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, ...

Despite its widespread presence in household and beauty products, many consumers remain unaware of the dangers of ...

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.

The reason behind their decision to move away from chemical relaxers varies from one woman ... Forde rarely goes a day without making sure her hair and makeup are intact, especially when she ...

While the data showed no significant links between most of the products and cancer, researchers reported that women who used chemical hair straighteners or relaxers more than four times a year were ...

"When I started doing hair, everybody's hair was chemically. They had relaxers...the more we relaxed it, the more it fell out," she said. "Then it got to the point where the only styles you could ...

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 ...

Yarbrough’s mother, Renee Cottrell Brown, created the Just for Me relaxer system under the Pro-Line Brand. The product is a household name for families seeking a product that achieved straight ...

DALLAS — Thousands of women nationwide have initiated lawsuits against manufacturers and marketers of chemical hair relaxers, alleging these products have led to various health complications.

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 ...