Black women buy $7.5 billion worth of beauty products every year, and spend 9x more on ethnic hair products than any other demographic. The measures in place to protect them aren’t enough.
My mother was a teenager in the late ’70s when big poofy hair was all the rage. And like many teens, she wanted to fit in, so she asked her mom: “Can I get a perm?” My grandmother bought an at-home relaxer—she was too broke to take my mom to the salon. She sat my mother down in the kitchen and grabbed a white towel, a hot comb, and some plastic gloves. Then, she opened the perm box and got to work.
Though the FFDCA has been amended numerous times to include additional oversight over drugs, medical devices, and food, cosmetics, which includes hair products, have remained largely unchanged, says Marie Boyd, a University of South Carolina associate professor of law whose research primarily focuses on the FDA. The FDA regulates cosmetics through post-market enforcement, i.e. the FDA does not approve cosmetics or their ingredients before they are sold on the market.
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