Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Johns Hopkins researchers are urging black women to avoid weaves, braids and hair extensions because of the risks of permanent hair loss. Researchers say that these hair styles, which can pull on the ...

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 ...

‘How could something be happening to your body and you don’t have any control over it? And specialists can’t help me?’ (Getty/iStock) You can tell a lot about a person by their hair, or so tradition ...

There are several ways a person can lose their hair. For some, it happens naturally as a person ages. For others, specific experiences — such as childbirth, major surgery or physical or psychological ...

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley was getting her braids re-twisted last fall when she realized her hair was becoming patchy in some places. “From there, it accelerated very quickly,” Pressley said in a video ...