Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many women on social media have returned to using hair relaxers for ease while styling. (Photo: Getty Images) (Getty Images/Image ...

Yet a few of the ‘relaxer girls’ revealed they did not actually use the hair relaxers that made them famous, but rather, they straightened and used mousse to achieve their silky and glossy look.

Tabnie Dozier was in kindergarten when she started getting her hair straightened with chemical relaxers that often contained the same ingredients used to unclog drains. Dozier, who’s Black, spent the ...

Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...