Like many Black girls, I had a complicated relationship with my hair growing up. For the majority of my childhood, I never really knew what my natural curls looked like. Once I was old enough to get a ...

I began wondering, Did I ever really have curly hair at all? And more importantly, what the hell do I do with wavy hair? Turns out, seemingly random texture changes are more common than I’d ...

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texture, and the follicle from which the hair grows. Asymmetrical follicles yield hair that curls, symmetrical follicles yield straight hair. The longer curly hair grows, the more complex its ...

The key is to keep it messy, which will create lots of texture in the hair—something that’s important for those with thin hair that is curly or textured, explains Sabrina Ahmed, Garnier’s ...

An endocrinologist and a dermatologist share why hair texture changes, and what—if anything—you can do about it.