Are Chemically Relaxers Really Linked to High Uterine Fibroid?  Read this hair story by Scientist Danielle N. Lee.  I sport an afro or natural hair, but I use to have a perm.  About a year ago, I shared my hair journey with Afrobella at Essence. com: Natural Hair Diary: Danielle N. Lee, Scientist.   When I was younger, I sat between my mother/older cousin/aunt/grandmother’s legs with jar of grease, cup of w ...

By Christabel of Chys Curlz I’ve been thinking of developing this story for a while now. It is the story of how girls were/are made to wear their hair shaved from grade to high school both in Ghana and in Nigeria. [image src="http://curlychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Untitled1-600x500.png" width="240" height="190" title="Girl" lightbox="no" frame="light" align="left"]A little back story, I was born Ni ...

Now this is just to funny. If you use relaxers this could be or is you.   Women sure do go through a lot to look good. What do you think? Please leave comment below. ...

"I always recommend embracing your natural texture. Kinky hair can have limited styling options; that's the only hair type that I suggest altering with professional relaxing." Uh-oh. Kinky-haired people did not like that ...

NEW YORK, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --Talk to most African American women about hair care and chances are their knowledge of the topic will be limited. Many wore their hair in braids as children, and as adults, they regularly wear weaves or wigs. So when it comes to actually taking care of their natural hair, they're confused on what to do. How can something as simple as hair be confusing? Because ma ...

Back in 1998 Dr. Ali Syed helped write a paper regarding recent advances on treating excessively curly hair. The paper contains content on the history of relaxers and how relaxers work.  I decided to post this page for those who are interested in the history of relaxers and how relaxers effects the chemistry, porosity, swelling, loss of elasticity, the cuticles our hair and its damaging effects. Literature ...