What will my natural hair look like when it's longer?

[sassy44a]

Hi all! I'm new to LHCF. I'm so excited about my transition and can't wait to see what my hair will look like once it's longer. Do you guys have any guesses about how my hair will look once it's longer?

 

[manter26]

It's hard to tell when looking at hair with relaxed ends but it looks 4a/b to me.

These threads have some pics:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=476344
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=476422
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=476340

 

[Channy31]

4b I'd say

 

[bride91501]

It is hard to tell, but I'd guess mainly 4b too.

 

[sassy44a]

Thanks all! Oops, I need to learn how to resize my pictures.

 

[KiWiStyle]

If those are 4b coils then that would make me 4c. I think you're 4a.

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[faithVA]

If those are 4b coils then that would make me 4c. I think you're 4a.

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I would agree. Having 4b hair, I would say you are 4a. She has a nicely defined coil.

 

[Damaged but not out]

looks like my hair, im 4a/b mostly b

 

[BraunSugar]

Hi all! I'm new to LHCF. I'm so excited about my transition and can't wait to see what my hair will look like once it's longer. Do you guys have any guesses about how my hair will look once it's longer?

We can throw some guesses at you, but the truth is you won't know until your hair is fully natural. I'd say it looks 4a from these pics, but is really is hard to tell.

 

[ManeStreet]

somewhere in the 4s

 

[pre_medicalrulz]

Cute coils but that can't be 4B. lol OOooo maybe it'll look like the cutie below.

 

[ronie]

If those are 4b coils then that would make me 4c. I think you're 4a.

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I know i thought i was 4b too, and my hair does not look like that at all. She has to be 4a, even somewhere in the 3's. Although as everyone else said you won't know until you are full natural. I thought i was 4a when i was transitioning. But after my BC, my true texture came out, and i am a 4b/c.

 

[Nonie]

If those are 4b coils then that would make me 4c. I think you're 4a.

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KiWiStyle, how can you tell what scale you're looking at? I have 4B hair and when it's wet and combed, it looks like this. You can see how tiny the coils are:

But when you zoom right in, the size of the coils look bigger than they really are:

But if you see more of my head, then you can tell just how tiny these^^ coils are:

 

[Nonie]

I know i thought i was 4b too, and my hair does not look like that at all. She has to be 4a, even somewhere in the 3's. Although as everyone else said you won't know until you are full natural. I thought i was 4a when i was transitioning. But after my BC, my true texture came out, and i am a 4b/c.

Cute coils but that can't be 4B. lol OOooo maybe it'll look like the cutie below.

View attachment 193351

@ronie and @pre_medicalrulz, why do you guys say that? 4B hair rarely looks like that because it's usually manipulated. We have to manipulate it or it'll mat up because it's got very tiny coils. You guys need to see @Foxglove's hair. It looks like OP's:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?p=12618357#post12618357

She's the only 4B I know who's crazy enough to let her hair just be and it does look like OPs with coils like that:
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showpost.php?p=11246758&postcount=36

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?p=15161739#post15161739

But the only way you'll know for sure whether it's 4A or 4B will be depending on the size of the coils. 4A coils are larger and will clump easily if you wash

I would agree. Having 4b hair, I would say you are 4a. She has a nicely defined coil.

@faithVA If you looked at the base of your hair where you have new growth, and didn't brush it, it would look the same. Like when I wear twists for a long time and baggy nightly so that my hair gets moisture, it'll form cute little waves at the base like you see in Foxglove's hair.

 

[Curly1908]

I know i thought i was 4b too, and my hair does not look like that at all. She has to be 4a, even somewhere in the 3's. Although as everyone else said you won't know until you are full natural. I thought i was 4a when i was transitioning. But after my BC, my true texture came out, and i am a 4b/c.

Hair in the 3s does not look coarse when it is relaxed. And it has deep waves or even straight roots when the relaxed hair is growing out.

Example:

Also, hair in the 3s has curls that are the size of a pencil or larger. The OP's hair is clearly in the 4s - more likely 4b than 4a.

sassy44a, try to focus on your journey rather than the destination. All we can do is speculate because the weight of relaxed ends stretches out the hair texture and makes it appear looser than it actually is. If you're really curious, cut off a the relaxed ends in a conspicuous place on your head so that you have one little natural patch that you can examine.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

You're in the 4 range. Welcome to the club. Not sure whether you are 4a or 4b

 

[faithVA]

@faithVA If you looked at the base of your hair where you have new growth, and didn't brush it, it would look the same. Like when I wear twists for a long time and baggy nightly so that my hair gets moisture, it'll form cute little waves at the base like you see in Foxglove's hair.

Now Nonie, you know I look at my hair. I have been looking at this head for 30+ years. I have been both relaxed and natural. Mah hair don't look like that. Just sayin! Of course I have curls, coils and kinks but it's rare to see any type of curl in my hair unless I do something to it.

But I was just giving my input. If she is a 4b then I am not, as the other LHCFer said. But we know that everything that doesn't fit any other category gets thrown into 4b.

 

[faithVA]

somewhere in the 4s

Ok I retract my previous statement and go with this one

 

[Nonie]

Now @Nonie, you know I look at my hair. I have been looking at this head for 30+ years. I have been both relaxed and natural. Mah hair don't look like that. Just sayin! Of course I have curls, coils and kinks but it's rare to see any type of curl in my hair unless I do something to it.

