question about newgrowth & inches

[Summer_Rain]

Looking at a few of our beautiful naturals who are a certain length when "stretched"...it just dawned on me that the inches of new growth doesn't necessarily translate into the same inches when relaxed.

Is there a general rule of thumb to measuring new growth to relaxed? if i have 1inch of NG, will that be like 1.5 when relaxed?

sorry if its a silly question

 

[HighlyFavored1]

that's an interesting question. personally, i only judge the length of my new growth by stretching it out. so if i said i had 1/2 inch of new growth, i mean that when I stretch out a piece of new growth, it measures to 1/2 inch.

 

[jaded_faerie]

that's an interesting question. personally, i only judge the length of my new growth by stretching it out. so if i said i had 1/2 inch of new growth, i mean that when I stretch out a piece of new growth, it measures to 1/2 inch.

cosigning. Depends on how you measure your hair. If you measured it stretched then it would be the same length when relaxed.

 

[Summer_Rain]

another silly question...how does one "stretch" less than half an inch of new growth (not trying to be sarcastic at all)?

Would it be like kinda smoothing it out?