Like many Black girls, I had a complicated relationship with my hair growing up. For the majority of my childhood, I never ...

Chemical hair relaxers have provided a quick fix for decades, but their ingredients could be potentially dangerous. If you're looking for safer alternatives, a panel of Consumer Reports evaluators ...

A trusted hairdresser will recommend the best chemical for your hair, whether you need to use a lye or no-lye relaxer. Never apply relaxer on your hair by yourself. Even as you relax the hair ...

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 ...

Common cause of scalp burn is when the relaxer is left on the hair for longer than necessary. When I did my first ever perm, the hairdresser applied some petroleum jelly on the tips of my ears and ...

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The lack of effort I put into my hair has always been an odd point of pride for me. When I began seeing curly hair "routines" on TikTok, I scoffed at the teens discovering the magic of diffusers ...