Many African-American women don’t know the real reason their hair is falling: hair relaxers.

The good, bad and ugly hair days

It was only after losing a huge chunk of hair that I stopped straightening it with chemical relaxer – something I had done growing up in Nigeria since the age of six.

My bald patch was dubbed the “helicopter landing pad” by my flat mates at university for months afterwards.

I share this painful anecdote because a new documentary has re-ignited the natural versus straightened hair debate among black women. read the whole article here.