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2. Hair straightening - Wikipedia

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   Hair straightening is a hair styling technique used since the 1890s involving the flattening and straightening of hair in order to give it a smooth, streamlined, and sleek appearance. [1] It became very popular during the 1950s among black males and females of all races.

3. Relaxer - Wikipedia

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   A relaxer is a type of lotion or cream generally used by people with tight curls or very curly hair which makes hair easier to straighten by chemically "relaxing" the natural curls. The active agent is usually a strong alkali , although some formulations are based on ammonium thioglycolate or formaldehyde .

4. 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 ...

5. Perm (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Perming hair with the sodium thioglycolate method takes only 15–30 minutes of exposure to the sodium thioglycolate solution before a neutralizer solution is applied to bring the pH back to normal and re-bond the hair. The permanent relaxer straightens the hair instead of curling it. The same chemical methods can be used for this, but the hair ...

6. Are chemical hair relaxers safe? - AOL

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   Stylist applying relaxer cream with a comb to natural long hair. Danielle Ward Mason started using hair relaxer when she was eight years old. "When I was a child, I always wanted to engage in ...

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

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   Removing the chemical from hair relaxers has been a long-standing goal for advocates. A wide range of studies have linked formaldehyde to certain cancers, including uterine cancer and blood cancer ...