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Mental Health & Beauty with Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka

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Dermatology, Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Beauty News, Makeup, Skincare, Perfume, Fragrance

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Beauty is a big part of today’s mental-health conversation, says psychologist, hair stylist, hair historian, and clinical therapist Afiya Mbilishaka, PhD. She’s here to talk about why hair (and caring for it) can be an entry point to mental-health services; why hair loss is so devastating; the importance of hairstylists in Black communities; and what’s really going on when someone gets breakup bangs. Plus, we talk about why hair is sacred in many cultures around the world, especially in the African cultures she’s studied. This interview originally aired in 2023 and is presented with a new intro. Enjoy!

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. Welcome to Fat Maskara. I'm Jen Sullivan. I have to say I'm in the virtual studio here.

0:12.3

My home studio, I just sprayed a whole bunch of perfumes that I'm testing out for a story.

0:18.4

So if I get woozy in the middle of this, that's why I need to ventilate.

0:22.1

But I can't ventilate while I'm recording. And we're recording right now. It is Friday. Welcome.

0:26.8

We have an amazing episode on mental health, a very important topic. Before we get into it,

0:32.4

why don't you help my mental health and go over to Apple and give us a review or some stars. If you like the podcast,

0:38.9

that helps us become more discoverable with other people. You can also review or comment on episodes

0:44.1

on Spotify. Sometimes I like to read those. And actually since our, I guess that was two episodes

0:49.8

ago, we had a listener call in. She was in the last months of pregnancy for a third kid,

0:55.1

just needed a pick-me-up. Like, what can I do? What can I smear on? How can I just feel better?

1:00.4

We have gotten so many responses from the Fat Mascara Fam for this one. They're just also good.

1:06.4

I'll read a couple now. We'll keep reading them as they come in. And yes, of course, everybody's texting me and emailing me and not leaving a voicemail because no one likes to leave a

1:13.7

voicemail. I get it. That's fine. But Jody McKay left a comment on the episode on Spotify, and

1:18.9

she said her postpartum trick, sunscreen, eyebrows brushed up and a slick back bun. It sounds like

1:24.6

that meme with the bag and the slipback bun. Anyway, eyebrows brushed up

1:28.1

is a really good one too. And she finishes her comment by saying, who has time to wash their

1:33.2

hair? I hear you. Monica has a tip for postpartum sticks. I had a K-Buty serum stick on my breast

1:40.5

feeding cart that I'd apply during midnight feeds, woke up glowing.

1:45.6

That's interesting if you're feeding and you're sitting there anyway with nothing else to do.

1:50.2

Maybe there's a free hand and you can be putting on your K-Buty serum stick.

1:54.5

Wait, now I got to message Monica and find out which one.

1:56.7

We're going to do that.

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