How are Black women thinking about hair care? Here's what you said.

A Black woman’s hair journey is one best defined by the choice whether to embrace her coils or fight to tame them.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took to the streets on two balmy days this summer to take a pulse on what is influencing how Black girls and women are wearing their hair in 2025. The hairstyles were diverse: braids, wigs, relaxers and natural curls.

Combating the heat and humidity was a common refrain in the moment, but when asked how their relationship with their hair had changed over the arc of a lifetime, their answers reflected much deeper considerations.

Nearly everyone had once chemically relaxed their hair . Their choices were often made to assimilate in places or professions where few had textured hair like their own. Songs, social movements and attending histori