African women favour gel hairstyles, and it's not hard to see why. Natural hair, medium hair, and relaxed hair—long or short—all work well with this look. Besides, it takes less time and ...

Protective styles are the most popular for long-lasting hairstyles for black hair. They not only reduce breakage and ...

Beyonce isn't the only Black woman with long, healthy hair. With the right products and a lot of patience, you can have healthy black hair too. How Black Women Are Growing Their Hair Long ...

In following 44,798 Black women for up to 22 years, researchers found a higher rate of uterine cancer among postmenopausal Black women who reported having used chemical hair relaxers for at least ...

Early on during college, for example, Giselle-Godsey thought her hair had to be long. "There's this social stigma that Black women don't grow long hair," she says. "As a Black trans woman, you get ...

In hindsight, I realize that it wasn't only non-Black people who had difficulty believing that Black hair could be so long — we too didn't deem our hair as valid.

Black women buy $7.5 billion worth of beauty products every year, and spend 9x more on ethnic hair products than any other demographic. The measures in place to protect them aren’t enough.

In “The Hair Tales,” the series’s host, Tracee Ellis Ross, left, speaks to an array of Black women about their hair, including Oprah Winfrey, who is also an executive producer.

A new study linking hair-straightening products to an increased risk for uterine cancer presents a dilemma for Black women, who can face racial discrimination in the workplace for wearing natural ...