Consumer Reports looked into safer alternatives to chemical hair relaxers, such as flat irons, hair straightening brushes, ...

Concerns are growing over the safety of chemical hair relaxers as research suggests that heavy use may be linked to an ...

For those who still want to straighten their hair, without the use of chemicals found in relaxers, Wright said there are alternatives. These include blow outs, sew-ins, and STS treatments ...

"When I started doing hair, everybody's hair was chemically. They had relaxers...the more we relaxed it, the more it fell out," she said. "Then it got to the point where the only styles you could ...

Chemical hair relaxers have provided a quick fix for decades, but their ingredients could be potentially dangerous. For safer alternatives, a panel of Consumer Reports evaluators with different ...