snugglebutter
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Post by snugglebutter on Dec 13, 2014 3:51:40 GMT
Has anyone else experienced this? My hair has always been a bit wavy but in the last 6-12 months it has gotten much curlier. I have one friend that has had similar changes in her hair, but she had a hysterectomy and was assuming hers was hormonal.
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Post by hennybutton on Dec 13, 2014 4:02:58 GMT
Mine went from stick straight to very wavy, but not curly. It's just enough to be unruly. It's also gotten really frizzy. I think it's because I'm all gray underneath the dye. It's usually better for the first couple of weeks after I color it.
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Post by Skellinton on Dec 13, 2014 4:06:52 GMT
Yep, as soon I hit forty my hair started getting wavy, now at 42 it is pretty curly. I am afraid one day I will wake up and it will be straight again. I always wanted curly hair, and I am thrilled with it. My grandmother told me that eating the crusts of bread would make my hair curly, and it took awhile, but finally all that crust eating paid off!
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Post by twistedscissors on Dec 13, 2014 4:07:33 GMT
Mine has gotten curlier in the last few years too. The Greys are even curlier than my natural color.
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Post by Basket1lady on Dec 13, 2014 4:09:33 GMT
No, exactly the opposite. My hair was curly and now it's barely wavy. I had a huge sinus infection that went I caught and it really affected my immune system. My hairdresser says hair changes with big illnesses. I'm so hoping the curl will come back again.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Dec 13, 2014 4:32:46 GMT
After I had my hysterectomy, my hair texture changed to more wavy. It's really wavy and pretty damp, but then it dries more straight.
I'm also a redhead, so my gray hair is actually stark white. These hairs definitely have a different texture.
My dh has been going grey since his 20s. He's about 40-45% grey now. He has a lot of silver hair that is more wirey. Everyone loves his hair.
I keep my hair short because it's easier to manage. I am having less trouble with my hair now that it's not as fine. It's also not as nearly oily since I started the no poo regimine a few years ago. I actually do use Bumble and Bumble's shampoo for colour treated hair, but I only have to wash my hair once a week now. My hair even passed my mom's inspection, and she's a retired stylist. She couldn't believe what I had been able to get my hair to do---I used to have to wash every day because of oil.
My scalp is so much happier. It would get so dried out, especially in the winter.
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Post by pmm on Dec 13, 2014 4:37:37 GMT
Mine was stick straight when I was younger and in my early 20's. I cut it very short after I had the second baby and wore it that way until 5ish years ago. In the last two years it has gotten more and more wavy/curly. It's also thick and coarse. So if I feel like having straight hair I have to flat iron it. Some days I love it and other days I hate it. I spent lots of time in my teens curling it to only have the curls fall out by the time I got to school. Then I discovered perms. My hair permed beautifully. I spent many years paying for curls. 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 4:45:23 GMT
My bangs are really curly. I don't know what happened. Any humidity at all and my hair curls. Then I straighten it. Then it rains and it curls. It's weird!
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Post by PEArfect on Dec 13, 2014 5:48:44 GMT
I was bald until I was almost 3. When my hair finally came in I had tight spiral curls. By the time I started K my hair was barely wavy. Then at 13 it started getting curlier again. I'm guessing hormones. After each pregnancy my curls got tighter. My mom had wavy hair, and my dad has very tight curls. My 7yo took a photo of me a few weeks ago. She was focusing on my necklace, but you can see my hair too. A little to close to (half) my face though. 
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Post by cawoman on Dec 13, 2014 5:52:04 GMT
Yes. Not real curly but definitely changed. Happened to my sister and BFF also.
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Post by monicad on Dec 13, 2014 5:54:49 GMT
Yes. Straight until I turned 31, then I started getting ringlet curls. It really only gets bad when it's long, so I keep it mid length.
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perumbula
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Jun 26, 2014 18:51:17 GMT
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Post by perumbula on Dec 13, 2014 5:55:49 GMT
Mine has changed over the years. I'm assuming that it's because my gray hair is curlier than my colored hair was. It's definitely coarser. It takes a cure beautifully. I can curl my hair with my wand and have the curls last for days. It's awesome. When I was a teenager my hair resisted curl so much that even perms fell out of my hair within a few weeks. I never once had a perm grow out.
