Traction alopecia affects nearly a third of Black women, and most cases are reversible if caught early. Here is where to start.
Edges are among the most delicate areas of the scalp, and they absorb the consequences of nearly every styling decision made above them. Tight ponytails, chemical treatments, excessive heat, and repeated friction…
May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and dermatologists are urging people to pay closer attention to a part of the body that is often forgotten during skin checks: the scalp. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and when it develops on the…
If you have ever stood in a beauty aisle feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of options, you are not alone. Loc wearers are constantly marketed to, but the truth is that a great loc routine does not require a crowded shelf. What it requires is intention. Dryness, dullness, flaking, and buildup are among the…
Peptides have spent the last several years building a reputation in skincare, appearing in serums, lip treatments, and moisturizers with well-documented results. That same ingredient is now showing up in shampoos, scalp serums, and supplements, and the reasoning behind it holds up to scrutiny.
Hair loss affects a significant number of people and arrives through…
Serums: the beauty industry has always had a complicated relationship with hair growth. For decades, brands have sold the promise of miraculous regrowth through products that rarely delivered on their claims. The category went relatively quiet through much of the 2000s and 2010s, with meaningful innovation failing to reach mainstream consumers at scale. That has…
Hair is easy to take for granted until something goes wrong with it. Most people know it grows, falls out, and sometimes causes frustration, but fewer understand what is actually happening at the biological level or what it means when the scalp starts behaving differently. The facts are more interesting than the anxiety around hair…
Quick picks
Gentle shampoo: CeraVe Gentle Hydrating Shampoo
Nourishing conditioner: Hask Smooth + Keratin & Jojoba Oil Conditioner
Volumizing spray: Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
Hydrating mask: Better Not Younger Hair Redemption Restorative Butter Masque
Scalp serum: Dr. Groot Scalp Revitalizing Solution
Skin care tends to dominate the anti-aging conversation, but hair…
For most people, hair care begins at the strand and ends there. The scalp, the actual skin underneath all of it, gets treated as an afterthought, something to address only when a problem becomes impossible to ignore. That approach is changing. Scalp care has moved from a niche concern to one of the faster-growing categories…
Not every hairstylist can trace their calling back to a Sunday ritual in West Africa, but Candace Witherspoon can. The Liberian-born, New York-based curl specialist has spent 16 years building a career rooted in the belief that healthy hair begins long before anyone walks into a salon and she has the client roster and the…
The weather has a reliable way of turning a manageable hair care routine into something considerably more frustrating. The combination of cold air outside and dry heat indoors strips moisture from the scalp faster than most products can replace it, and the resulting flakes and itchiness have a way of dominating every styling decision until…

