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Default Dec 08, 2019 at 03:47 PM
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Ok, so last spring I relapsed and lost a bunch of weight. One of the results was hair loss. But I went to treatment and now that I am eating properly, my hair is growing back. However, it is growing back curly. I have had straight hair all my life. But everything that fell out, is curly. The hair that did not fall out is still straight. At first i thought it was because it was just too short and I did not think it would last. But it has been 5 months and about 2.5-3 inches long, and it is still quite curly. I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced something similar. It is honestly pretty funny to me. I have always wanted curly hair, and now 1/3 of my hair is curly. Anyone have something simmilar happen to them?
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Default Dec 08, 2019 at 03:52 PM
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Nope, sorry. My hair has always been wavy! But then I never had that much fall out with my relapses, and I do have long hair.
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 01:27 AM
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My hair ended up like straw & I did lose quite a lot. My hair has always been naturally curly/frizzy(in high humidity) & it came back in the same....but it took years for the straw like texture to go away. Had it cut & that helped. Now it is nice & shiny & healthy

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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 10:07 AM
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Not having the weight of additional hair causes the hair to curl more if you have any curl at all. Ie I have wavy to curly hair and cut short it’s like this terrible blob of curl.

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Thanks for all the replies! I really apreciate them!
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 06:11 PM
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Ok, so last spring I relapsed and lost a bunch of weight. One of the results was hair loss. But I went to treatment and now that I am eating properly, my hair is growing back. However, it is growing back curly. I have had straight hair all my life. But everything that fell out, is curly. The hair that did not fall out is still straight. At first i thought it was because it was just too short and I did not think it would last. But it has been 5 months and about 2.5-3 inches long, and it is still quite curly. I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced something similar. It is honestly pretty funny to me. I have always wanted curly hair, and now 1/3 of my hair is curly. Anyone have something simmilar happen to them?
in general hair usually does grow in a bit differently each time evidence of this is people who shave their self bald for military sometimes their straight hair grows in curly sometimes curly grows in straight, sometimes a blond will grow back a brown or black. maybe you can check out your family genes to see what types of natural hair comes in your family. is there anyone in your family that had curly hear at some points in their lives. obviously at some point in your family tree your families gene pool had either dominent or recessive gene for curly hair other wise you wouldn't have those curls coming in.

so what can you do.. if you don't want those curls you can invest in a hair straightener tool that can be purchased in stores in the hair care isle or go to a salon and they will straighten the curls or you can buy a self perming kit or have a salon give you a perm so that all your hair matches. or as some that I knew chose to do, shave all the hair off and then let it all grow back in so that it will all match.
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Default Dec 10, 2019 at 08:29 PM
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My dad has curly hair, so I know where it comes from. It is just really weird that all of a suddent it have curls. I honestly like them. make me seem like I have more hair than I do, because my hair has aways been on the thin side. Thanks for your reply!
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