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Early in life, we are taught that beauty and pain are synonymous. I remember, as a little girl, watching my big sister in the salon chair, tears streaming down her face as she gripped the chair tightly. The culprit? A hair relaxer. The hairdresser reassured her by saying “Don’t you want your hair as
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