This is what researchers have called beauty injustice – a system that overburdens communities of color, notably Black communities, with the mental, financial and physical health costs of beauty. I remember the first time I came to school with straight hair. These interactions may be twofold — both the experiences of only receiving compliments with straight hair and the experiences of being told that your hair is “unprofessional,” “unkempt,” “frizzy,” or “messy” when not straightened. And these disparities may be driven by differences in personal care product use patterns, including hair products, as we are more likely to use hair oil, hair gels, pomades, leave-in conditioners and other leave-in hair products. Agents of Change in Environmental Justice · Marissa Chan on solutions to harmful beauty products Those experiences have led me to my current research at Harvard T.H.

Source: CNN April 26, 2023 15:36 UTC