By
Asia Milia Ware,
beauty editor at the Cut
who also writes the column “Why Is Your Skin So Good.” She has covered fashion and beauty for eight years with bylines in InStyle, Teen Vogue, Paper, and Essence.
“Do you do Black-girl hair?” was the first question Zakia Blain asked when she called a Philadelphia Korean head spa earlier this year. She just finished uninstalling faux locs, a protective style that wraps your natural hair for an illusion of real locs. Blain had them in for two and a half months so she wanted to treat her hair and scalp to a little extra detoxification with a head-spa experience. It wasn’t her first. Her cousin owns a head spa in Atlanta, and that was the first place she ever tried the massage treatment. She loved it and thought the treatment would be beneficial for detangling post faux locs.
