Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated ...

For decades, chemical hair relaxers have been a popular solution for those seeking to transform curly or textured hair into straight, manageable styles. However, behind the smooth results lies a ...

Formaldehyde has long been classified as a carcinogen, so why is the FDA only now moving to ban it in hair relaxers? In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human ...

This article is part of Consumer Reports’ Beauty Justice series, which launched with our tests for chemicals and contaminants in synthetic braiding hair products and a campaign to get toxic chemicals ...

“Better Living Through Chemistry” once promised glamour and convenience — but in today’s litigious climate, it’s delivering more lawsuits. For one example: a 2022 NIH study linking hair relaxers to ...