My hair is too stretched

ultracurlz

But only at the front. About two inches back from my forehead all of the hair is extremely stretched and I don't know how to fix it. It seems much longer than the rest of my hair because of it and it looks funny. I don't understand why it refuses to curl/kink up like the rest of my hair. I mean, it's lovely when detangling but I want my shrinkage back (don't hear that often do ya? XD)

Could it be because of ponytails? Should I figure something else out for when I'm lazy? (which is, unfortunately, often)

Do you think some conditioning treatments would help it regain it's spring?

Please and thanks for the advice.

Firefox7275

Heat damage? It possible could be traction damage from very right ponytails but that is less likely.

adthomas

It could be you have naturally less shrinkage in that area. The hair over my ears shrinks way less than the hair around it although it has a similar curl pattern. While type 4 tends to have a lot of shrinkage how much shrinkage is still a variable.

But I would try a mild protein and see if that helps. Protein tightens my curls.