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How can I check my hair type?
Place a hair strand along the length of a thread. If it is just as thick or even thicker than the thread, you have coarse or thick hair. If it is more or less the same thickness as the thread, you have medium hair. If the hair strand is significantly thinner than the thread, you have thin or limp hair.
What are the 4 types of hair?
According to this system there are four types of hair: straight, wavy, curly, kinky.
- Type 1 is straight hair, which reflects the most sheen and also the most resilient hair of all of the hair types.
- Type 2 is wavy hair, whose texture and sheen ranges somewhere between straight and curly hair.
What is 4b type hair?
Type 4B hair does not have a clearly defined curl pattern, and it’s soft and fluffy. Its tight coils form a “Z” shape, and it resembles a zigzag shape with sharp angles, which makes this hair type extremely prone to dryness.
Is 4C hair curly?
Type 4C hair has the tightest, coily-est curl pattern, and because it too can look like cotton, it’s often mistaken for Type 4B. It’s densely packed and can range from soft to very coarse.
How do you know if your hair is 4C?
4c hair type has the tightest curl pattern of all the curly hair types. Strands are formed in tight, springy, ringlets. 4c hair tends to clump more at the ends and is even more prone to shrinkage than 4b hair. According to CURLS, 4c hair can shrink up to 75\% of its length!
How do I tell what hair type I have?
To determine hair type, start by looking at your roots and scalp to determine hair density. Compare a strand of your hair to a piece of string to determine texture, then use touch to determine your hair’s porosity while it’s damp.
How to determine your hair type?
12 Types Of Hair
Do You Know Your Hair type?
Determining Diameter. Diameter refers to the width of your individual strands,not how many strands you have on your head.
What are the four types of hair?
Hair experts generally agree that there are four major types of hair texture which are Fine, Medium, Coarse and Wiry. Within the four texture ranges hair can also be thin, medium or thick density and it can be straight, curly, wavy or kinky. Fine hair can be so soft and silky that it can actually feel like feathers.