TY - JOUR
AU - Thorne, Napier
AB - IntroductionMigration brings with it new problems for the dermatologist. Ten years ago I and many other dermatologists in Great Britain rarely saw a negro patient in our clinics, while Indians were infrequent attenders. Now, in one of my clinics a day rarely passes without seeing several coloured skinned patients. The majority are West Indians, of negro descent, with naturally curly hair. Just as more and more Caucasean women with straight hair are having it permanently waved, so negro women with tight curls are demanding that their hair be straightened. If perming can lead to reduced tensile strength of the hair, so can the processes used for straightening hair. Both may result in hair breaking off, followed by the visit of a very worried patient to the skin clinic. The European lady, whose hair falls out after a perm by a hairdresser, will often consult her solicitor as well with a view to litigation. I have yet to be asked for a solicitor's report on a negress whose hair has not withstood the hairdresser's efforts to straighten it. Perhaps time will prove me wrong, or are they by nature less prone to civil litigation?What makes hair curly? Here the experts 
TI - Cosmetics and the Dermatologist: HAIR STRAIGHTENERS
JF - International Journal of Clinical Practice
DO - 10.1111/j.1742-1241.1965.tb06932.x
DA - 1965-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/cosmetics-and-the-dermatologist-hair-straighteners-1C4RNnMFIL
SP - 717
EP - 719
VL - 19
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -