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Illustration. Photo by Getty Images
Illustration. Photo by Getty Images

I've had my fair share of hair woes over the years. While I've always been genetically blessed with length and fast hair growth (shoutout to my own keratin), I'm one of the many black women who experience traction alopecia.

So much so that I went for hair filler treatments in 2019 - the results of which are still gradual. 

READ MORE | 'I had a receding hairline and in 2019 I finally did something about it, and you can too'  

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