Episode 003: Let's talk about hair relaxers

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On the first half of this episode of Texture Talks, Samantha Stewart, Senior Consultant Trichologist, will be talking to listeners about the truth about relaxers. 

As co-founder of innovative digital trichology start-up, Curl iD, an incredible business offering personalised guidance for the afro and curly haired community, with 29+ years of experience, and a distinction from the Institute of Trichology, Sam holds a wealth of knowledge about the hair, and scalp of the afro and curly haired people, and will be shedding light on a topic that we all know too well...no pun intended.

Key topics covered on the episode:

• What relaxer exactly is, and the correct way to use it
• Understanding the misconception of it being a 'hair straightener'
• Learning the science of corrosion and how this applies to relaxers and our scalp health
• Debating the issues around connecting medical conditions to the use of relaxers
• Why relaxers should never have been sold to consumers in the first place
• How to maintain a relaxer and retain length

The second half of the episode will have Sam answering your biggest challenges directly to give you, our listeners.

She will be answering questions such as

• How can I thicken my naturally thin hair?
• How can I do my treatments correctly?
• What are the long-term effects of bleaching on my scalp?
• How can I retain length once I've had a baby?

Important Moments
1st segment
- Intro to Guest [1:52]
- Intro to Curl iD (The Brand) [4:14]
- Learning about Curl iDs mission [9:01]
- Intro to topic (Relaxers) [10:23]
- What is a relaxer? [11:14]
- What is the correct way to use a Relaxer? [12:03]
- How long is a Relaxer supposed to be left on? [14:40]
- Can Relaxers give us medical conditions like cancer? [18:30]
- Are there any negative impacts to using Relaxers on young children's scalps? [25:05]
- Biggest Advice for people using hair Relaxers. [28:27]
- Why hair is dead [29:34]
- Why you hair can only grow to a certain length [31:08]
- How to get in touch with Sam [34:02]

2nd segment
- Intro to 2nd segment (Answering Listener's Challenges) [34:47]
- First Challenge (How can I thicken my natural hair?) [35:09]
- Second Challenge (What is the proper way to do hair treatments?) [37:48]
- Third Challenge (What are the long-term effects on your health when regularly bleaching your hair?) [39:18]
- Fourth and Last Challenge. (How to retain length after childbirth) [41:53]

Summary of next episode
- Introducing next month's guest [45:50]

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