are in pretrial proceedings; no trial has been held and no settlement has been announced. The allegations have not been proven, and each case depends on its own facts.

This page is about a lawsuit — it is legal information, not medical advice, and it does not diagnose anything. Questions about your health belong with your own doctor.

It sounds like you have been told no before — by a doctor who did not take the pain seriously, or by a website that wanted your phone number before it would tell you anything. So here is what this page will not do. It will not decide your case; a review does that. It will not tell you that you qualify in order to get you into a form. And it does not pass you to a lead broker: some matters may be referred to or handled with other law firms, and you are told which before anything happens.

The one question that decides most of it

Used a chemical hair relaxer at least four times a year for at least two years. That is the use threshold the litigation has settled on, and it is the first thing any firm will ask. It does not matter whether the relaxer was applied at home or in a salon, whether it was lye or no-lye, or whether you remember every brand. “Four times a year” is roughly a touch-up every three months — the perm schedule most regular users kept for years, often starting in childhood, often applied by someone in the family at the kitchen sink. If you can answer this from your own life, you have already answered the hardest screening question — and if that is you, the rest is a conversation rather than a test.

The diagnosis question

Fibroids, endometriosis and breast cancer claims are outside the federal MDL’s current trial track but have not been dismissed as a category. These claims are actively worked up — records obtained, eligibility evaluated, and status monitored — and are positioned for the paths that remain open, including individual filing and any broader resolution. That is a description of how the court has organized the litigation. It is not a ruling about your diagnosis, and it is not this firm’s opinion of what happened to you. Each condition has its own page explaining this honestly: uterine cancer · ovarian cancer · endometrial cancer · fibroids · endometriosis · breast cancer.

The other things a firm will ask

• When were you diagnosed, and how was it treated? A hysterectomy or other surgery is a documentation fact that matters in these cases; it is not a requirement.
• Are you represented already? If another firm has signed you for this claim, that firm handles it.
• What state do you live in, and where were you diagnosed? Filing deadlines are state-specific and can be short. state pages
• What do you remember about the products? Brand names help — Dark & Lovely, Just for Me, Motions, ORS Olive Oil, Optimum, Soft & Beautiful, TCB, African Pride — but the case does not fail because you cannot name every box. products and manufacturers

What you do not need

You do not need receipts. You do not need to prove which chemical caused what — that is what the litigation’s experts argue about, and the court has not yet ruled on it. You do not need to have your medical records in hand; the firm obtains them with your authorization. You do not need to name every box: the makers of the widely sold relaxer lines are already defendants, and brand memory is worked out from what you can recall, salon history and discovery. And you do not need to have used the product “correctly”: the screening asks about frequency, not technique.

One more thing, because it is the question underneath the question. A claim here is against the companies that made and sold the product. It is not against the stylist who did your hair, not against the mother or aunt or older sister who first applied it, and not against you for having used something that was sold in every drugstore in the country.

This page is legal information, not medical advice, and it does not diagnose anything. Questions about your health belong with your own doctor.

What happens after screening

If you pass the use screen, you will be asked to confirm your diagnosis and contact details and to sign an authorization so records can be requested. That is not a lawsuit and not a promise that one will be filed; it is the start of a review. Some matters may be referred to or handled with other law firms. Consultations are free and confidential, and there is no fee unless there is a recovery.

The whole first step is about two minutes and asks nothing you have to look up. Someone from the firm follows up, usually within a few days, and you get an answer either way — including if the answer is that there is nothing here for you. Would it be wrong to find out?

Frequently Asked Questions

Cases are handled on a contingent-fee basis: no fee unless there is a recovery. The attorney’s fee is a percentage of the gross recovery, calculated before case expenses are deducted. Case expenses are advanced by the firm and reimbursed to the firm out of the recovery only if there is a recovery. You have no liability for court costs or litigation expenses if there is no recovery, unless a court directs otherwise.