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Hi, I haven't posted here before, but am a frequent visitor of the boards and your advise is always very commendable. I just have 1 question though. Iv'e been growing my hair for the past 2 - 3 months and I have stright hair. Top and sides are about 3 1/2 inches and the back is around 4 inches. The thing is, although my hair is stright on the top, sides and back, the hair that is growing down my neck on the left and right hand sides behind my ears seems to curl upwards. I don't know why this is, considering the rest is straight, but i was just wondering if this is just a 'stage' and when my hair gains more weight from the back, these curls will ease off a little.
Anyway, thanks for your time, and any info on this will be much appreciated. Also it would be good to hear (to stop me from worrying :p ) wheather this happened to anyone else here who has straight hair, when they were growing theirs.
Don't worry, it's just a phase. Your hair curls there because of being around your ears at the certain length it is. As your hair gets longer, this problem should correct itself.
Good Luck!
Well thats reassuring:)
i think another reason that it curls upwards is because its quite thin at the lowest point down my neck, makeing it curls really easily. Would it be a good idea to cut it as to make it thicker when it grows, making it less prone to curling, or just allow it to grow out and see what happens?
My hair also curls at the back quite much, and you can definitly tell that these curls aren't flip ups. But there are only curls at the lower back hair, and the rest of my hair is quite straight (still a bit wavy ;)) Till today (growing for ca. 14 months) these curls didn´t really go away. Due to this I will shave the lower part a bit in the next days, so it´s hidden under the upper part of my hair, because I don't think that this will go away.
I also think that these curls could be a result of the thin hair, which I also have in the lower part of my hair in the back, although my other hairs are even quite thick...
Unfortunately I think that there aren't other ways of getting rid of the curls than cutting or straightening...
Greetz
deathsc0ut
Well i think that when all the hairs (for example, the ones that start from the top of the head, growing back) are as long as you want, then you can cut off the thinner hairs at the bottom that curl, resulting in all the hairs (whether at the top of head or the beggining of the hairline) all reach the same point e.g. all reach shoulder level. This means you end up with more of a thicker clump of hairs, which wll be more reluctant to curl than the thinner layers before it.
If i am wrong about this, then feel free to correct me...but it just seems logical really:p
Alright... but with cutting I meant cutting these hairs at the back shorter, and not cutting them completly :) So I meant nearly the same as you ^^
In my case, ALL was straight "until" it hit the base of the neck and tops of shoulders. This caused "flip-ups." (Perhaps this is what you mean by "curley?") The longer it gets the less the flips........but do I EVER remember that part of the "Awkward Stage." Depending on your hair type, I would gather a guess that what is happening is normal.
My hair does exactly the same!
The top is straight and trhe back is dead dead curly.
Last time I had long hair it seemed that my hair was separated into two parts, the top and the back. Clearly defined, I looked like King Charles.
I'm more worried about the same thing happening again.
Mine didn't settle down, it carried on getting curly at the back and turned into (W)rincklets!