The photos below should serve as a cautionary tale regarding choices made to braid hair and get weaves. Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10, Page 11.

About 96 percent of women with severe hair loss used chemical relaxers, compared with 91 percent of all the women surveyed in the study, and 57 percent of women with hair loss had braids ...

For many black women, maintaining the perfect hairstyle is a central goal. Using weaves or braids to achieve a look without thinking of the consequences is common, but the damaging results are far ...

Reuters is reporting today on a new study providing further evidence linking braids and weaves to a permanent type of hair loss that affects many African-American women.

Braids, afros, twists, weaves: Hair discrimination is one way Blacks in Wisconsin experience routine microaggressions. ... Deliberately serving a white person before a person of color in a ...

The study surveyed 326 black women about their hair care and of those that experienced hair loss, 59% had worn braids, weaves or other so-called traction hairstyles that tug at the scalp.

First things first: Sew-in weaves are a process where your natural hair is braided down into cornrows, says Nash, and a needle and thread are then used to sew down hair extensions onto the braids.

Black hair care tips: Summer weaves 101. CLUTCH - If you’re not willing to forgo your sew-in this season, you could spend your days indoors next to your air conditioner, or you could follow our ...

How Braids and Weaves Are Causing Black Women to Lose Their Hair - Page 2 Posted on April 19, 2011 - By MadameNoire “I couldn’t agree that it’s primarily braids and weaves,” she said.