You're not "4c"/Hair typing is dead

nohairtype

I've been natural since I was a freshman in high school but only in the last year and a half have I learned to care for my hair. I look at videos on YouTube about how to do styles on type 4 hair and if a girl has the tiniest bit of curl people in the comments are quick to say the person isn't 4c. My point being who cares? If you learn your hair and moisturize it, it will produce a curl and be healthy. And most people have more than 1 hair type so... 😕😶 

Thoughts on this? 

Guide 65

Agree!  I wish the whole hair typing thing would die down. But people seem so concerned to figure it out. Don’t know what good it does once you figure it out.  

QuoththeRaven

I agree, everyone seems so eager to know. Hair care derives more from other factors rather than hair type. Something that works for one CG of one type won't always work for another of a similar type. So I say, just worry about what yor hair is trying to tell you then go from there. And cant we apreciate every "type" and agree that healthy hair, whether it's straight or kinky, is beautiful?

Gretchen

QuoththeRaven said:

And cant we apreciate every "type" and agree that healthy hair, whether it's straight or kinky, is beautiful?

I agree 100%!  

law

I think that if you take care of you hair, and it looks a little curly or has some kind of conformity people dub you  "Not 4C". I have 4C hair but when it is threaded, twisted, twist out ...ect (anything that is not a wash and go) people say it is not 4C. Trust it really is, but since it looks "put together" ...... They expect 4C to be an unmanageable dry mess. If it is not then it is not 4C:/  

jeepcurlygurl

I like hair typing for informational purposes but I think it goes too far sometimes. It has been helpful knowing that my hair is Type 3 but I don't necessarily find it helpful or even care much whether it's 3a or 3b or 3c.