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African-American Girl Ousted From Class Over Her Hair

African-American Girl Ousted From Class Over Her Hair

This is almost hard to believe since it’s so absurd. I came across this article today about an 8 -year- old girl that was made to leave the class by her teacher. The teacher claims that he couldn’t tolerate the girl’s hair product. The product in question apparently was a popular hair dressing lotion by Organic [...]

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Part 2 Itchy Scalp Series-Harsh Chemicals Can Irritate Scalp

Part 2 Itchy Scalp Series-Harsh Chemicals Can Irritate Scalp

This is the Part 2 of the four part series on uncovering the reasons behind an extremely itchy scalp. Very often I see clients become intolerant to a chemical process over time. Since your scalp is skin, a hypersensitive scalp can develop over time especially if harsh chemicals are :   Overused  Misused Chemical relaxers are used to [...]

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Nappy-The Other “N” Word

Nappy-The Other “N” Word

  FYI-Please don’t ever refer to a black woman’s hair as hair as “nappy” ( can also be spelled “knappy” ).  In general, it’s not considered a compliment.  A black woman’s natural hair texture happens to be quite a touchy subject.  A friend of mine had an experience the other day that proves the point.  My friend is black and [...]