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2. Box braids - Wikipedia

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   Older women would gather with their girls and teach them how to braid. [5] Box braids are also commonly worn by the Khoisan people of South Africa [6] and the Afar people in the horn of Africa. [7] [8] In Africa, braid styles and patterns have been used to distinguish tribal membership, marital status, age, wealth, religion and social ranking.

3. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Braids have been part of black culture going back generations. There are pictures going as far back as the year 1884 showing a Senegalese woman with braided hair in a similar fashion to how they are worn today. [15] Braids are normally done tighter in black culture than in others, such as in cornrows or box braids. While this leads to the style ...

4. Protective hairstyle - Wikipedia

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   Woman with Bantu knots hairstyle, a type of protective hairstyle A protective hairstyle is a term predominantly used to describe hairstyles suitable for Afro-textured hair . These hairstyles are designed to minimize manipulation and exposure of the hair to environmental elements.

5. Causes of Hair Loss for Older Women (& How to Treat Them)

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   Hair loss in women occurs for a variety of reasons, but hair loss in older women can also be due to factors that come specifically with age. Aging. Just like you may notice fine lines or other ...

6. Why this Black engineer makes a point of wearing braids in ...

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   As a black woman on a national science show, I intentionally wear braids and my curly Afro to normalize black hair in stem. In this pic, I’m wearing cornrows to study plants being sent to space ...

7. List of hairstyles - Wikipedia

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   A braid, also known as a plait, is a type of hairstyle usually worn by women with long hair in which all or part of one's hair is separated into strands, normally three, and then plaited or braided together, typically forming one braid hanging down at the back of the head or two braids hanging down on either side of the head. Braids can also be ...