Creamy crack, perms, relaxers — known by many polyonyms, chemical hair straighteners have been a fixture in the Black beauty space since their inception in 1909. But now, with the FDA proposing a ban ...

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Yet a few of the ‘relaxer girls’ revealed they did not actually use the hair relaxers that made them famous, but rather, they straightened and used mousse to achieve their silky and glossy look.

Natural hair can be difficult to maintain; that’s why most women prefer to use relaxers to manage their hair. However, relaxers are dangerous and can cause fibroids. Fibroids are a non-cancerous ...

11 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN RIVERS HAS THE STORY. THERE’S JUST A LOT OF MISAPPLICATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE’RE RELAXED IS THE GOAL IS TO TO GET THE HAIR AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE. WHAT IS THE ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A new study from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences revealed women who use chemical hair straightening products were twice as likely to develop uterine ...

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So now that we've heard what the science suggests about the risk of hair relaxers, maybe you've decided to stop using them. To help us figure out how to do that, we're joined now by April Kayganich.

Earlier this month, Twitter user Ash Leon tweeted a collage of the infamous hair relaxer boxes we all grabbed as kids at CVS and our local hair stores, sending Black Twitter into a nostalgic frenzy.

Danielle Ward Mason started using hair relaxer when she was eight years old. "When I was a child, I always wanted to engage in things that were active; I wanted to be a cheerleader. I wanted to swim.

Postmenopausal Black women who reported using hair relaxers more than twice a year or for more than five years had a greater than 50% increased risk of uterine cancer. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; ...