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Hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, a large study published on Monday suggests. “We estimated that 1.64 percent of women who never used hair straighteners would go on to develop uterine cancer by the age of 70, but for frequent users, that risk goes […]

Women worldwide are cutting their hair and burning their hijabs in solidarity with protests in Iran. British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe cut her hair in support.  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first systemic treatment for alopecia areata—commonly referred to as just alopecia—a disorder that causes hair to fall out often in clumps on the scalp, face, and sometimes on other areas of the body. The drug, Olumiant (baricitinib), made by Eli Lilly, is now approved to treat adults […]

I think we’ve all experienced the feels of flaky scalp, dandruff, or split ends right?! Today’s video is all about hair care, sprinkled with some skincare tips! Like our skin, our scalp can be dry and dehydrated and get irritated. We’ll be taking a deeper look at how shampoos and conditioners really work on our […]

You’ve heard of school uniforms, but what about grooming codes? A public school in Texas says a student’s hair can’t be too long. Not everyone’s happy about it, and the American Civil Liberties Union has already filed a lawsuit.

Simone Williams’s hair-raising experience, nine years in the making, has earned her quite a distinction. The 32-year-old Brooklyn fashion designer has just broken the Guinness World Record for largest afro (female)—with voluminous locks that reach over eight inches tall and nearly nine inches wide. Her afro is four feet and 10 inches in circumference. Williams […]

Parents in Spain whose babies and toddlers developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a company that put a hair loss treatment into containers meant for a medicine, a mother of one of the children said on Aug. 31.

An U.S. Army recruit had his first hair in 15 years and donates that hair to a nonprofit foundation Locks of Love prior to enlisting in the military.

A Wisconsin woman unexpectedly lost clumps of her hair after using a conditioner product purchased from a local Walmart. She and her mother wrote on social media that they believe the conditioner was tampered with a hair-removal product prior to purchase. Ashley Rose, of New Richmond, Wisconsin, had bought Pantene Pro-V Sheer Volume Conditioner and within […]

Ludwig van Beethoven is widely regarded for his musical compositions, but he’s also known for his signature gray waves.

A Colorado father says that a middle school teacher cut about eight inches of hair off of his son, a special needs student, without permission from his parents. “I cannot believe that this happened,” Xander Scotland, whose family are naturalists and have Cherokee heritage, told KKCO. “I cannot believe that it got to the point that […]

The mother of an 8-year-old South Philadelphia elementary school student who says bullies cut off a chunk of her daughter’s hair is outraged that authorities haven’t responded. Yamina Zahir said that her daughter Amina had been bullied by a group of girls at Commodore John Barry Elementary for more than a year. The bullying reached […]

The Disney fairy tale “Little Mermaid” inspired a little girl from Texas to create a wild yet beautiful hairdo that won the “Crazy Hair Day” at her school on Mar. 20. Pre-kindergartener Atlantis Romero’s school had a hairstyle competition, and she asked her mother for an idea. Her mother, struck with an inspiration, decided to […]

A lock of Marilyn Monroe’s hair is selling for $16,500. The 60-year-old clipping is from the personal collection of her former hairstylist. Estimated to be about 35 strands, the clipping of hair comes from the collection of Monroe’s hair stylist, Kenneth Battelle, TMZ first reported. According to the site selling the hair, Moments in Time, […]

John Travolta showed off his new bald headed look on Instagram with drink in hand and his daughter by his side, apparently at a party. “I hope everyone had a great New Year!” Travolta, 64, wrote in the text section of the post. It is Travolta’s first Instagram post of the new year, so it […]

A Japanese baby who went viral last year due to her unique hair was given a modeling job, it was reported. Baby Chanco became a hair model at age 1 after mother Mami Kano started posting pictures of the child’s hair on Instagram last May, leaving many flabbergasted by her looks. The social media account, […]

Everyone wants to have beautiful and luxurious hair, and today we have 23 tips that we personally stand by to ensure your hair grows healthy, voluminous, shiny and doesn’t break off split end by split end. First let’s identify the problems many people could relate with: The major problems So with…. Straight hair → I […]