STORY: Thousands of Black women allege hair relaxers gave them uterine cancer. And they're taking cosmetic heavyweights to court in the U.S.. Sheila Bush is among them. The 69-year-old has relaxed her ...
For Black women, the process of maintaining their hair can be fraught. To tame texture or curls, many women spend long hours in a stylist’s chair or subject their hair to harsh chemical relaxers to ...
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 ...
The chorusing clack of curling irons and the deep hum of hooded hair dryers were familiar sounds throughout my childhood. I'd regularly accompany my mother on her bi-weekly visit to the hair salon, ...
For a Black woman, her hair can be her crowning glory, an expression of pride in her appearance. But it can also be something more, something deeper — something rooted in culture and a complicated ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In honor of Black History Month, 10TV wanted to speak with a roundtable of Black women in the community about their hair. So, we enlisted the help of the local non-profit Black Girl ...