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Protective Styling and Curl pattern

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Auburn

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Maybe this is far fetched but do you think there is a connection between protective styling and the curl pattern? Do you think that it elongates your existing curl pattern over time?
 
Well the hair in the front of my head is rather straightish. the rest curls /coils up whne wet , but the front is a faint wave if that. and ofcoarse it hangs down longer than the rest because of the fact that its straighter. i aways wear a ponytale or a bun and im also hijabi * ( i wear a scarf ) on top of that so; (shruggs). it's kindof trained to laydow i guess. i made a thread similar to this asking if ther was such a thing called stretch damage. my hair hasnt changed back as far as i can tell, even though i try to be out of my scarf when im home and i try to have my hair hang loose more often as well. i deffinately think its from he ponytale and the scarf . but i am not 100% positive.
 
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I think... hrm.

I don't think that it is a permanent change, no. But I do think that repeatedly wearing the same protective styles will - dare I say it - train your hair to adjust to those styles. Rather like if you wear a part in the exact same spot for years, and then try to move it, your hair will keep trying to part in the same spot.

I dunno. It seems like the longer I keep doing protective styling, the less 'boingy' my hair is. :lol: I can get it to fully shrink all of the way back up, but it takes clarifying and leaving it alone.

So, I think that it will encourage your curl pattern to loosen, but that as soon as you stop wearing the protective styles for any period of time, it'll tighten right back up. :yep:
 
yup, kiya, i think "train" might be the right word for it. your hair gets used to doin that same PS over and over
 
i was just thinkin about this the other day. coz back in the day i used to tie my hair up really tight to the left side of my head and that side seems to be just waves while the other side is really coily. also my crown is really loose waves and i was thinkin maybe its frm all that pulling.
 
I think... hrm.

I don't think that it is a permanent change, no. But I do think that repeatedly wearing the same protective styles will - dare I say it - train your hair to adjust to those styles. Rather like if you wear a part in the exact same spot for years, and then try to move it, your hair will keep trying to part in the same spot.

I dunno. It seems like the longer I keep doing protective styling, the less 'boingy' my hair is. :lol: I can get it to fully shrink all of the way back up, but it takes clarifying and leaving it alone.

So, I think that it will encourage your curl pattern to loosen, but that as soon as you stop wearing the protective styles for any period of time, it'll tighten right back up. :yep:

:up: ITA :yep:
 
Just like people that wrap their hair. For me, I used to wrap to my right so my hair on my right side would behave better.
 
I have always wondered if that's why my hair is so much more manageable around the edges (where I brush it back) than the middle of my head that only gets touched by a bruh when I detangle in the shower. I think that how you wear your hair does change it.

But I have been wearing my hair up in a banana clip for over 2 months and my hair coils up even more than it did before. It seems to be getting shorter instead of longer. Sometimes I swear my hair is reverting back to natural. I have to remind myself that whatever I see my hair has still been altered by chemicals. I guess I have relax-orexia :ohwell:
 
I do think the constant tension on the hair being pulled taught can change texture somewhat....not sure if it's permanent.
 
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