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Why Does Hair Science Make People So Angry? The Psychology Behind the Pushback in Black Hair Care I received a comment recently that genuinely made me stop and think because the question wasn’t really about shampoo, grease, oils, or even hair. The commenter explained that she had gone into a Black hair forum and shared some of the things she had learned from me and other content creators who discuss hair care from a scientific perspective. She wasn’t attacking Black women. Sh

Bask & Lather Hair Products: A Scientific Ingredient and Consumer Safety Analysis Before we get into Bask & Lather, hair-growth oils, rosemary oil, peppermint oil, scalp irritation, shedding, follicular occlusion, product buildup and contact dermatitis, I need everybody to understand exactly what we’re doing here. I’m approaching this conversation as a scientist. My job tonight is not to tell you what product to buy, what product to throw away, or what company you should or s

When we talk about thinning hair, one word needs to become part of the conversation: miniaturization. Hair loss is much more complicated than simply seeing hair come out in your brush or shower. In androgenetic alopecia, the real biological change is happening underneath the surface, inside the hair follicle. At the same time, we cannot ignore the environment surrounding that follicle. Sebum, sweat, dead skin, styling products, heavy oils, yeast, bacteria, inflammation and in

Softee Hair Grease, Lanolin & Black Hair: Why I Question What Years of Greasing the Scalp May Have Done

WHAT I BELIEVE GREASE IS ACTUALLY DOING TO THE HAIR AND SCALP Occlusion, Sebum, the Scalp Microbiome and Why “Soft” Does Not Automatically Mean Healthy By Cyn Smith, aka Cyn Doll Hollictic Research Scientist Holistic Hair + Scalp Research A quick introduction before we get into the science: I started my career as a cosmetologist, but I didn’t stop at learning how to do hair. I wanted to understand the biology and science behind what I was seeing, so I took my education furthe

Everybody online is saying “relaxers cause cancer” but that’s not the full story. In this video, Cyn Doll breaks down the real science behind chemical hair straighteners, Black women’s health, and the uterine cancer study that’s all over the internet. Over 44,000 women were followed for 22 years, and only 347 were diagnosed less than 1%. So why is the internet acting like every relaxer is a death sentence? Let’s talk about what the study actually said, what it didn’t test, a

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