Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Physician who writes about the rising rates of cancer in young adults. Jaye Hall was 9 years old when she first relaxed her hair.

Though relaxer box girls inspire nostalgia for the '90s on Black Twitter, growing up, many Black women felt undercut by beauty expectations. And, now, they worry about cancer risks. Jasmine Purdie The ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Black, Hispanic and mixed-race people often face restrictions on natural hairstyles at work and school, so they turn to chemical hair straighteners to help them achieve smooth ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hairstyles rooted in culture, pride and identity are now causing health risks due to the extensions used to create them. For Black women especially, the beauty of braids, ...

Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...

For nearly three years now, Raquel Harris, fighter and owner of The Champion Experience, has been getting her hair done by Ashley Jordan, a New York City-based natural hairstylist specializing in silk ...

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After years of falling out of favor due to the natural hair movement, relaxed hair seems to be back by popular demand. With over 47.9 million views on TikTok and 600,000 posts on Instagram, a growing ...