Relaxers for hair have long been a beauty staple, but what exactly does it mean to have relaxed hair? In simple terms, relaxed hair refers to hair that has been chemically straightened using the same ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. In the black community, long natural hair evokes marvel. For ...

If you weren’t thinking about transitioning to natural hair before COVID-19 hit, the past few months of 2020 might have been a big wake-up call for you. With hairstylists in uncertain limbo around the ...