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The latest in a decades-old movement among those in the Black community to embrace natural hair reached the halls of state government last month when the House of Representatives passed its version of ...

Most people choose hair products based on marketing claims or what works for their friends, but your hair’s specific type and texture determine which products and techniques will actually deliver the ...

KVUE: KVUE Profiles: Getting to the root of hair's significance in Black culture

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AUSTIN, Texas — As part of KVUE's continuing celebration of Black History Month, we met up with several Austin stylists to explore the significance of hair in Black culture. “If you have to ask why ...

KVUE Profiles: Getting to the root of hair's significance in Black culture

Business Insider: Natural-hair care is getting a boost from AI as Black-owned beauty-tech companies harness personalized data to better serve customers

Hair care has transformed into one of the most profitable sectors of the consumer-goods industry. An August report from Fortune Business Insights found that the global hair-care market is projected to ...

Natural-hair care is getting a boost from AI as Black-owned beauty-tech companies harness personalized data to better serve customers

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Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair.

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Human beings have several different types of hairs. The first to develop is the lanugo, a layer of downy, slender hairs that begin growing in the third or fourth month of fetal life and are entirely shed either before or shortly after birth.

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