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    Damned lyes and statistics: the truth about hair relaxers

    The beauty industry is damaging our health as it capitalises on impossible ideals

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    ‘I’m fed up with endless hair removal. Should I let my bush grow back?’

    Hairlessness is next to cleanliness, but there’s no reason for that to be the case

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025

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