Hair

"Good Hair" gives it to us straight "Good Hair" gives it to us straight

Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing
By Stephanie Zacharek Oct 9, 2009

  • I suffer from hair-pulling disorder

    I compulsively pluck my eyebrows and have to draw them on -- I'm terrified I will be found out.
    By Cary Tennis January 6, 2009

  • The Asiatic vs. Italian fake hair showdown

    When Japan annexed Korea, wigmakers across the world felt the ripples
    By Andrew Leonard April 11, 2008

  • How can I comfort my boyfriend about losing his hair?

    He's approaching 30 and I know it's tearing him up.
    By Cary Tennis August 10, 2007

  • Hair apparent

    I told myself that coloring my gray streaks would somehow be a self-betrayal. Then I got a hair makeover, and suddenly, I'm the babe outside that I feel like inside.
    By Maura Kelly March 30, 2004

  • Wigginess

    The rapidly growing demand for wigs, hairpieces and crotch topiary keeps tons of sheared locks moving around the world in an $800 million industry.
    By Kelly Wilkinson July 23, 2002

  • Lip hair OK in Disneyland

    In a radical gesture of modernity, the Happiest Place on Earth has lifted the ban on mustached employees.
    By J.A. Getzlaff April 10, 2000

  • How to feel better about falling apart

    Here's how I cope with my disgusting, sagging middle-aged body.
    By Mary Roach February 25, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Readers clash over McCain's use of "gook" Plus: Splitting up siblings heartbreakingly common; the thrill of playing God with a Sim family.
    Letters to the editor February 19, 2000

  • Courtesy flush, please!

    Extra! Extra! Put the seat down! Senate reporters forced to use coed loo; "American Pie" man Don McLean gets goopy over Madonna. Plus: The descent of man continues -- Carlos Santana announces his own clothing line.
    By Amy Reiter February 17, 2000

  • Hair today, hair tomorrow

    I say, if your head looks bad, put something on it.
    By Cary Tennis November 12, 1999

  • Hip, hip and away I go!

    There's no need to fear, Al is here! When the going gets tough, the Gores get literal. Plus: Out of the ring into the ring? More on the great WWF migration. And, Scully and Mulder smooch.
    By Amy Reiter November 2, 1999

  • Hair today, gone tomorrow

    Bowl cut Dole? Why a different style might've helped. Larry King and Jennifer Love Hewitt on repetitive motion; Diana Ross on excessive emotion; and why the "Friends" got a loser promotion.
    By Amy Reiter October 22, 1999

  • Cutting it off

    Courtney Weaver's hair stylist knows as well as anyone that sometimes you can't just cut it off.
    By Courtney Weaver February 18, 1998

  • Vanity, thy name is henna

    ... and unshaved legs, pierced eyebrows and bleached teeth.
    By Inda Schaenen July 9, 1997
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