Unfortunately, I have a problem when shows like this are aired.. Not only does it give OTHERS reason to think ALL black women have NAPPY HAIR.. Case in point I have a white male co-worker who just came up to us black woman and made the statement " I feels sorry for Black people" We asked what he meant.. What he said was.. He just watched the Tyra show and black people just have NAPPY HAIR and there's nothing they can do about it.. That's only half the conversation, but the point is that shows like this just continue to look at us in yet again in a negative light!

Dear Tyra, I am a mom of 4 boys and they keep me very busy but I do sometime record your show and watch it when I have a little time to myself. I just watched the show you did on “good hair”. I can’t even began to understand what a black girl goes through with her hair because I’m not black. I can how ever say how it is with white girls. We to have all different kinds of hair, some strait, curly, wavy, thick, thin, different colors ext… We color our hair perm it straighten it and so on. I cried through much of your show because it just made me think how many people are trying to be something their not. I think the 2 girls who had their hair short and natural were the 2 prettiest on the show. The one who went natural looked better than before. Out of all my boys I only have 1 with “good hair” ,the rest have cowlicks…my 11 year old spikes his bangs with hair spay because of the cowlicks. I am so glad I don’t have girls…lol. I think that this problem (in different degrees) is in all cultures. I also think that we should all love who we are and stop trying to be like everyone else. God made us all different for a reason.

I thought the show was very interesting and it really hit home with me. Especially when you guys talked to the little girls. I also have long hair and what some people might say is "good hair". I've had some of the same problems the girls had growing up. Being teased because my hair was longer and easier to handle. I got my first relaxer when I was 14, so I was shocked when I heard that some mom's gave it to their girls as young as 3. I stopped getting a relaxer when I was 18. I learned that if I chose to straighten my hair I didn't need a chemical to do so. I'm a bi-racial woman(black & puerto rican) and I also have curly hair. I never wore my hair that way until I was 21. I learned to embrace that hair and now I love it. I wear it like that during the summer because it's too hot to wear it straight. Especially because it's much easier and it's gonna frizz up anyway in the heat. I think both my curly and straight hair is beautiful. I think it's wrong to let these little girls or women believe that they can only be pretty if they have long straight hair. Beauty starts on the inside and they all need to start there before they start thinking so badly about themselves.

I watched the show yesterday on the "good hair bad hair" issue we have in the African American community. This issue has been a feeling of contention for me. The young lady from Essence was absolutely right about how this issue came to be. It is appauling how are younger generation shows how much we have been brained washed and conditioned to hate ourselves or pit one against the other. I am a psychology major in college at this is one of the reasons I am changing careers. When Tyra explained when black say 'perm' they really mean relaxer. This issue is brought about because of the same self hatred that has been transgenerational. The fact that these can't even call the chemical what it is for black woman they rather call it a perm which used by white women. I love your show and I wish I could be a participant of this social awareness and healing.

Okay, why was there an Asian woman and a blond women in the preview, but they were not in the show? Where do I go to see the extra footage?

Hey Tyra! I thought this show was amazing, I would love to see a part 2! Hair is a BIG issue in the black community! I begged my mother for a perm/relaxer when I was about 12, not because I hated natural hair, but because all my friends had one and my family members as well. Like many people, I never really thought about why I had the desire to do it, I just wanted straight hair, to me it was something you get older, sort of signifies growing up. Now at 20, I'm "transitioning" to natural hair, I'm in my 10th month, and it's hard now that I'm in this in-between stage, but I know in the end it will be worth it because I'll have healthier hair. I was actually searching on the internet on ways to make my relaxed hair stronger and stumbled on natural hair blogs and what not. I was inspired by so many women on YouTube, Fotki, and naturallycurly discussing and document their hair journeys. For the first time in my life I'm getting to know my hair, it sounds ridiculous but it's true. What makes it even harder is the media's portrayal of black beauty. How many black women do you see with tightly curled natural hair portrayed as the sexiest woman in the world? The image of black beauty presented in the media is one that is simply unachievable naturally for most black women. All in all we may not go to the salon and say "make me white", however, we are still conforming to a Eurocentric standard of beauty. Another fear I think some people have is how the opposite sex will react. I mean yes there are definitely black men (and others as well) who can appreciate natural hair.

