Here's how a year without braids helped one writer recover from traction alopecia and find healthy protective styles.

That’s weird, thought 29-year-old Drea Okeke as she examined her new set of box braids. Getting a fresh set of braids was typically a liberating experience for the content creator, but in that moment, ...

Lasheera Chambers styles Andrea Vernae's hair into crochet braids for her character in Redwood. Photo by Kate Szrom/Courtesy of Portland Center Stage at The Armory Braiding has long been more than ...

Sisters have it hard when it comes to hair. It is one of the things that defines her and shapes her self-image, for better and worse. And it is the the physical attribute that often causes her the ...

Braids can be a godsend for those with afro-textured or coiled hair wanting to save time and energy, prevent heat damage or switch up their style. But as versatile and beautiful as twists, locs, ...

Hair has always been more than just a style—especially in the Black community, where our coils, curls, and protective styles tell stories of identity and culture. So when I began noticing bald spots ...

The hairline has some of the finest, shortest, most fragile hairs—they don’t call them baby hairs for nothing—yet it’s also where many women do the most damaging styling. We slick our edges down with ...

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is just one of the millions of women that struggle with this form of severe hair loss. This week, Rep. Ayanna Pressley did an incredibly brave thing–she revealed to the ...

The Oscar slap that overshadowed the Academy Awards ceremony was sparked by a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s lack of hair – with husband Will Smith objecting violently to comedian Chris Rock mocking ...

For this edition, associate beauty editor Annie Blay-Tettey speaks with three women about their journey with traction alopecia, and how hair loss ultimately helped them gain so much more. That’s weird ...