slo’s TUESDAY 6/11 poll - Hair Type

[RedAngie]

2A. Only a slight amount of wave.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I'm one of those, "back in the day" folks. Back when I had some, probably between a 2C and 3A. What's there can still get a curl to it if left to its own, and I need a haircut.

 

[easyas123]

I have half & half!!!. Picture a mohawk...that part of my hair is 3c and super curly. Then the two patches at the back of my neck/behind my ears are straight/straight frizz. It's weird as hell, one of my cousins has a similar hair pattern. Anyhow, you can't tell if I keep it short, but if I keep it long I have to either blow out & straighten my hair OR have the two bottom halves permed to match the curl pattern of the top of my head.

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

I usually let it air dry - wavy 2b.
When I blow dry it, it’s completely straight.

 

[AppleDumpling]

If left to dry naturally, it’s wavy, 2B or 2C. On some days even a 3A. Apparently women’s hair texture is affected by hormones and can change through different phases as we age (pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause). I used to have totally straight type 1 hair, as a child and young adult, but it’s gotten curlier as I’ve gotten older.

 

[tvguy]

I have VERY thick, straight hair. At almost 67 years of age, my wife notes I have lost almost half my hair and it is still thicker than her straight thin hair ever was.

 

[mamamary]

2a

 

[SueInBoston]

Pin-straight and I hate it. Even with rollers or heat tools it will barely bend, let alone curl and I’ve always envied those with lovely, feminine, bouncy waves and curls. In the 90’s I was a perm person but I do t know if they even exist anymore.

I have the same straight hair. As I age and hair getting thinner, it's so much more evident with straight hair. Now I perm my hair about 2x a year to give it some lift to camouflage the thinning. I also use hot rollers for dress up.

 

[Skywalker3]

Straight, brittle, thinning, awful. Hair won't grow, but hair thinning/loss is genetic on my mom's side. I would love a product that would make it grow, or get stronger, not so blah

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I have VERY thick, straight hair. At almost 67 years of age, my wife notes I have lost almost half my hair and it is still thicker than her straight thin hair ever was.

Yes! Thickness is also a big factor. Mine is curly and very thick, but most people are shocked when I tell them how much mine has thinned over the years.

 

[Kitty 34]

My hair is weird and dries differently on different days - 2b, 3a...it simply cannot make up its mind. (Oddly, it was a 1 when I was a kid.)

I was waiting for you to say 2b or not 2 b.

 

[OKW8297]

3a. I embrace it. My hair is short and curly

 

[LoveDaisy]

My hair has changed over the years. For a period of time I had all the products. I started as a 2A, when I went through chemo I lost my hair. It grew back crazy tight curly. I’d say it was a 3C. Over the last 20 years the curl has relaxed a lot and I’m a 2B now, but the wavy hair is not even with some spots straight and some more wavy, I usually blow it out straight. Interestingly my hair also grew back almost completely grey, which at 30 I was not ready to embrace.

 

[Living42Day]

Straight, 1. Mine doesn't hold curls anymore unless I use heat and even then they are gone by the end of the day. I used to be able to do beautiful overnight heatless curls, but they just fall right out. My hair is down to my mid-lower back and I have tons of it, so it might be getting too weighed down.

 

[nene0182]

Currently I’m rocking the bald head courtesy of chemo but normally it’s around 2B.

 

[Genie+]

I put 2B, but I feel like different parts of my head vary between 2A-3A. If I airdry my hair, one side is much wavier/curlier than the other... and even if I straighten it, that part likes to curl at the slightest hint of humidity. It's rather frustrating!

Thanks for putting that into words. I couldn’t figure out how to answer My hair is similar. Borders between wavy and curly. Left side more wavy, right side more curly. Whole head is mixed with finer straight blond to thicker curly brown, and everything in between.

eta - 3A best describes mine.

My son is 4A. Tight coils a little wider than a pencil. He let his hair grow out during 2020. After a year it nearly reached his shoulders. 3 more years with only a few small trims and still barely reaches his shoulders. We laugh because the more it grows the shorter it looks. Just gets more compact.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I suppose it's a wavy 2a, but I've worn it super short and spiky for years so the wavy doesn't really come into play. It sure is silver now, though.

 

[E&Cmom]

Curly . I voted 3 B but depending it is between 3B and 3C.