Cowham is one of the many Black women dealing with hair loss and traction alopecia from tight braids and weaves and uses her platform to share hair growth methods that work. For Cowham ...

The most common form of the condition affecting black women is traction alopecia, which is caused by hair being stressed at the roots. Other forms of the condition include alopecia areata ...

Jada Pinkett-Smith has a condition called Alopecia areata ... "It's something that's quite common in the black community, because being a black woman, your hair is where a lot of your beauty ...

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia is a type of hair loss that primarily impacts Black women and may run in families. CCCA typically causes hair breakage, itching, and scaling of the scalp.

Traction alopecia is hair loss that is triggered by improper hair maintenance or hairstyles that stress the hair follicles [Courtesy] Having a full head of hair is a bigger blessing than many ...

A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader is paving the way for diversity after she showed off her baldness while performing for alopecia awareness.

2 Both traction alopecia and central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia are among the most common hair loss disorders presenting in Black women (33% and 15%, respectively). 3 Treatment for central ...