secretdiamond said:Ooooh you about to set a fire off with this one!
Isis said:From what I've learned, every hair type has its challenges as far as haircare goes so it isn't like one type is better than another. I love my hair and the hair type I was born with so I would not be taking this pill.
hopeful said:No. Now if you had asked me that a year ago or even six months ago maybe I would have said yes, or at least maybe. But now it's like asking me if I'd rather be dark than light, short than tall. When I texturized my hair last summer it looked like 3b hair for a minute and it was beautiful but when I looked back and compared the texturized 3bish hair to what my hair looked like at 4 months natural there was no comparison. Not that my 4a/4b looked so much better than 3b hair, but it looked so much better on ME. On my 4 month natural pics I glowed, I am not kidding, my face just kinda sang. Unfortunately, I didn't appreciate it until AFTER I had texturized and relaxed again. Well, now I want to stay natural for good, because it's what's best for me and my hair, and for vanity reasons, I personally just look the prettiest and most like ME with my 4a/4b hair.
JCoily said:If you would have asked me this question at the beginning of my transition, I would have said yes without hesitation.
But now, I am literally addicted to playing with the coils and the waves all day. I don't think I would feel the same pleasure from touching my hair, that I have become used to if my curl pattern was looser.
So, my honest, no B.S. answer is JCoily won't be poppin the 3B pill.
Now if somebody is going to do a spinoff on whether you would take a pill that makes natural hair shiny - my pill poppin hiatus would be over.
jwhitley6 said:You wouldn't pop the temporary pill either?
Oh, is this thread for naturals only?!!jwhitley6 said:Hi Isis, always nice to hear from you... you texlax right? You wouldn't want your hair to be that texture naturally?
jwhitley6 said:Hopeful, your posts always leave me feeling warm and fuzzy....Do you have any pictures posted of your hair? I don't think I've ever seen your hair, but if it's anything like your personality, I'm sure it's lovely!
I agree that different styles and textures wo make you look different. However, I'm sure there are a lot of women who would take the pill, but they won't admit it...Hell, a lot of people here take MSM because they heard it would change their texture.
Isis said:Oh, is this thread for naturals only?!!
I totally misunderstood this thread. My reply was about hair types and how I love my mine, including texlaxed. If my hair was like this naturally, it would still be a type 4.
jwhitley6 said:This thread isn't really for naturals. I'm just curious about who would change their natural texture with the pill. I'm surprised more people haven't said yes, especially relaxed heads.
Honestly, I'm on the fence about it. I love my hair, but I think I could love 3B as well. I would miss my pony puff, though. I think I'd try it for a while to help grow my hair out without breakage and then go back to 4a/b.
hopeful said:I think on this website so many of us have come to love and accept our hair as is. Even if our hair isn't always perfection we have all seen the many fotkis and the many possibilities of 4a/4b hair. While the 3b hair can be beautiful and silky, oftentimes the kinkier, super coily hair can be mezmerizing, so beautiful it takes our collective breaths away. I bet if you did a poll with the general public you'd get different responses.
Cichelle said:This is interesting because it falls in line with something I was thinking about recently. My hair type is 3B, but I never expected that. When I stopped relaxing and imagined my hair completely natural, I really thought it was going to be 4A or 4B. All of my mind "preparation" was in that direction. I was happily talking about rocking afro puffs and dreaming about myself in an Angela Davis afro.
Then it became more and more clear that my hair wasn't the texture I thought it would be. I relaxed for so long...and then even when I was a kid, my mother brushed and blow dried my hair so I don't remember ever really knowing it's natural texture. Anyway, I was actually a little let down when things did not go as I imagined with my hair.
So, the other day, I was thinking back on that and wondering if I would change my hair texture to 4A or B if I could. And at this point, I wouldn't do that because I've come to love my own hair. I think that's what it is really about. We learn how to work with our hair and take care of it, so that we wouldn't really want to change it.
Someone said here that every texture has it's challenges and that is so true. My daughter has 1A hair...and there are battles to be fought there too.
Sometimes, however, I feel kinda left out or lonely on this board. But oh well.
secretdiamond said:ETA: Now, of course the PC answer would be HELL NO!