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The natural hair movement is declining as more people opt for relaxers, but an all-natural gel promises to promote fast hair growth

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Naija Gist - Latest

Gentle Relaxers That Straighten Without Damaging Your Hair

Gentle no-lye relaxers with strengthening oils and proteins. Reduce breakage and protect your hair with these 7 expert-approved relaxers. If your hair always feels thinner or weaker after a relaxer, ...
WGBH

Controversy around chemical hair relaxers grows as more research shows link to some cancers

Black women wear their hair proudly — they're diverse in shape, style, and texture. But the use of some products is reportedly harming them. Around the country, Black women have brought lawsuits ...
Essence

From Respectability To Authenticity, Here’s How Chelsea Johnson’s New Book Explores The Impact And Evolution Of The Natural Hair Movement

Many Black women have experienced the ritual of hair straightening, whether through chemical relaxers that caused a familiar tingling sensation signaling it was time to wash the product out or get ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Do relaxers encourage hair growth? What to know

Relaxers are known for their ability to straighten and smooth out curly or kinky hair. Hair relaxers are chemical treatments that work by breaking down the protein bonds in your hair, making it ...
University of Delaware

Black women and hair care

For Black women, the process of maintaining their hair can be fraught. To tame texture or curls, many women spend long hours in a stylist’s chair or subject their hair to harsh chemical relaxers to ...
Newsday

Studies link chemical hair relaxers to health risks, spurring shift among Black women

Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Inside the court fight over the safety of hair relaxers and Black hair care

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

I started using hair relaxers at age 8. Like many Black women, I paid a price

Across the country, Black women are learning about the health consequences linked with using hair relaxers and are banding together to demand these products – used predominantly by Black and brown ...
KGW8

Oregon women, lawmakers weigh the impact of FDA's proposed move to ban cancer-linked formaldehyde in hair relaxers

OREGON, USA — In the fall of 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a ban of formaldehyde, a highly toxic chemical found in hair-straightening products that is believed to have ...
MadameNoire

A Woman's Journey In Relapsing Back to the Relaxing Her Hair

Ever since I was in 3rd grade my mother had been giving me relaxers. I was born with a large amount of hair, and for my mother, relaxing it was the easiest thing for her to do for me and my three ...