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15th March 2012

Black Culture: Study Links Hair Relaxers To Fibroid Tumors and Early Puberty In African American Females →

black-culture:

A new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology has linked hair relaxers to uterine fibroids, as well as early puberty in young girls.

Scientists followed more than 23,000 pre-menopausal Black American women from 1997 to 2009 and found that the two- to three-times higher rate of…

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    FASCINATING
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    While I myself can’t wrap my head around, letting go of the hair crack…I definitely wouldn’t want to relax my daughter’s...
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    WOW…If there truly is a connection (it hasn’t been proven yet), then this is yet another reason for us to examine the...
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    welp
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    Hrm. Hrm. Hrm!
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    I know we live under constant pressure to conform to the white beauty aesthetic and it is hard to shake. However I will...
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    Signal boosting
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    So glad my hair is natural.
  33. gorgeousammy reblogged this from fuckyeahfeminists and added:
    ehhh… thats interesting… but im still makin my 3 month appointments for that touch up relaxer.