curly hair teenIn my experience, curly hair is often frowned upon by our straight-haired peers. Many parents do not know what to do with their little girls’ hair. And because of that, they often either chemically retexturize it or they do things like try to brush it straight. They grow up without any idea of how to do their own hair. Unfortunately, they do not get much help from outside resources.
[quote cite=”Living in a society where straight hair is normal affects children’s confidence and how curly women are seen in general. “][/quote]
When a curly teen opens up a magazine, almost all of the models in advertisements and articles have straight hair. When a girl in one of those magazines does have textured hair, it is often in the form of barely-there beach waves (still beautiful, just not natural for most people”> or obviously heat-manipulated hair. The problems with the latter are that the image creates an unrealistic image of beautiful hair for naturally curly haired people and heat manipulation is damaging to hair. These magazines recommend products with silicones, sulfates, and encourage them to straighten their hair. These impressionable girls are in hopes of finding hair advice but quite frankly, these magazines have no idea what they are talking about.
These magazines (and other media”> are destructive to both the hair and self confidence of a teenager with curly hair. 

ToellaP

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