Yahoo

What Black women should know about hair relaxers and their health

The damage chemical hair relaxers can have on Black women is coming under intense scrutiny. Several landmark studies have been published in the last year highlighting the link between chemical hair ...
WBEZ

Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.

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 ...
The New York Times

The Disturbing Truth About Hair Relaxers

They’ve been linked to reproductive disorders and cancers. Why are they still being marketed so aggressively to Black women? A woman at a salon having relaxer applied to her hair.Credit...Naila ...
Scientific American

Hair Straighteners and Relaxers May Be Harmful to Health. Here’s How to Make Them Better

Few things demonstrate the beauty and versatility of Blackness better than Black hair. The variety of styles is almost innumerable: locs, cornrows, curls, afros, twists, braids, and beyond. Many Black ...
UPI

Study: Chemical hair relaxers may put Black women at higher risk for uterine cancer

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer, according to a new study done by Boston ...