One common myth is that there is just one type of Black hair, New York stylist Ellin LaVar says. "African-American hair isn't just very kinky, coarse texture," says LaVar, who has worked with ...

But as more African Americans embrace their natural selves, more people are realizing the true art and artistry that goes into styling the varied types and textures of Black hair. "Our hair is a ...

Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural significance, telling stories of survival, status and self-expression. What may ...

Army: Female focus group helped determine new hair rules That type of pressure is “both unfair and racially biased,” said Imani Perry, an African-American studies professor at Princeton ...

McMichael told Reuters that as an African-American woman, she too dealt with the hair versus exercise issue ... asked responders how much and what type of exercise they do, how long they exercised ...

"You're born with a certain type of hair that is automatically ... No matter how African-Americans choose to wear their hair or how much money they've invested in it, every black person has ...

She says this population is also prone to traction alopecia, a type of hair loss caused by styles that pull the hair too tight. In addition to these conditions, she says, African-American women ...

An estimated one-third of African-American women suffer from traction alopecia, a form of gradual hair loss. They say certain scalp-pulling hairstyles can cause damage to the hair follicle from ...