W-shaped hair

[PianoTiles]

Hi y'all. I've always had this problem where my hair grows like a W-- its long on the sides, but more see through in the middle. I'm not sure why this is, but it definitely is preventing me from reaching my length goals. I feel like I always need to cut my hair so it's not as noticeable. What could it be? I used to wear low buns but during quarantine I've been rocking straight back braids and box braids, keeping everything moisturized. Its filled in a little, but I'm still wondering what I can do to improve this area.

I have low porosity relaxed hair, medium density, arm pit length...I just got done trimming my hair because it was driving me crazy. I never cut above the portion of my hair that is more see through because my hair would be shorter than I'd like but I feel like at this point I might have to ...

 

[LushLox]

This seems to effect a lot of people, I certainly had a big problem with it and I had to completely baby the area (and still do really). I think the problem was I always M&S'd in four sections but that didn't really enable me to effectively address that particular area. So I always section off that area completely and moisturise that area thoroughly, same when I'm applying conditioner.

What also exacerbated the problem was the bunning; too tight buns in the same area. I don't do that anymore and the back has now recovered.

Have a read through this thread https://longhaircareforum.com/threads/the-w-shape-support-thread.254029/

 

[PianoTiles]

This seems to effect a lot of people, I certainly had a big problem with it and I had to completely baby the area (and still do really). I think the problem was I always M&S'd in four sections but that didn't really enable me to effectively address that particular area. So I always section off that area completely and moisturise that area thoroughly, same when I'm applying conditioner.

What also exacerbated the problem was the bunning; too tight buns in the same area. I don't do that anymore and the back has now recovered.

Have a read through this thread https://longhaircareforum.com/threads/the-w-shape-support-thread.254029/

Yeah I’ve just gotten into moisturizing and sealing in four sections again. What styles did you wear? I’ve been wearing two French braids down the middle for the past two weeks but I’m thinking of getting box braids to help me grow it out