When you relax your hair, it undergoes some controlled damage and as such, it is important to maintain it in a healthy fashion. Natural hair requires pampering, relaxed hair requires even more ...

“I thought that it was interesting that it took me to be diagnosed with breast cancer for this institution to say that you shouldn't be relaxing your hair and you should not be using certain ...

Here’s what you need to know about the potential dangers associated with relaxing treatments. Chemical hair relaxers typically contain sodium hydroxide (lye) or calcium hydroxide (no-lye ...

they were anything but relaxing. The worst happened when I was about 16 years old and had been having my hair permanently ...

Flewellen’s Hair Salon has been a staple in Oak Cliff for more than 50 years. Flewellen offers chemical hair relaxers to her ...

I can recall the day I got my first hair relaxer like it was yesterday. At the tender age of 13, it was also the first time I’d ever stepped foot into an Afro Hair salon to get my tresses tamed ...

Thousands of women sue after two studies, that followed a combined 78,000 women, showed an association between hair relaxer use and cancer.

Wright said 98% of her clients are relaxer-free. “STS treatments are Strengthening and Straightening Treatments,” Wright said. “Their active ingredients are amino acids and proteins. It does not ...

"I think I was 19 or something. And literally most of my hair on my left and right temple... gone. I'd used a relaxer that had burned all the way through." Tiwa Jenyo, founder of The Trap House ...

"I have been directing my natural hair clients more towards a safer option ... The alternatives can cost much more than a box of relaxer which typically retails at $10. Story said the alternative ...

“It's just the improper use and application of the relaxer.” Growing up she and other Black girls and women did not always go to a salon, instead many received kitchen hair services. "My ...