Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many women on social media have returned to using hair relaxers for ease while styling. (Photo: Getty Images) (Getty Images/Image ...

Hair straightening products have long been marketed as beauty essentials, but a recent scientific review is adding to a ...

Gabrielle Union opens up to PEOPLE about her haircare journey in celebration of her participation in Sally Beauty's first-ever roundtable discussion in honor of Black History Month Gabrielle Union's ...

Up until I was about 16, I used to get my hair chemically relaxed about once every six weeks. At that point, I started wearing my hair in weaves and other protective styles, which is why I held off on ...

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer, according to a new study done by Boston ...

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Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...