Why the "looser" texture in the back?

[DDTexlaxed]

My nape is the opposite. It is the tightest of the textures on my head. My wash n gos would be so much easier if the nape was the same texture all over.:rolleyes

 

[Urban]

I have a ramdom patch of really silky lose hair at the nape. Most of the rest is 4a/4b

 

[Miss*Tress]

My front is my loosest section to (like 2c/3a) the back is mostly 3c/4a with some 3b scattered randomly.....you could literally part my hair in half and it would look like 2 totally different heads. I don't really like either section and wish it were all one or the other. The back requires heavier products that way the front section down if the two sides come in contact

Same here! See the hair hanging down in the front of my siggy...it's loose almost like a wave. Well the nape.....I'll just have to take a pic of that. I have to treat it totally different than the rest of my hair. It never seems to stay moisturized and it's always frizzy and brittle. I sometimes twist it at night to help keep the moisture in and it helps.

This is definitely the case with mine...it's actually the reason why I have to trim consistently or else breakage and splitting will get out of CONTROL. I actually have to scrunch my front and crown sections so that it at least matches. It it even feels weird- I run my hands through my curls or straight hair and it will feel smooth, but that section will feel like wiry straw

I've got the same pattern and issues as you two. I wish all of my hair were like the front because the front is easier to detangle and the ends never split, frizz, or dry up like in the back.

 

[Neith]

I don't know how to respond to the poll

The hair at my nape is a different texture, but not a different curl pattern. It stays moisturized easier and is more responsive to shingling and other curl defining methods. It's not any more wide of a curl/coil than any other place in my head. It's mostly normal strand density while the rest of my hair is mostly coarse hair. I found out for sure after my BC. Before that I thought it was 3C!

 

[SweetSpirit86]

I don't know how to respond to the poll

The hair at my nape is a different texture, but not a different curl pattern. It stays moisturized easier and is more responsive to shingling and other curl defining methods. It's not any more wide of a curl/coil than any other place in my head. It's mostly normal strand density while the rest of my hair is mostly coarse hair. I found out for sure after my BC. Before that I thought it was 3C!

This. The hair at my nape is finer, but it seems to have the same 4a coil going on as the rest of my hair. I used to be convinced that you can't have all one texture, but the more my hair grows, the more I think that all my hair has the same curl pattern (haven't seen any z's yet), and my nape is just fine hair. My crown seems to be a little larger..so it may be considered a loose coil, but I don't think it reaches the 3s.

 

[song_of_serenity]

The very front into an upside down triangle into the middle is 3c. The rest is very 4a with the sides by my ears being a "softer" texture and the rest being coarse.

 

[JollyGal]

I don't know if I posted here but I swear my hair is 3b in the back and the rest 3c/4a

My back and sides grow the fastest

I love black hair. You never know what you're going to get lol

 

[honeybuni84]

Mine is totally random.

some parts are 4a and thats it.. Other parts are super loose 3b.. one section is doing its own transition, it is growing in way looser than the hair below it... i just kinda at my hair and pick it out. lol

 

[MissBCurly]

i wish i knew..but i dont lol my looser texture is in the front and middle..i got the tight and dry in the back.

 

[jupitermoon]

My hair is tighter in the back underneath and it shrinks more too. It makes my hair look uneven.

 

[LatterGlory]

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[vainღ♥♡jane]

i'm the opposite... my looser texture is in the front of my head. i kept if pulled back with hair bands to keep from looking crazy.​

 

[SweetSpirit86]

Just wondering if the different curl pattern is associated with where you tend to sweat most on your head or where on your head it takes the longest to lose moisture (water) or dry out?

Just a hypothesis since no one has an answer.

Good question!!!

 

[Anew]

I have a looser texture in the back too, thought it was just me or not many like me.

 

[Fhrizzball]

My hair is tighter and looses defination easier in the back. It's my bang and top crown area that's loosest.

 

[Tene]

My hair is looser in the nape, crown (top), and front (bang).

 

[Sapphire_chic]

the back is looser, i dont think it's going to make too much difference though...i hope.

 

[Afrolinda]

I have a ramdom patch of really silky lose hair at the nape. Most of the rest is 4a/4b

Same here.

 

[*ElleB]

I thought i was the only one with weird hair...in the back there is true 3/c ringlets, the crown in 4b and 4a...I thought it was from brushing my hair back?

 

[Baje]

hahaha..its so good to know I'm not alone....i have 3c/3b hair in the back and sides and 4a/b in the front and middle.....after my BC I was pretty freaked out because they were two distinct textures. You could see the line wear the two textures ended.!!!It wasn't even a gradual transition!!!!..lololol.

I swore the type 4 hair was because I abused it during my transition with flat irons or daily brushing with a bristle brush. I haven't done either in months so I realized nope...that is my hair texture.

I immediately loathed the "unruly" 4a/b hair after the BC and contemplated texturizing it to match the rest..

Thank god I didnt!!!!!!! After discovering the right products to use I managed to merge the two textures. I cant wait to see how its looks as it grows longer.

I think the looser textures are just genes.

 

[LongCurlz]

My nape is so soft and curly,3b/cish nothing like the rest of my hair 4a, I think it might be baby hair maybe than never changed

 

[keepithealthy]

I think its normal.
My nape area is looser like 3c/3b the middle of my head is coarse 4a and the rest is 4a mixed with 3c. It's so wierd because in the front of my head you can see all these 4a tight curls and then a bunch of 3c curls too kind of wrapped around each other. I just try to blend it in. I think it looks okay though.

 

[bablou00]

My hair does the same! I have some funky textures all thru out my hair but the patch in the back is the strangest. Its silky smooth and doesnt need a lot of product like the crown and the front. I have two really loose textures behind my ears. Not for sure why but its good to know Im not the only one.

 

[MrsSmitty77]

Mine is looser in the back and my relaxers takes the fastest there too. I wonder if it's because I am a back sleeper.

 

[myxdchiick]

I thought I was the only one!!!! I feel as though if I BC, when my hair grows back it will come back uniform.... Has anybody done this???? I kinda want to do it put I am scared......

 

[TrulyMade]

I have always wondered about his too!! My hair is similar... its all defined S curls course 4A but the back 1/3 of my head is a soft finer texture 3C. The other thing that I think is odd about my hair is that the curls are less defined closer to the roots resembling 4B, but the ends clump together to form the S curl pattern... I'm just learning to accept and appreciate all of it

 

[LadyRaider]

My tightest curls are at my nape.

 

[yaya24]

The back of my hair is a 3c/4a the rest is a 4a/b The back grows the fastest.

 

[ms.blue]

I have a looser texture in the back that when airdried I have a stupid looking mullet.

 

[DarkVictory]

Looser in the back, by the left ear, and a small patch in the front. I also get the mullet/poodle effect if I go too long without trimming.