Article: Black women and hair loss: the causes, the remedies, the prevention.

Article: Thought-Provoking Book Addresses Hair Loss Among ...
Washington Informer;  December 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Provoking Book Addresses Hair Loss Among Black Women By Bruce Branch It's a book ... said his new book, "Why Are Black Women Losing Their Hair" is doing ... writing about the problems black women face in caring for their hair ...

Article: Tight Braiding Tied to Hair Loss in Black ...
Skin & Allergy News;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... of the follicular opening--"is one of the most puzzling conditions I see," Dr. Callender said. These patients have hair loss beginning at the vertex with gradual symmetrical expansion. "You can't rush these women through their visits. They need ...

Article: Accepting hair loss or doing something about it? ...
Daily Breeze;  November 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... deficiencies. Once the female-pattern hair loss starts it's most likely permanent ... have led to an "epidemic" of hair loss among black women, said Dr. Susan C. Taylor ... of 50 percent to 60 percent in hair loss caused by styling in the past ...

Article: Hair transplantation for alopecia in black ...
Dermatology Nursing;  October 1, 2003 ;     530 words ... ... important role as a second-line measure to correct hair loss in black women. Historically, blacks have been shunned from hair ... Before surgery is attempted to address areas of hair loss affected by traction alopecia or central centrifugal ...

Article: Empress Hair Care Offers Solution to Hair Loss for ...
PR Newswire;  February 3, 2006 ;     672 words ... ... there are many forms of hair loss, the most common of which ... product line tackles the hair loss and hair-thinning problem that affects many black women. Whether by family history ... damaging hairstyles, hair loss is a major problem. Our ...

Article: Alopecia among Black Women
Journal of the National Medical Association;  June 1, 2004 ;     366 words ... ... Alopecia has become almost an epidemic among black women due to certain hairstyles that pull too ... alopecia is particularly widespread among black women. Patients typically have symmetrical thinning and hair loss at their frontal and temporal areas of ...

Article: Black women entrepreneurs blaze a trail for ...
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  February 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... The 02-11-1997 Black women entrepreneurs blaze ... proved to be a balance as Black women across the country who ... understood the dynamics of hair loss creating products such ... Shampoo. Realizing some Black women yearned acceptance from ...