While tender-headedness is more of a cultural term than a medical one, scalp sensitivities are real, especially for those who like to do protective styles like braids and cornrows. Thandekile Mziyako, ...

Six-plus hours in a salon chair and a couple hundred dollars are the up-front costs for a trendy protective style that will last weeks and cut down your hair routine. Compromised hair health, however, ...

"Worms" was a beautiful look at Black culture and family, and gave us a more serene episode without much of the usual chaos ...

In her new weekly column, renowned aesthetic doctor and founder of Aesthete Medical Aesthetics Dr Fawzia Salie makes her ...

In Jamaica, women also wore their curly fros in simple protective styles: buns with a little gel, or loose plaits—while men confidently sported locs at every length or braids in eccentric styles.

As someone who's maintained my hair in its natural state all my life, I've always admired the Black female figures that ...

Meanwhile, hair beads are one of the most preserved hair decals in the African diaspora, connecting us to our ancestors while preserving the communal culture of braiding. Wearing her daughter’s black ...