Black Hair Versus Health

I have trained and/or provided consultations to hundreds of Black women for well over 10 years and about 80% of them have, at some point, used hair-related excuses for rescheduling or even canceling their sessions. Ironically enough, those women of color who were compliant either had natural hairdos (i.e. dreads or kinky twists), braids, fades, or European-like hair (commonly defined as “good hair”). What is it with hair and exercise when it comes to Black women? Do we sacrifice our health for our hair?

Last night I watched Chris Rock’s documentary “Good Hair” and was stunned to say the least. In this documentary it is shown that the poorest to the richest Black women spend anywhere between $1,000 to $5,000 on hair weaves and... Read the rest here: http://ninacheriephd.com/advice/blog/83-bl...