Black women suffer from uterine fibroids at a rate that is two to three times greater than that of their white counterparts. Medical researchers have for years been stumped by the disparity. Then, an article appeared in a 2011 edition of the prestigious American Journal of Epidemiology. It asserted that the chemicals in hair relaxers used by African-American women to straighten their hair is the culprit.
Yes, we as black women should indeed lay off the relaxer for a whole host of reasons. But hoping to shrink uterine fibroids is not one of them.
Yes, we as black women should indeed lay off the relaxer for a whole host of reasons. But hoping to shrink uterine fibroids is not one of them.
