Hair Relaxers and Cancer Risk: What the Evidence Shows
A National Institutes of Health study reported that women who used chemical hair straighteners more than four times in the previous year were more than twice as likely to develop uterine cancer as women who never used them. Here is what it measured, what a larger study in Black women found…
Retinol on Black Skin: How to Start Without Dark Marks
A retinoid treats acne and the dark marks acne leaves behind, which almost nothing else does at once. It is also the ingredient most likely to irritate your skin, and on richly pigmented skin, irritation is one of the ways new dark marks get made. That tension is real and it is manageable.
Dandruff or Dry Scalp: How to Tell, and What Actually Works
Almost everyone with a scalp has had this argument in the mirror. Is this dandruff, or is my scalp just dry? The answer changes what you buy, because the two pull in opposite directions. Dry scalp wants moisture. Dandruff wants an antifungal, and the yeast behind it feeds on the oil you were about…
Braids, Weaves and Locs Without Losing Your Edges
Traction alopecia is hair loss caused by pulling, and it is the most preventable kind there is. Caught early, the hair comes back. The styles are not the villain. Braids, weaves, locs and wigs sit on Black heads for good reasons: they protect fragile ends, they buy back an hour every morning, they…
Minoxidil for Black Women: What It Grows and What It Can't
Topical minoxidil is FDA approved for pattern hair loss in men and women and sold over the counter. In pooled trial data, about one in four women using it reported moderate to marked regrowth, against about one in seven on placebo. It also fails one specific way that matters for Black women…
Biotin for Hair Growth: What Works, and the Lab Test Risk
Biotin is what most people reach for when their hair starts shedding, and the short version is this: the documented benefit sits in people with an underlying problem such as true deficiency, deficiency is rare, and the reviews that went looking for a randomized trial of biotin for hair loss did not…
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