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2. George E. Johnson Sr. - Wikipedia

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   In 1954, at the encouragement of co-worker, Johnson left the Fuller company and founded Johnson Products with his wife Joan, [8] focusing on the African American male hair care market. Johnson borrowed $250 from a bank and another $250 from a friend to finance the venture. [5] The company's first product was Ultra Wave, a hair relaxer for men.

3. Johnson Products Company - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] The company produced Ultra Wave, a hair relaxer aimed at men that George developed while at Fuller Products, an African American cosmetics company. [1] [3] The product was sold in Chicago, Harlem and other African American neighborhoods of New York City to barbers. [3] Joan repositioned the product in 1957 as Ultra Sheen and marketed it ...

4. Conk - Wikipedia

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   Conk hairstyle. The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. [1] This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer called congolene, an initially homemade hair straightener gel made from the extremely corrosive chemical lye which was often mixed with eggs and potatoes.

5. FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little ...

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6. Return of the relaxer? Why some Black women are ... - AOL

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   Hair relaxers have seen a considerable resurgence in popularity among the Black hair community. Here is why some women are deciding to go back to relaxers after years of dealing with their natural ...

7. FDA once again pushes back proposal to ban cancer-linked ...

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   FDA once again pushes back proposal to ban cancer-linked formaldehyde in hair relaxers Michelle Garcia and Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Zinhle Essamuah July 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM

8. Relaxer - Wikipedia

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   Hair relaxing, or lanthionization, colloquially known as a perm, can be performed by a professional cosmetologist in a salon, a professional barber in a barbershop or at home with relaxer kits. As with hair dye, the treated portion of the hair moves away from the scalp as the new growth of untreated hair sprouts up from the roots, requiring ...

9. Are chemical hair relaxers safe? - AOL

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   Are chemical hair relaxers safe? Eli Kintisch. December 10, 2023 at 2:03 PM. Stylist applying relaxer cream with a comb to natural long hair. ... What to know after Bianca Censori's near-naked ...