SuheyCita

I can't quite figure out my curl type NOW after heat damage. I'm pretty sure it used to be 3b when I was younger and barely did much to my hair. Here are some pics of hair hair stages/journey. Can you please help me decipher my natural curl type and my current damage curl pattern?


My gorgeous long hair as a young girl - 3B?


In HS before I began to obsessively flat iron my hair - 3B?


Right before college flat ironing on a regular weekly basis after roller sets and using a heat protector. I should've stopped then! - 3B/3A?


In college the beginning of noticeably different looser curl pattern - 3A?


My attempt to go curly 2 months ago lots of straight heat damaged ends




Curls now after my big chop are slowly reverting now that I'm going by the CG method using a mix of deva curl products along with KinkyCurly (also I have wavier/straight pieces in the front) - 3A?

Please help!!

wxgirlcurl

I think you are a 2c with maybe some 3a. From the pics your hair doesn't look damaged. It is possible that as you got older your hair pattern changed to a looser curl. THat is what mine did. I use to be 3b but after having kids I am now 2c/3a.

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SuheyCita

I thought this too but I have flat ironed my hair for 4 yrs religiously & I knew it was heat damage bc I saw my curl pattern change to the point where only my ENDS were straight and my curls in the back are much tighter than the front where I would constantly touch up my hair daily with a flat iron