The ‘Environmental Injustice of Beauty’: The Role That Pressure to Conform Plays In Use of Harmful Hair, Skin Products Among Women of Color

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By By Victoria St. MartinFeb 27, 2023, 10:00 am180 ptsTrending
A new study cites “growing public health concern” around the way that racialized notions of beauty drive women of color to use hazardous hair relaxers, skin lighteners. By Victoria St. Martin ATLANTA–Perched in a stylist’s chair at Yaya’s Natural Hair Boutique, Akeyla Peele-Tembong teared up as she…

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