Arizona Attorney General filed a lawsuit against L’Oréal USA, accusing the brand of selling chemical hair relaxers without ...

The damage chemical hair relaxers can have on Black women is coming under intense scrutiny. Several landmark studies have been published in the last year highlighting the link between chemical hair ...

Arizona is suing L'Oreal, alleging the company concealed cancer risks linked to chemical hair relaxers marketed to women and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Postmenopausal Black women who reported using hair relaxers more than twice a year or for more than five years had a greater than ...

Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...

The FDA’s recent notice that it would move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products comes more than a decade after researchers raised alarms about health risks. By Ronnie Cohen / KFF Health ...

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer, according to a new study done by Boston ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Research suggests chemical hair relaxers may increase risk for some cancers and alternative products can cause ...

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.