TEXAS, USA — Jessicca Alexander remembers the day she first asked her mother if she could straighten her hair. “The girls at school were making fun of me for my tight kinky hair,” Alexander said. She ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News is taking an in-depth look at some of the chemicals found in hair straighteners and relaxers. The Food and Drug Administration plans to propose a ban on a chemical ...

The Georgia Supreme Court will determine how much time a person has to claim that prolonged use of hair relaxer products caused injuries, in a case set to influence hundreds of such cases pending ...

Sept 30 (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the sprawling litigation over claims that chemical hair relaxer products made by L'Oreal USA, Revlon and others cause cancer refused to dismiss a proposed ...

Relaxers have been a long-controversial staple when it comes to Black hair care. Just last year, we reported on four women who sued L’Oreal and Strength of Nature for health issues they believed were ...

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 ...

I know what you’re thinking: At-home relaxer kits are for amateurs, especially kitchen-beauticians who think they know it all. But, in all honesty, applying relaxers is about technique and having the ...

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