First off, please don't be so quick to jump to the drama. Those type of little emoticons and saracasm/negativity are the reason why so many people have left this site. That is why I ASKED you what you meant, rather than assuming. If you had nothing to add to the thread, why post "the end of the world is nigh" and turn the tone negative?
IF you had actually clicked on the article originally posted, then you would have seen that the question posed to beauty brains refers to "African-American textured hair," which is why I used the term. It's also clear that the term Afro-textured hair is quite commonly used and accepted as a valid way to describe type 3 and type 4 hair kinky/curly/coarse hair. Race has nothing to do with whether "beauty brains" is a good website. There are thousands of "beauty" websites that exist only to generate hits and ad revenue. I believe that beauty brains is one of them.
Second, no one....no one in this entire thread...said "natural means good." Nor did anyone say "chemicals equal bad." I think everyone agreed that Phyto is a good product, that it's more gentle than other relaxers, that it permanently alters hair and comes with the same risks as any other relaxers. Some said it's a chemical, some said it could possibly be considered natural.
Based on the well-thought out answers discussing the chemical components of relaxer, this is obviously a topic that is debatable, so I don't see why it's baffling.
Good luck with your transition and journey to natural. I won't be posting any further thoughts in this thread....I already knew that the natural/transitioning army would appear and attack soon enough.