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A New York consumer says that Mane 'n Tail shampoo and conditioners incorporate ingredients that can form the known carcinogen formaldehyde, but the manufacturer kept this information cloak-and-dagger from the public.

Lead plaintiff Brenda Ryan, filed a nationwide form activeness lawsuit in New York federal court Wednesday against the maker of Mane 'n Tail hair care items , Straight Arrow Products, Inc. Ryan claims that Directly Arrow is dodging the truth when information technology comes to the ingredients in its hair intendance line and has done so for more a decade.

The class action lawsuit alleges that Mane 'n Tail shampoos and conditioners "comprise an ingredient or combination of ingredients that causes significant pilus loss and/or scalp irritation upon proper application. At least one ingredient in the Products, DMDM hydantoin, is a formaldehyde donor known to slowly leach formaldehyde when coming into contact with water."

Indeed, Ryan claims that she relied on Direct Pointer's marketing of Mane 'n Tail that alleged the hair products would "would restore, revitalize, recondition, refreshen, nourish, fortify, moisturize, strengthen, and/or clean her hair from root to tip" when she purchased an item from the line.

Ryan says that soon after she started using the product, she suffered severe scalp irritation and several "massive bald spots on her caput." She claims she connected to use Mane 'n Tail for two months and the problems only started to gradually diminish when she stopped.

The class activeness lawsuit contends that the company represents that its products, originally derived from shampoo and conditioner that could be used on humans as well as horses, are fabricated with high quality and condom ingredients both online and on Mane 'due north Tail packaging. Though the dangers of some of the ingredients in the hair products take been well documented for nearly 10 years, Straight Arrow continues to utilize them and market them as prophylactic to consumers, alleges the lawsuit.

"Despite having public cognition since at least 2012 that DMDM hydantoin, as a formaldehyde donor, can cause or contribute to hair loss and scalp irritation, Directly Arrow has inexplicably connected to include this ingredient equally a preservative in some of its Mane 'north Tail products while simultaneously not using DMDM hydantoin as a preservative in many of its other Mane 'n Tail products," states the class action lawsuit.

Ryan claims that Straight Arrow misleads consumers about the safety of the following Mane 'north Tail products:

  • Gentle Clarifying Shampoo
  • Gentle Clarifying Weather condition
  • Anti-Dandruff Conditioner
  • Herbal Gro Conditioner

The form action lawsuit seeks to correspond consumers across the nation who purchased Mane 'northward Tail products containing the allegedly harmful ingredients. Ryan is seeking damages on their behalf, also as an injunction stopping the declared false advert by Directly Arrow.

Take you purchased Mane 'n Tail hair products? Did you feel whatever pilus loss, scalp irritation , or other problems? Tell us about your experience in the comment department below!

The lead plaintiff is represented by Jonathan Shub, Kevin Laukaitis of Shub Law Firm, LLC, Andrew Sciolla  of Sciolla  Law Firm, LLC, and Daniel K. Bryson, Harper T. Segui, and Erin Ruben of Whitfield Bryson, LLP.

The Mane 'northward Tail Pilus Loss Class Action Lawsuit  is Ryan v. Straight Pointer Products, Inc. , Instance No. ane:21-cv-04485 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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