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What Is Your Hair Type?

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What Is Your Hair Type

  • 1 or 2

    Votes: 10 1.2%
  • 3a

    Votes: 5 0.6%
  • 3b

    Votes: 46 5.4%
  • 3c

    Votes: 68 8.0%
  • 3c/4a

    Votes: 181 21.2%
  • 4a

    Votes: 152 17.8%
  • 4a/b

    Votes: 284 33.3%
  • 4b

    Votes: 108 12.6%

  • Total voters
    854
1. I have always been told that I have fine hair. (Limp?)
2. I definitely know that its thin. (unhealthy)
3. I cant function without a perm, but it only takes about 5 mins to relax my ng (styles)
4. I dont have any of the pretty curls (type 3) without a perm and rollers, but my ng lays really flat (not #1).

I think i have it figured out now, but I am still scared to say 2a. The funny thing is, b4 the boards, I thought the weave hair color was my hair type:ohwell: Now I know better. Black hair does not make me a #1:lachen:

Catsuga, I am visual so those pics were very helpful. I was able to look at the little girl and see I was always right about my daughter, she is definitely a 4a.
 
AT LAST A THREAD ON TYPES...................................

I DONT KNOW CAN SOMEONE HELP ME FIGURE MINE OUT. I THOUGHT 2a/2b/3c.....I REALLY DONT KNOW.. I HAVE WET AND DRY PICTURES IN MY FOTKI....SISTERS CAN YOU HELP ME OUT?
 
I'm transitioning and most of my hair is pretty short, but if I had to pick, I'd say a mix 3c and 4a/b.
 
Im 4a/b the top of my head has tight waves when cut...andkinky coily curl thingies (lol i can't really explain it), when i have legnth, whilst the sides havea really tight/almost invisible curl pattern....however the nape and certain parts in the middle are just different...its like a STRAIGHT afro ...i dunno what to identify that as...
 
My hair is special... i think it is 3C/4a. It looks a little like the picture above me but some parts are a little tighter than others
 
I don't really know the difference between 4a and 4b. None of the pictures that I've seen has cleared this up for me. Since I have three distinct types I'll say I'm 3c, 4a, 4b.
 
Hmm, I was just thinking about this as I was going through my new growth.

My front is 4b, but my back is tight, coily 4a. Strange.
 
GoldenBreeze said:
I don't really know the difference between 4a and 4b. None of the pictures that I've seen has cleared this up for me. Since I have three distinct types I'll say I'm 3c, 4a, 4b.

4a is coily, like little springs. 4b is like little zig zags, like a tight wave pattern zzzzzzzzzz.
 
3c/4a after plaits, 4b after wash.

something extremely strange though, i have a few (about 20 to 30) strands sticking out the right side of my head... i swear i think they are 2a or 2b... very straight, no coil at all even after wash and condition... they stick out while the rest of my hair becomes extremely kinky 4b hair.
strange!
 
baglady215 said:
4a is coily, like little springs. 4b is like little zig zags, like a tight wave pattern zzzzzzzzzz.

Thanks. I have 3c that look like cork screws, 4a coily little springs, and I thought 4b that look like ramen noodles. Maybe it's just looser 4a.
 
I think I am 3b 3c and 4a if there is such a thing. Here's a pic of my hair natural. It's not the greatest pic but it gives and idea...The front is 3b the back is 3c/4a right? I miss my natural days hmmm

shortnaturalmommy.jpg

naturalhairback.jpg
 
I think overall I am a 3c, originally I thought maybe I was a split 3c-4a but since I have been properly moisturizing my hair it has softened up more than previously and I can say I am probably 85-90% 3c and 110-15% 4a in some patches. I also feel I have even smaller patches of 3b hair L . I find its pretty common to have different textures on one head so if I had to classify my hair I would say it’s a 3c, but really its all of 3b-4a
 
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