Acute Kidney Injury and Hair Straightening Products: A Case Series.
Alon BnayaNabil Abu-AmerPazit BeckermanAlexander VolkovKeren Cohen-HagaiMeidad GreenbergSydney Ben-ChetritKim Ben-TikvaShira GoldmanHadar Agmon NavarroMarwan Abu SneinehBenaya Rozen-ZviAna TobarNoa Berar YanayRay BitonAvital Angel-KormanVladimir RappoportAdi LeibaYounes BathishEvgeni FarberMaital Kaidar-RonatLetizia SchreiberMoshe ShasharRaisa KazarskiGil CherninEyal ItzkowitzJawad AtrashNomy Levin IainaShai EfratiElad NizriYael LurieOfer Ben ItzhakSuheir AssadyYael Kenig-KozlovskyLinda ShavitPublished in: American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation (2023)
This study describes cases of acute kidney injury with prior exposure to hair straightening treatments. Acute oxalate nephropathy was the dominant finding on kidney biopsies, which may be related to absorption of glycolic acid derivatives and their metabolism to oxalate. This case series suggests a potential under-recognized cause of AKI in the young healthy population. Further studies are needed to confirm this association and to assess the extent of this phenomenon as well as its pathogenesis.