Chemical hair relaxers have provided a quick fix for decades, but their ingredients could be potentially dangerous.

My maternal grandmother, whom I affectionately call Madile—a contraction of 'Mamie,' the French word for grandma, and Odile, ...

Black hair is more than just strands of keratin. The afros, locs, braids, twists, and Bantu knots are a cultural archive, a ...

From winning multiple beauty awards to garnering genuine praise online, Beyoncé's haircare brand Cécred has passed the public ...

I am Genotype AS and have not been in any hospital for 30 years, or for as long as I can remember, to be treated for malaria fever. I am bitten my mosquitoes every day. If you put my resilience to not ...

In Missouri and Oklahoma alone, Title X funding totals nearly $8.5 million, according to a news release from Missouri Family ...

In recent years, concerns have emerged regarding the safety of chemical hair relaxers, with numerous individuals alleging health complications linked to their use. For those who have suffered health ...

Hair relaxers, used by many Black women for sleek, straight hair, may pose a significant breast cancer risk. The Ghana Breast Health Study (GBHS), found that Ghanaian women who use chemical relaxers, ...

Jessicca Alexander embraces her natural hair after years of using relaxers, linking them to her uterine cancer diagnosis.

Consumer Reports is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to begin regulating synthetic braiding hair. Jasmine McDonald, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University who has studied the ...

At the ripe age of 11, I decided to use the old, crusty, hair removal cream that had sat abandoned in my mum's cabinet since before I was born. Unsurprisingly, it severely burned, itched and ...

Chemical engineers are problem solvers - they bring new medicines to market, develop alternative fuels, keep food manufacturing safe, and create new manufacturing materials. They move small-scale ...