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By Tameka Abraham ·Updated October 21, 2021
Growing up as a Black girl with 4B/4C hair, I often kept my locs wrapped in protective styles to safeguard my natural hair from environmental factors and to maintain the health of my hair. Back then, there weren’t many options for different types of braiding hair. Also, outside of human fiber extensions or synthetic hair, the only other options for Black girls simply looking to get their hair
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