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 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been considering banning certain chemicals in hair straighteners. In March, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Shontel Brown urged the agency to ...
Hair care is big business in the United States. People spend tens of billions of dollars a year on hair products, including chemical relaxers, which can straighten curly hair. Now thousands of Black ...
After pressure by U.S. Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Shontel Brown (D-OH) to ensure the safety of chemical hair straightening products, known as relaxers, to the public, the Food and Drug ...