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Scalp and hair treated as skin with a different appendage attached. Relaxer chemistry, traction and scarring alopecias, porosity claims, combing force, transplants, and the regulatory fights that keep landing in salon back rooms.
Sep 13, 2026
The scale used to diagnose hirsutism has different thresholds for different ethnic groups — a spread of nearly fivefold. That is not a flaw quietly tolerated in the literature. It is printed in the guidance, and it tells you what the scale actually measures.
Sep 13, 2026
Traction alopecia affects roughly a third of women of African descent and it is the only form of hair loss that is entirely preventable. The window where it becomes permanent is narrower than most people are told, and the warning sign arrives years before the bald patch.