An estimated one-third of African-American women suffer from traction alopecia ... every three to four weeks, and alternate styles allowing hair time to recover. For Young avoiding all those ...

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2011.170 Also, the introduction of products that allowed women to permanently wave their hair helped to ...

She says this population is also prone to traction alopecia, a type of hair loss caused by styles that pull the hair too tight. In addition to these conditions, she says, African-American women ...

Her fascinating new book, “Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing” (MIT Press, out Tuesday), untangles the importance of hair in women ... African-American hair. And hair styles ...

The commercial, a first for the black family-owned hair and skin care line, cast a range of brown-skinned, curly-haired women who were considered social influencers in the black beauty and skin ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disorder that can lead to hair loss. One type is systemic lupus erythematosus. Another type, discoid lupus erythematosus, primarily affects the skin and can cause hair loss ...

Box braids, cornrows, twists, faux locs, weaves, crochet hair–the possibilities are endless. But are these beloved styles more harmful ... Hair Marketed To Black Women For the Consumer Reports ...

The country's largest African-American ... hair battles that turn the heads of judges with inimitable creations, innovation and styles. Most of the stylists and clients in attendance are black women.