But I was just giving my input. If she is a 4b then I am not, as the other LHCFer said. But we know that everything that doesn't fit any other category gets thrown into 4b.

@faithVA, I had been looking at my head for 30-sth years and never saw curls either. It was only after I discovered DCing and cut out a lot of "products for natural hair" that my hair came into its own. Now I have curls w/o any products. Not curls that clump and show definition but you can see them if you separate strands into singles, after I have washed away any manipulation. And when I look at your avi pic, I see curls. Combed out curls, and curls just the same. Our hair grows out in curls but we put stuff in it like shea butter and comb it or braid it and it is frozen in a form that is not a uniform pattern. I am yet to meet a 4B who does not have coils. They don't clump like 4A does and show definition but if you separate the strands into single or fewer strands, they will clump and you will see the pattern....if your hair is moisturized (internal moisture).

Oh and yes 4-something is probably the best way to describe type 4 hair.

 

[faithVA]

@faithVA, I had been looking at my head for 30-sth years and never saw curls either. It was only after I discovered DCing and cut out a lot of "products for natural hair" that my hair came into its own. Now I have curls w/o any products. Not curls that clump and show definition but you can see them if you separate strands into singles, after I have washed away any manipulation. And when I look at your avi pic, I see curls. Combed out curls, and curls just the same. Our hair grows out in curls but we put stuff in it like shea butter and comb it or braid it and it is frozen in a form that is not a uniform pattern. I am yet to meet a 4B who does not have coils. They don't clump like 4A does and show definition but if you separate the strands into single or fewer strands, they will clump and you will see the pattern....if your hair is moisturized (internal moisture).

Oh and yes 4-something is probably the best way to describe type 4 hair.

One day I will share a picture. Maybe Yes I have coils, curls, but they don't look like OPs. I think she will end up with nice ringlets when i grows out.

 

[PeaceFlow]

I vote for 4a

 

[Nonie]

One day I will share a picture. Maybe Yes I have coils, curls, but they don't look like OPs. I think she will end up with nice ringlets when i grows out.

faithVA you're in VA. One day I'ma find you and show you the coils you have.

The part in OP's head looks pretty huge which makes me think that pic is very magnified. Her hair looks like Foxglove's hair to me and Foxglove is not 4A.

 

[faithVA]

Nonie[/USER];17844705]faithVA you're in VA. One day I'ma find you and show you the coils you have.

The part in OP's head looks pretty huge which makes me think that pic is very magnified. Her hair looks like Foxglove's hair to me and Foxglove is not 4A.

You also promised to twist it. So bring all your stuff with you. I will be expecting to have my hair done.

 

[Nonie]

You also promised to twist it. So bring all your stuff with you. I will be expecting to have my hair done.

faithVA You're on. But I won't be bringing any stuff. I twist with no product. Unless you tell me you have CON shampoo and that's what you plan to use, then I'll be sure to bring my stash of blessed products so we can purge your hair of that sin.

 

[Foxglove]

Thanks for tagging me Nonie and sassy44a I'll post up some of my pics here

Yeah OP my hair looked very similar to that while i was transitioning

Trust and believe there's nothing 4a about my hair. I have teeny tiny coils

But they shrink up so much that it just looks undefined and looks like I don't have a curl pattern.

If you zoom in enough you can see the coils but nobody in real life is that close to my scalp

Did I mention shrinkage is a beast

And I give up on ever having defined braid/twist/anything-outs

But I still love the variety of styles I can do

 

[Nonie]

Foxglove, your hair pics give me life! Love how the showcase the many faces of 4B!

 

[sassy44a]

Hey guys- thanks for all the comments! The picture is not magnified. My coils are pretty well defined and get bigger at the back of my head. You're right, I should be patient. I'm just so excited, I cannot remember what my natural hair looked like when I was younger so I'm always taking pictures of my new growth.

I've been eating better and taking part in the water challenge, along with taking biotin and I hope to share more info about my hair journey!

 

[Nonie]

@sassy44a, when I say magnified, I mean you have the camera right up at your head or set for the close-up shots. It's hard to see what scale we're looking at without anything to compare it with. What a lot of people do is take a photo with a penny or some other item we are all familiar with beside the image so we can see what it is we're looking at.

To show you what I mean, we are looking at an image that is similar to the one below. It is not magnified but the camera was held close. Without anything else in the photo that can give us an idea of the scale, you'd think you're looking at 4A coils.

Compare the attached photo with this one. In the pic in the link we have something that we are familiar with that can give us an idea of the scale. You can see the curve of my face.... so you can estimate the size of the coils based on that. Or even this photo...the fingers give you an idea of how small the coils are compared to fingers...so you can assume that's how small they'd be compared to your fingers because you can assume I have normal adult hands.

Without some form of reference, it's hard to know what it is we're looking at. In a thread where we were comparing size of coils, people posted straws, pennies...something we are all familiar with so we can see how much smaller or bigger coils were than the items or even the lettering on the penny.

 

[sassy44a]

OK thanks for the info! I can see my curls when standing two feet from a mirror. But I guess it doesn't matter what my hair will look like because either way I'll learn to love it