This study explored how hair texture chronicles in a post-colonial country is influenced by psychological well-being and a sense of self in women. Our informants were 10 female, black, South African YouTube vloggers, with Afro-textured, frizzy, natural hair. The participants completed qualitative descriptions of their hair chronicles with vlogging. Thematic analysis of the data yielded the following themes: (i) untangling the politics of hair, identity, and race through transitioning hair stories; (ii) hair chronicles for psychological well-being; and (iii) empowerment from wearing natural hair. The results suggest that the reconstruction of society’s norms of beauty through alternative hair narratives for social change has the potential to improve the psychological well-being of black South African women with Afro-textured, frizzy, natural hair. The findings suggest that YouTubers who chronicle their natural hair journeys improve their psychological well-being and sense of identity from social support by similar others.

这项研究探讨了后殖民国家的头发质地编年史如何受到女性心理健康和自我感的影响。我们的信息提供者是10位南非黑人YouTube黑色女性博客作者，有着非洲卷发，卷曲和自然的头发。参与者通过视频记录完成了对头发编年史的定性描述。数据的主题分析产生了以下主题：（i）通过转变头发故事来理顺头发，身份和种族的政治；（ii）编年史以促进心理健康；（iii）天然头发的赋权。结果表明，通过替代性的头发叙事来改变社会，可以改变社会的美丽规范，从而有可能改善南非黑人黑人女性的非洲人的心理健康状况。