Relaxers

Recent research has even found a possible link between relaxers and uterine cancer; how can my community allow this to continue when there is such risk of dangers?

The research team concluded that this was evidence suggesting that chronic exposure to chemicals in hair relaxers caused uterine and ovarian cancer.

In recent years, there has been a boom in black women, mixed-race women and other ethnicities ditching relaxers, straighteners or other damaging methods of achieving and maintaining straight hair.

It is school and workplace hair policies prescribing that hair must be “neat” that coerce us into choosing weaves and relaxers over our own natural texture.

Jumoke’s decision to lock her hair was due to the bad effects of hair relaxers on her hair while growing up.

Bobbie McKay says she was supposed to receive muscle relaxers.

The diversity of Black hair has allowed us to explore all types of hairstyles: braids, twists, relaxers, hair, wigs, weaves—the whole gamut.

However, because of the high incidence and intensity of chemical burns, manufacturers of chemical relaxers use other alkaline chemicals in preparations available to average consumers.

Other drugs, such as muscle relaxers ( Carisoprodol for example), are sometimes mixed with GHB.