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 ...

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 ...

Jessica Burgoyne, leveraging a deep background in research methods and a passion for legal issues, distills complex legal concepts into accessible insights. With over 100 published articles, her work ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Nearly 90%. That’s how many Black women have used hair relaxers at some point in their lives to chemically straighten their hair. For many, it’s something they started doing as ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been considering banning certain chemicals in hair straighteners. In March, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Shontel Brown urged the agency to ...

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Zena Young grew up with coarse hair. "The scriptures talk about a woman's hair being her glory," Young said. "We want to do everything to make our hair beautiful, and by using relaxers, that was a way ...

The Georgia Supreme Court will determine how much time a person has to claim that prolonged use of hair relaxer products caused injuries, in a case set to influence hundreds of such cases pending ...