Lilmama1011
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Blunt, U, V, W?
What shape do you want it or constantly shape it to?
What shape do you want it or constantly shape it to?
what shape does your hair naturally grow into?
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PinkSunshine77
New York's Finest
I think a v from what I'm seeing so far. I'm going to let it do what it do 
Lilmama1011
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I think my hair grows into a natural v because my back grows so much faster. Even when I'm just getting new growth you can see I get more in the back than the front. Also the fact that my hair was cut a year and some months ago in the back to like 2 to 3 inches and that it rapidly grew and caught up to my front and is now a couple of inches longer than my front. it still amazes me
Usually a W at first then a V. I'm a side sleeper so the sides grow fastest, then the middle catches up as the hemline drops down a few more inches. My sides can be as much as 3" longer than the rest. Yesterday, I found a strand in my left hairline that reaches to my bikini line. The racer hairs seem to be on the sides of my head.
I really like finding racer hairs or lead hairs that are substantially longer than the bulk. It lets me know I'm no where near what many call "terminal length." I don't believe in that anyway. As long as the body has breath and life and nutrition, the hair WILL GROW. There's no magic cut off point where your hair says it's done growing. Idk who came up with that crap but logically it makes no sense whatsoever.
I really like finding racer hairs or lead hairs that are substantially longer than the bulk. It lets me know I'm no where near what many call "terminal length." I don't believe in that anyway. As long as the body has breath and life and nutrition, the hair WILL GROW. There's no magic cut off point where your hair says it's done growing. Idk who came up with that crap but logically it makes no sense whatsoever.
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Lilmama1011
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Oh wow the bikini line?! It is weird when a hair is dramatically longer than the rest of the hair
Yeah girl it surprised the hell out of me. I had my hair down finger combing and came across a very long hair in the front. I thought it was a knotted shed hair attached to another strand. But when I looked closely, and pulled on it, I could see it was growing directly from my scalp. It's over 2" longer than the rest of the hair in the very front of my hairline.
Nobody can tell me Black folks can't have long hair. My hair has NEVER been this long in my whole life and I've chopped it off to a TWA 3 times since 2007, which is astonishing.
ETA. I used to trim my ends religiously way back because I thought the V or W shape was indicative of damage or breakage. Then, I learned my hair just naturally grows that way. So I no longer cut the longer hairs and I just let it grow how it wants.
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krissyhair
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Is that two inches or two feet?
Lilmama1011
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Lilmama1011
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I should have taken pics but I was super embarrassed. I just wore curls weekly (curlformers ) and looked like my hair was styled that way lol
flyygirlll2
Lioness mane
My hair naturally grows into a V shape. I actually trimmed yesterday, cut off the tip of the hair. My ideal is a U shape, but no matter how many times I trim my hair reminds me that the V shape is here to stay.
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lovely_locks
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My hair is still short. I am just now feeling it touch the bottom of my neck, but I think my hair grows in a v shape. My nape always grows so much faster than anywhere else. The front (bangs) take forever to grow!
Destiny9109
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This, the v shape actually looks best on me.
It grows into a 'W'. I suppose that's really just a choppy 'U' but that's fine. I never straighten my hair so I don't care. If I did though, I think I'd want a 'U' with a small tail. That'd be interesting.
My mothers hemline grows very straight, no tail no graduated sides, nothing just straight across.
My mothers hemline grows very straight, no tail no graduated sides, nothing just straight across.
Prettymetty
Natural/4b/medium-coarse
My hair grows into a U/V. I have layers so it's a U right now. Once I cut it blunt it stays that way for a while
Yes V shape is so sexy to me...the way it accentuates a womans shapely back, waist and curves...I love it!
Mine is blunt now for some reason but it usually grows in a chunky U...
FollicleFanatic
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Mine grows into a v. I just chopped a bunch off and I managed to do it into a v and I don't know what I'm doing lol.
I love the U, that's my goal shape once I reach WL.
I love the U, that's my goal shape once I reach WL.
SlimPickinz
Summer where are you?
Lopsided U. Leans to the right. I always cut the right shorter than my left and it always catches up.
irisak
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Mine grows into a "V". At CBL the "V" makes it look like I have a tail and I have had people ask me if I added extensions. Now that I'm BSL and grazing MBL, the V is still there but the longer sides make it more less severe looking and the length difference isn't as shocking.
eta: @Lilmama1011 I told you were repping that "V" shape!
eta: @Lilmama1011 I told you were repping that "V" shape!
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CaliiSwagg
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Mine grows into a V that I trim into a U. My left side grows faster than my right so I always have to trim that side a little more than the other .
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