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2. What Black women should know about hair relaxers and ... - AOL

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   In 2021, the BWHS found that Black women who used hair products containing lye, an ingredient typically found in salon relaxers, at least seven times a year for more than 15 years had a 30% ...

3. Rio Hair Naturalizer System - Wikipedia

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   The Rio Hair Naturalizer System was a hair relaxer distributed by the World Rio Corporation Inc. It was available in two types; "Neutral", and one that claimed to have a "Color Enhancement Formula" that contained a black hair dye. [1] As a product designed for home use, it was promoted through infomercials in the early to mid-1990s.

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

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   Getting a relaxer at a young age was quite a common thing, but as is the case with many permanent chemical processes, relaxers can make hair more susceptible to damage and breakage, as it damages ...

5. 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.

6. A rite of passage for many Black girls and women now raises ...

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   Studies associate relaxers with higher cancer risk. Concern about the health risks associated with chemical hair straighteners has grown over the last year since the National Institutes of Health ...

7. Johnson Products Company - Wikipedia

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   Johnson Products Company (JPC) is a privately held American business based in Chicago, Illinois. It is best known for manufacturing a line of hair care and cosmetic products for African American consumers under the names Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen. The company was a longtime sponsor of the syndicated US television dance show Soul Train until ...