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Beauty: How Salons Are Saving Lives

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Your weekly blowout may come with a blood pressure test and your man’s shape up is accompanied with a cancer screening, as more salons and barber shops partner with health programs, according to Cleveland.com. Shops in Ohio, California, New Mexico and other states have already begun to offer health education to clients, some of who are uninsured and cannot afford to see an actual doctor.—CJ