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, ...

Chemical hair relaxers typically contain sodium hydroxide (lye) or calcium hydroxide (no-lye) formulations, both of which work by breaking down the protein bonds in hair. This process essentially ...

A Boston University study found that women who use hair relaxers more than twice a year ... hormones and increase the risk of cancers. Lye (Sodium Hydroxide) – A strong alkaline substance ...

Flewellen’s Hair Salon has been a staple in Oak Cliff for more than 50 years. Flewellen offers chemical hair relaxers to her ...

At a hearing last month, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland of the Northern District of Illinois pushed back against Baker ...

we start to use relaxers, and it's just being passed down from generation to generation," April Story, a master stylist, said. Story decided last year to no longer offer perms to her clients.

DALLAS — Thousands of women across the country have sued major hair relaxer manufacturers and brand companies, claiming that chemical straightening products have led to uterine cancer and other ...

I had no idea that this was something that she was inflicting upon herself, not knowing that this was, you know, possibly caused by the permanent relaxers.” In Indianapolis, Marilyn Yarbro also saw an ...