BlackMasterPiece
Well-Known Member
Re: Did anyone think they were a 4, then discover they were a 3 after transitioning?.
Sometimes you can't accurately tell someone's hair type when their hair is just dry and frizzy alot of times I'll ask for dry hair and wet naked hair pix and even how it looks unmanipulated with product helps it gives the best indication of what someone's hair type is.
Most hair typing systems refer exclusively to curl diamater, its not about porosity, its not about coarseness, its not about nuance, its all about curl diameter. I find hair typing to be very straightforward, easy to understand and helpful.
There are some that are a mixture and there are some that are a bit more ambiguous but I think those that don't fall into the larger categories are the exception to the rule and people seem to wanna put a lazer focus on those individuals. I'm able to immediately type 98% of the heads I encounter, on LHCF, YouTube or Fotki......its a very simple straightforward system that I see many posters complicate imo.....there are also many posters that refuse to accept that they are the type they are as well which presents some problems lol
I was one of the people that said she likely texlaxes, why? because her hair seems markedly different in smoothness shine and texture now, and she has altered many other facets of her body so its not much of a stretch to think she'd do the same with her hairYea, I think a good example of this is Janet Jackson's hair. In that thread, she clearly looks like a 3c, but people are convinced that since her hair was more coarse as a child, then that means that she texlaxes.
I've been through several albums in your gloriously extensive fotki.....so many awesome albums in there btw! and I can say with certainty....you always look to be at the very most a 3c....your hair never looks type 4....never lolI've seen pics of my hair as a child, and people would assume that I was probably a 4b because my 'curls/coils' were NEVER defined back then. If you look at my hair now, it could look like a 3c or 4a depending on what products I use or how I manipulate my hair. It's vastly different than what you see in my kiddie pics.
Sometimes you can't accurately tell someone's hair type when their hair is just dry and frizzy alot of times I'll ask for dry hair and wet naked hair pix and even how it looks unmanipulated with product helps it gives the best indication of what someone's hair type is.
Most hair typing systems refer exclusively to curl diamater, its not about porosity, its not about coarseness, its not about nuance, its all about curl diameter. I find hair typing to be very straightforward, easy to understand and helpful.
There are some that are a mixture and there are some that are a bit more ambiguous but I think those that don't fall into the larger categories are the exception to the rule and people seem to wanna put a lazer focus on those individuals. I'm able to immediately type 98% of the heads I encounter, on LHCF, YouTube or Fotki......its a very simple straightforward system that I see many posters complicate imo.....there are also many posters that refuse to accept that they are the type they are as well which presents some problems lol