Roughly 90% of Black girls have used relaxers in some unspecified time in the future of their lives to chemically straighten their hair. New reporting in The New York Times Magazine highlights the extreme and sometimes unknown well being dangers these merchandise can pose. Linda Villarosa, contributing author for The New York Times Magazine and the report’s creator, joins CBS News to unpack her findings.
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