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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have really curly hair, 3c type. I’m a white woman. I used to get keratins but with ingredient changes they don’t really work on my hair type anymore. I want straight shiny hair, and think my curls are ok, but they age me (48).  I’m thinking about trying a relaxer. Anyone tried this with non-AA hair? Damage? How straight and shiny does it make your hair?? Also I color my hair. 
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Hair relaxers have been linked to cancer. I would just embrace your curls. I’m an AA woman who stopped relaxing my hair around 25 years ago.[/quote]

We black women get cancer due to our diets, obesity, alcohol use, inflammation, genetics, and some environmental factors just like everyone else. No one has been able to prove a link between cancer and relaxers. For a period in the 20th century a far majority of black women were getting relaxers so yes those of us  getting cancer now most likely had a relaxer st some point. 
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There are some of us who have never relaxed our hair.  There are some of us who relaxed or texturized our hair a few times. There are some of us who relax our hair every few months or even weeks.

Fun fact: Quite a lot of research like this is correlational, since there are multiple issues with doing a long term study that controls the variables of interest.  While we all know that correlation is not causation, there really are ways that control — both statistically and by design — for the kinds of variables that you’ve mentioned. There’s enough research out there to raise some legitimate concerns about the use of relaxers marketed almost solely to Black women and specific health concerns.  Do with that what you will — of course.

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