Hi Tyra.. I love your show and watch you daily. Usually I agree with your opinions and I love that you have turned your fame into so many positive things. Todays show left me confused. I thought it was a very bad judgement call for you to show your "natural beauty" by wearing braids ( a traditional African American hair style) but for you to wear a weave, blonde to boot, on a day to day basis. I felt you sent a very confusing message to the younger viewers. As if to say "Today I am a proud black women who loves her natural hair" but come tomorrow you will cover your natural hair as if its not good enough. I thought you looked stunning today. You really should wear your natural hair more often. Besides looking beautiful, you are not just saying but showing your younger African American viewers its ok to not have long, silky hair! Were not all the same, and it's ok!! Thanks for letting me express myself!

dear tyra, My name is Brooke and I am 12 years old and my hair is really curly and short.I want to straightin it but everytime i do it looks even more nappy!I get so frustated because when i was younger it was never like this it was long,soft, and wavey...but i got a texterizer on it and thats when it broke off!It sucks becuase a lot of the black girls at my school have a better grade of hair then me!!!

Dear Tyra, What are you really trying to prove with shows like this? All you are doing is exposing your African culture in a negative or self- hatred way. Many different cutures perm/relax their hair for better texture or easier management. Why to you we are doing it to compare to white people. That is not so at all. OK, whenever you wear your wigs, is it to look white or because maybe you think it look good on you. I really think you give a misrepresentation of Black people on your show and have the world view us as very unhappy with ourselves and culture. Your guess are the minority of Black people, many of us don't agree with it. A lot of us do love our skin tone, features, and textured hair. And for the record a lot of non-blacks relax/perm their hair for the same reasons. "To each his own" so to sump it up, some of your topics are more damaging to our community than impowering. You need to go natural more often!!!

Thanks for having this show, hopefully people will continue the dialog. The best thing that could come of this would be that people will think about why they do what they do. Then they can learn to act from the heart not out of the pressures of others, or out of habit from years of slavery. Again it was a great help to have this show. Hopefully you will wear your hair natural more often Tyra so that you can help even more by being a role model to young women to move away from self hate and inward to love all that they are.

Hi Tyra, I am a mixed girl (mom is white, dad is black) and I have crazy wild afro hair and I love it! I am 19 years old and it took me til I was 18 to really realize that my hair is fine the way it is! I was always told that my hair was "bad". It was nappy and unmanageable. I always beg my mama to give me "white girl hair". I had started getting a relaxer in my hair when I was 6. It wasn't until I burned most of my hair that I realized what I was doing was ridiculous. I had let people stereotype me and make me believe that my hair wasn't acceptable. I learned to take care of my hair and now it is so wonderful! It is still wild and crazy but you can tell it is taken care of and I love it! Thank you for letting people in on the misconceptions of "bad" hair!

Hi Tyra, Thanks for having today's show.I have to say it was frustrating to watch so many beautiful black women be so ignorant about their hair and the hair of their children. I was appalled by the mothers who were directly or indirectly teaching their beautiful black babies to not love who they are. Being black comes w/its own trials and difficulties and most of those are not from other races it come directly from ourselves. The self-hatred that we bestow upon one another is so disheartening. Most women are pretty concerned about their hair,but black women take it to a whole other level. Our hair makes us unique and beautiful we can do anything with it and that Awesome!

Dear Tyra, I'm white and i have long brown wavy hair. I really don't like my hair because it is always knotted and messy. I used to straighten it all the time because i thought i looked prettier with straight hair. But the heat has damaged my hair, and now i only do it once or twice a week. All girls out there need to know that they are beautiful, and that they don't need to change their hair to look pretty. All hair is good hair...you just have to know how to work it!

Dear Tyra, I just wanted to say that this show really opened my eyes because I would have never thought that black women were having such a struggle with their hair. Now I am a white, 21 year old girl and I still have a lot to learn about the world. I was so inspired by the show. It pains me to see that our society has made the black culture conform to what they beleive is good hair. I believe that natural is beautiful. Everyone of those women and children especially, are beautiful with out all those chemicals for their hair. Thank you for opening my eyes to these issues.

I am a 53 year old african american woman. Born with a beautiful head of hair. In my thirties I was diagnosed with alopecia areata. I am completely bald now. Over the years I have worn my hair hotcombed, permed, natural, dyed. I have learned that true beauty comes from within. While all these people are complaining about the texture of the hair they where born with. We should learn to be happy with who we are. It took a while for me to come to terms with this condition and I am more beautiful than I was when I had hair. Plus I don't have to worry about what to do with my hair. Bald and Beautiful Janice