A love of hair resulted in her working as a kitchen beautician before becoming ... to get a relaxer every month or every five to six weeks. Now Searcy will only do a touch up after 10 weeks.

Never wash your hair before relaxing it. It should be at least a week old after the last shampoo before you relax it. • If you have any sores or irritation on your scalp, do not apply a relaxer ...

Thousands of Black women across the country are suing chemical relaxer manufacturers, alleging the products caused cancer.

and then after that, we started getting perms," she said. Hair relaxers, also called perms, are chemical treatments used at home or in salons to straighten hair. Box perms are often marketed to ...