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Expert tips for maintaining Black hair while working out

Many women of color treat their hair as a sense of crowning glory, and for good reason. An eye-opening 2012 study by Dr. Rebecca R. Hall, Dr. Shani Francis and Melicia Whitt-Glover, Ph.D., revealed that nearly 40% of the African American women surveyed avoided exercise at times due to hair-related issues. "We have not expressly studied the biologic effects of perspiration on hair in any population, but it is clear that sweat can cause hair humidity affects and wetting of the hair," Dr. Amy McMichael, professor and chair at Wake Forest School of Medicine's Department of Dermatology, told "GMA."

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