I am a hairstylist and have a 14 year old son and have done hair for 24 years and he is fine!

dont be so sure karen who knows what effects of breathing chemicals for all of those years may be, you're son may be fine now but who is to say that years down the road he or his future children may not show something dont be so sure how fine your son is

This is for Karen. Let me just explain something to you. The fact that you do hair and must have taken in a lot of hairspray fumes without your son having any problems does not mean that hairspray does not do damage. Here is an example of what I am talking about. There are people that have smoked cigarettes there whole lives and never got cancer. But people that do smoke increase there chances quite a bit though not all get cancer. Got it now?????

MY MOTHER WAS A STYLIST FOR YEARS AND I AM FINE, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, MY BROTHER IS AN IDIOT!

What do you think that hairspray is doing to your lungs? You are breathing it when you spray your hair. Just look at the surrounding area where the hairspray lands. My wife uses it everyday and my sink, floor, and walls are covered in a glue. It's got to shorten your lung capacity over the year.What about cancer and other lung diseases!

WOW! My Mom used Extra Hold Hairspray before I was born and after I was born, I saw a Beehive and I am fine.

geez people, nothing like making karen feel like crap just because she does hair. i have done nails for the past 11 years and i have 3 healthy kids. do i think acrylic is damaging? yes. but guess what? i make my living that way and i could get hit by a car tomorrow. then it won't matter if EMA or MMA gave me cancer. i just can't live in fear that my career choice is going to kill me. wearing deodorant may cause cancer. there are parabens in most beauty products. cell phones may cause brain tumors. you gotta die sometime.

you all have WAY too much time on your hands.

i must agree that the chemical part of hairspray is not entirely safe...if you really think about it, neither is the the air we breathe.....go back to the basics shampoo sets :)

Hairgoddes if you think a shampoo set is "basic" you obviously have never set foot into a salon. I've done shampoo sets for 25 years and I spray after I comb the hair out, after I backcomb, and after the set is complete so there is no more safety involved in doing a shampoo set, I use 3 times the hairspray on my little ladies than any other type of style, afterall they want it to hold for a week.

I did hair for many years and never realized until I quit what hairspray was doing to me, For over two years after I quit I had a form of chronic bronchitis that let me know very quickly what it had done to me! I dont use hairspray on me and dont even own any. But every time I coughed for over two years I tasted hairspray! That's how long it took to get the build up out of my lungs. Now I use nothing on my hair except shampoo and conditioner. A good cut does the rest. I dont want to ever be exosed to the fumes from all tise chemicals again!