Japanese hair straightening, AKA "thermal reconditioning treatment," videos have been popping up across my social media timelines, but what is it exactly? The end results look similar to a relaxer, ...

Danielle Ward Mason started using hair relaxer when she was eight years old. "When I was a child, I always wanted to engage in things that were active; I wanted to be a cheerleader. I wanted to swim.

Zena Young grew up with coarse hair. "The scriptures talk about a woman's hair being her glory," Young said. "We want to do everything to make our hair beautiful, and by using relaxers, that was a way ...

Formaldehyde has long been classified as a carcinogen, so why is the FDA only now moving to ban it in hair relaxers? In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human ...

Relaxers have been a long-controversial staple when it comes to Black hair care. Just last year, we reported on four women who sued L’Oreal and Strength of Nature for health issues they believed were ...