Comments on: Tyra Banks Real Hair Dismay

By: Moyende

Moyende — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:38:59 +0000

Lisa

Are you available for an interview regarding the green slimy substance in perm using Black women?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:05:21 +0000

Wow , see that is what we need to be researching, the black race has so many health disparities i think that may be the missing link

By: angie

angie — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:27:33 +0000

My thoughts are that she said real hair, and I see that her hair is not that neon orange color that she usually sports. Also? It looks more like she wears it flat ironed than permed, in which case it is natural hair, just not nappy hair. Somehow we who wear our natural hair flat-ironed have been made out to be the bald-headed stepchildren of the natural hair community. It’s a shame, really.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:14:22 +0000

I mean you all do realize that to have her natural hair she would have had to shave her head or go through a long, stressful grow-out process? I myself have relaxed hair simply because it’s easier – for going to school on my own in a foreign country and day-to-day care. I honestly do not see what’s so wrong with it. People with naturally straight hair use methods in order to make it curly. I would cry every morning getting my hair done as a child. Honestly, I would stay natural if it was just easier to care for and deal with. Tyra has worn weave for as long as anybody can remember and she is now embracing the hair that is naturally growing out of her head, relaxed or not. So seriously, grow up and leave Tyra alone. (From a sixteen year old girl) As for you, Mortician, I’ll take you seriously when you improve the consistency of your grammar and spelling.

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:26:10 +0000

I’ve been a Mortician for 32 years and what I’m about to say may shock many of you who seem to have a hard time letting go of that Sodium Hydroxide Relaxer Chemical that you just want to see as just another hairstyles. Unfortunately its alot more disturbing than another choice of hairstyle. Underneath every Black Woman with relaxer scalp who I’ve examine had an excess of green slimy smelly substance underneath their scalp and all over their brains…The Black women with natural hair on the other hand did not contain that green substance. I was quite disturb by this experience that I went natural 32 years back and been natural ever since. So dont always assume a person who is natural is trying to control your choice, sometime it can be that they may know something you may not and may want to help you not put you down.

By: Rifai

Rifai — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:26:43 +0000

When i was watching the episodes about real hair she did clarify that her is real but NOT natural. Also on follow up episodes she did show girls with all different textures of “real” hair. From natural to chemically assisted hair, and the different ways it can be styled. I think Tyra showing her real hair was a huge step for her in the business she is in. Long flowing hair is idealized and for her she has been wearing weaves a very long time to the point it became her comfort zone. Letting go of that weave was the first step of accepting her real length and might eventually lead to her accepting her natural length. I personally think she looks better with less to no weave at all.
As for her hair being slicked back dripping with water during her real hair revealing, I think it was like that to show that there were no “tracks” from weave in her hair so people wouldn’t question her it.
Over all I think what Tyra did was the first step in helping other young black women show their real length, and then eventually come accustomed to showing their natural hair.
I have been natural for 1.5 months now and I absoolutely love and enjoy my hair’s diversity.

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By: Nessa

Nessa — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:38:12 +0000

Honestly, I don’t know why anyone would think Tyra would sport her natural, kinky hair. I took it as she was gonna wear her relaxed hair without any weave. Ya’ll know better to think that Tyra was gonna rock some kinks, lol.

By: Dem

Dem — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:53:34 +0000

OMFG!!! r ppl 4real?! what makes “treated” hair any different from natuarl hair? its all REAL hair rite?! if its growing from ur head u have the rite 2 do w\ it whatever the heck it is u wanna do w\ it, & nobody has that rite 2 judge u in any negative sence regardless of whatever that chose maybe. so 4 all u ppl out there (especially if it came from the mouth of a black woman) u need 2 get off of tyra’s case just cause her hair wasn’t “natural”. maybe u should all take a second 2 stop slinging insults & go look in the mirror & learn 2 love urselves (kinky hair n all), cause CLEARLY she does.

p.s. & yes i am a YOUNG black woman & i’ve had both treated & natural hair & its given me no less or more trouble than anyone else’s hair in either state, but i love it either way regardless of what others have said, r saying & will continue 2 say because its MY hair.

p.s.s. & ALL HAIR (NO MATTER ITS STATE) IS GOOD, BEAUTIFUL HAIR!!! u just have 2 take the time 2 learn what 2 do w\ it, thats all.

By: strawberryriddick

strawberryriddick — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:18:35 +0000

While it was disappointing that she didn’t show her natural hair, you must remember that it probably wasn’t easy for her to go like that. Like many women, she’s a length-lover that feels the need to cling to fake, woven-in hair, and she’s probably comfortable doing that…almost like a security blanket. Now, I’m not saying that I don’t think she should have used her natural hair (that would have been lovely), but this was her real hair…the hair she’s insecurely hiding from the world, and she showed it to everyone. That counts for something in my book.