I can recall the day I got my first hair relaxer like it was yesterday. At the tender age of 13, it was also the first time I’d ever stepped foot into an Afro Hair salon to get my tresses tamed ...

My relaxed hair was broken in several areas from ... My naturally thick, healthy and strong Afro hair had been transformed into bone-straight, wafer-thin tresses that lacked lustre or, to be ...

"Then I got the big chop which got rid of all the old relaxed hair, and I've got my natural hair now, so I'm just embracing that. "I never wanted to be like, 'Oh, because I've got Afro-Caribbean ...

The video starts with @gwaiconny showing off her thick afro that she struggled to comb and taking out a Sta-Sof-Fro blow-out relaxer to show to the camera. She puts the creme on her hair and ...

Millions of African American women in the U.S. use hair relaxers on a regular basis. The use of these products often starts during childhood and continues throughout their entire adult lives ...