Hair straightening
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Hair straightening is a hair styling technique involving the flattening and straightening of hair in order to give it a smooth, streamlined, and sleek appearance. It became very popular during the 195
Large rollers can be used to straighten curly hair
Hair being straightened with a hair iron.
Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919), popularizer of the straightening comb
Conk
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The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened
Hair straightening
…discussions of racial identity, visits to the hair salon have become embedded in black culture, fulfilling an important social role especially for women. Conk Jheri curl…
Conk hairstyle