Tiny Corkscrews?

[Twix]

Hi. So I've been growing my hair out natural for... awhile now (maybe January or Feb? Possibly earlier than that). I'd just been kinda diy-ing it off of RusticBeauty's youtube videos, then I found this place. I cut off all the relaxed and then overbleached stuff gradually, dyed it back to brown... and so now finally my hair is pretty much 100% natural.

With that background, my question is this: I am trying to flat iron my hair this morning to do a length check, and there's all these tiny little corkscrew curls in it! I wear a wig when I'm out and about, and I co-wash and do apHogee's 2-minute reconstructor every so often. I haven't combed it in awhile; just run my fingers through it after a shower and that's it. What is it doing? Is it dreading? I'm kind of fond of the little screws, and I hope that putting heat on them (v. low heat setting on the flat-iron) won't kill them, or that I'm doing something bad to my hair.

 

[BlkOnyx488]

I usually wear my hair in a fro. When I straighten it, I have to stretch out my hair first
I usually do a detangle and a section my hair off for about 10 2 strand twist while it wet.

Once it dries it easier to straighten it.

But my coils always come back once I wet it.

the only they wouldn't return is if I my hair got heat damaged

 

[Twix]

I usually wear my hair in a fro. When I straighten it, I have to stretch out my hair first
I usually do a detangle and a section my hair off for about 10 2 strand twist while it wet.

Once it dries it easier to straighten it.

But my coils always come back once I wet it.

the only they wouldn't return is if I my hair got heat damaged

So the corkscrew things are likely the coils? This is pretty much the first time in my life that my hair hasn't been relaxed. I took some pictures with my phone but they came out too small/bad.

 

[Nonie]

Aww...you sound so cute. Yes, those corkscrew thingies are coils. If they're very tiny, they're probably 4B.

 

[nikki2229]

This sounds like your true texture. You can flat iron your hair if you stretch it properly beforehand. Also make sure you use a great leave-in and heat protectant to help against heat damage.