Japanese hair straightening, AKA "thermal reconditioning treatment," videos have been popping up across my social media timelines, but what is it exactly? The end results look similar to a relaxer, ...

CHEMICAL FREE ALTERNATIVES. TO. CONSUMER REPORTS. WRITER YADIRA RODRIGUEZ HAS A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH HER LONG, CURLY HAIR. I LOVE HAVING MY HAIR AT THIS LENGTH. I LOVE HAVING MY CURLY HAIR.

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 ...

In 2022, the NIH published a study stating the links between uterine cancer and hair relaxer use. Over 33,000 women participated in the Sister Study with 378 diagnosed with cancer over the course of ...

Growing up in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood in the late 1990s, Traccye Love wished for the long, smooth tresses of pop star Aaliyah. “That was the look then — smooth and straight,” said Love, of Oak ...

DALLAS — Thousands of women across the country have sued major hair relaxer manufacturers and brand companies, claiming that chemical straightening products have led to uterine cancer and other health ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Nearly 90%. That’s how many Black women have used hair relaxers at some point in their lives to chemically straighten their hair. For many, it’s something they started doing as ...