The intensity of Walker’s early jobs began to cause hair loss, and it was out of this unfortunate circumstance that grew her “secret” formula for a scalp ointment that promoted healthy hair growth.

Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire Madam C.J. Walker was suffering from poverty and hair loss when she decided to concoct a hair regrowth lotion to heal her damaged scalp. Fast forward a ...

What Was in Madam C.J. Walker's Hair Growth Product? Ingredients of the original Wonderful Hair Grower included coconut oil, precipitated sulfur, copper sulfate, beeswax, petrolatum (like ...