Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...

A few days ago, my good friend sent me a selfie from the salon chair saying, “I’ve had enough, I’m getting a perm.” While my usual instinct is to go to bat for team natural and explain all the reasons ...

Taking care of a full head of natural hair was never an easy task for *Stacey Jordan. She went natural in 2010, opting to grow her relaxer out after being inspired by her older sister’s transition to ...

The dead-straight hairstyles that multiple Black women rocked throughout the ‘00s have slowly but surely been usurped by natural hair. Among millennials in particular there has been a shift as the ...

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.

It's time to reconsider the use of hair relaxers and explore safer, healthier alternatives. Black women often have thick, textured hair, and many turn to hair relaxers for a sleek, smooth, and soft ...

This is a seriously messed up story. A woman in Georgia claims that when she went to a salon for a blowout, the stylist secretly mixed relaxer into her shampoo — to make the blowout easier – and ...

If chemical relaxers are done improperly, there are a host of side effects, not the least of which includes hair being caused to fall out. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to one woman, in ...

Natural hair care experts Sonia Tutuwan Thames, Kelvin Thames, Teneka "Niqi" Gilliard and Sharifa Wip will present a May 16, 2010 workshop on how to transition from a relaxer to natural hair, and how ...

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.