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Afro hair: Are my braids doing more harm than good? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Don't use synthetic hair seems to be the takeaway.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

It's also kinda gross when it's been revealed that a lot of extensions we use for our hair contain nasty chemicals. So even if you didn't chemically treat your hair, you were still exposed to bad chemicals by other means. Makes me so glad I have microlocs!