Naturals.....The longer the hair the looser the curl pattern?

[Qualitee]

I've heard someone say this before. Is this true?

 

[song_of_serenity]

As your hair gets more weight, yes, it can hang.

Hair type plays a role in this because if it's not the type to have "hang," no matter how long it gets it will grow out, light and fluffy and sometimes shrink right up to your head (which is why you see some people with what appears to be a super short TWA and they stretch a section and it's BSL!) Some people's hair will just curl up tight with no hang, no matter how long it gets.

It may get BIGGER but the curls will still be super tight.

If it's heavier hair it can also get weighed down. Looser textures grow downward and their curl patters often loosen with the weight, too.

 

[DrC]

As your hair gets more weight, yes, it can hang.

Hair type plays a role in this because if it's not the type to have "hang," no matter how long it gets it will grow out, light and fluffy and sometimes shrink right up to your head (which is why you see some people with what appears to be a super short TWA and they stretch a section and it's BSL!)

If it's heavier hair it can also get weighed down. Looser textures grow downward and their curl patters often loosen with the weight, too.

Yes mam, What she said. Natural hair grows outward and then falls down the longer it becomes.

 

[winnettag]

That has not been my experience at all.
The only way it goes down is if it's a braidout.
Maybe it has to be longer than WL for me to notice looser curls.

 

[MsBoinglicious]

I thought this too, because the hair is heavier when it gets longer the curl stretches.

NOPE!!! Seems like the longer my hair gets the higher the shrinkage!

 

[nurseN98]

I thought this too, because the hair is heavier when it gets longer the curl stretches.

NOPE!!! Seems like the longer my hair gets the higher the shrinkage!

DITTO!! I'm almost wsl (bout 3-4 inches) and if i'm lucky i can get my hair to hang just past collarbone in the front and a little past the base of my neck in the back

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

Nope! Not true for me whatsoever.

This completely has to do with hairtype. I hear this phenomenon mostly from 3s. I'll always have an abundance of shrinkage. Right now I'm rockin a braidout fro and I'm excited because it just now made CBL while in a fro. In mini twists (if I wet them) it shrinks to like CBL in pixie braids it shrinks to APL. Straightened I'm 3 inches shy of WSL.

My shrinkage goal is BSL twists

 

[Netta1]

Not true for me either...

 

[Mz.MoMo5235]

this is the case for me all the way. when my hair is around apl'ish i'm a classic 3b. but now that i'm wl and before when i was almost hl my curls turn into waves almost and i start to look like a 3a

 

[Nasdaq_Diva]

I thought this too, because the hair is heavier when it gets longer the curl stretches.

NOPE!!! Seems like the longer my hair gets the higher the shrinkage!

LOL, that's been EXACTLY my experience too. There was a time when I didn't have shrinkage. It kinda just caught me sleeping on a come up

 

[kim]

The longer my hair gets the less curls I have. Meaning, when my hair is shorter my curls look 3cish and once it gets pass my shoulders it looks more like 3aish.

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

I was just looking at Sera's fotki yesterday (my hair inspiration), and she is WL 4B (I think she is 100% 4B) and a texture shot of her wet hair showed a very long, defined, very tightly coiled strand...so she definitely still has that super shrinkage....I think her hair shrinks to about BSL, so if she flat-ironed all that stuff she might even be tailbone length by now. When its braided or in twists Its definitely WL....

She also hardly ever uses heat nowadays so she doesn't have heat damage, which looser curls is often mistaken for......I have used heat 3 times this year already and noticed that my 4B hair is more loose than when I first BC-d...however I have a patch of 3C curls in my nape too, so with that part growing longer it SEEMS more loose in that area....My front and sides are a 4AB mix.

 

[Tiye]

It can sometimes be the opposite for 2s and 3s - i.e. you can't tell they're curly unless they let their hair grow out.

 

[Truth]

For some its true for some, it's not. Two examples. My BF is a 3b/c maybe got some A in there 2.. When her hair was shorter I wanna say BSL her curls were a lot tighter. Her hair is now HL and her curl pattern is a lot looser. On the other end, My roomate is a 100% 3c, Approaching MBL. her curl pattern has not gotten any looser. .. It just depends on the person's head I guess.

 

[Ms.Christ3n]

When I first BC'd, I thought my hair type was mostly 4a with a little 3c mixed in. Three inches of growth later my hair looks more 3c than 4a now. I'm not even sure what my hair type is now, I just call it my hair (the Christen type)

I haven't used any heat, haven't used a comb since the BC so there's no damage...it just hangs now....I guess everyone is different!

 

[wavezncurlz]

That happened to me. I had 3bcish curls when shorter. With length, I see more waves than curls.

 

[Tiye]

When I first BC'd, I thought my hair type was mostly 4a with a little 3c mixed in. Three inches of growth later my hair looks more 3c than 4a now. I'm not even sure what my hair type is now, I just call it my hair (the Christen type)

I haven't used any heat, haven't used a comb since the BC so there's no damage...it just hangs now....I guess everyone is different!

^^ From the pic in your sig I say 3c.

 

[Mad Scientist]

For me it's been true. When my hair was short it grew straight out, but now that it's longer and heavier it hangs down which stretches the curls. When my mom was younger her short hair was very curly, but when she grew it really long (like hip length) it would look more wavy.

 

[Southernbella.]

This hasn't been true for me. It seems I have more shrinkage now than I did before.

 

[Vshanell]

I don't know about the curl pattern thing but my hair is fine and has no weight to it so it will never hang long when curly. It just shrinks up and gets bigger.

 

[Ms.Christ3n]

^^ From the pic in your sig I say 3c.

I was leaning more towards that when my fiance asked me if I straightened my hair ( he is my personal Natural Nazi )because my curls were a lot bigger and looser. I guess I am 3c!!!!