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Post by tania7424 on Dec 13, 2014 5:58:22 GMT
I had slight wave to mine until I had my second son at 36. After the postpartum hair loss it came back super curly. Now, at 40, it's going straight again. I give up.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Dec 13, 2014 6:37:16 GMT
My bangs are really curly. I don't know what happened. Any humidity at all and my hair curls. Then I straighten it. Then it rains and it curls. It's weird! Have you tried the frizz-ease products like their frizz and heat shield spray that you use before you straighten your hair? John Frieda's Frizz Ease was a lifesaver for me when I lived at the beach in my teens. I had great hair despite the humidity and being out in the hot sun all the time. Now that my hair has changed, humidity doesn't bother my hair nearly as much. I did lose a lot of hair after different operations/illness, but my hair always grows back super thick. My hair never took to perms or curl, either. It wasn't until I started colouring my hair that it became more manageable. My stylists say that's because my hair was too healthy--it just wouldn't curl. The ensure shakes I drink do cause my hair to grow in super thick and fast, and my nails are also gorgeous.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 6:46:54 GMT
m in Carolina I have a Paul Mitchell product to spray on my hair before straightening and it does help. It is true. I am hoping because I had my hairdresser cut off 3 inches or so this week that it will stay straighter too. I am hoping it will straighten easier. We will see. Just those crazy bangs...they look permed they are so curly. I used to have stick straight, ugly hair. Now that I colour it, it is much easier to deal with. Oddly enough, I don't think it is falling out like it used to either! Yay!
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Post by holly on Dec 13, 2014 6:54:50 GMT
Yep! I noticed a couple years ago that it's gotten curlier. I've always had some wave but no curl. Now, I take a shower and blow dry my bangs and that's it. I just let my hair dry and it curls naturally. If I'm going somewhere special I'll curl it with the curling iron to just give it more curls. Any humidity and it gets super curly. I don't live in a high humidity area though so I don't gave to deal with that too often. I've been wearing my hair longer because of it and I like it.
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Dec 13, 2014 10:01:05 GMT
Yes, it is my gray that is causing it. I still color it although I'd like it to be gray as my dad and grandmother were silver. Mine is going that way. The back doesn't have much gray but the sides and top do.
My plan at the moment is to continue to color for maybe another year. I'm awaiting the back to get gray. After that no color.
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Post by kelbel827 on Dec 13, 2014 12:04:57 GMT
I permed mine for years. I don't color. I have some white but not enough that I need color yet. Mine went from straight to wavy. I just figured it was all the damage. It has been perm free for at least 21 years.
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eleezybeth
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Post by eleezybeth on Dec 13, 2014 12:05:29 GMT
Yes but I thought it was hormonal or something. I had a baby no change. I went through IVF and had a miscarriage and BAM curly. Tight curly and mostly in a lovely mohawk pattern. Had another baby and the tight curls went to waves. It is still a hot mess of tighter vs. loose curls but not so much that every stylist gasps at the sight.
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Post by KelleeM on Dec 13, 2014 12:06:13 GMT
My oldest sister got really curly hair as she got older (she's 60 now). My hair always had some wave but after my second baby it got a bit curly. I can't judge what's causing the curl now because I had chemo last year and when my hair came back it was really curly...I blame the chemo but it could be age.
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Post by GamGam on Dec 13, 2014 12:14:35 GMT
DH's has. As he's become gray, it's gotten curly. I love the way it looks. That's him in my avatar, by the way. But you probably knew that!
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Post by LauraTen on Dec 13, 2014 12:51:02 GMT
Maybe I have something to look forward to! I am 40-something and I have always wanted curly hair 
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Post by zuke on Dec 13, 2014 13:33:56 GMT
as soon as I turned 50, that was the end of my straight hair! Now it's a curly, fluffy mess! I have to use hair straightening products every day to keep it tame! I HATE it!!!
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 13, 2014 13:38:40 GMT
Mine has certainly changed as I got older. Mine used to be very fine, but thick and curly. Now? It is a stringy, frizzy mess.  And, because it needs a good cut, it is too long. Yesterday I had the scissors in hand, hair in a ponytail thinking I could just chop it off myself. It is still curly enough that I probably could have gotten away with it, but stopped myself after thinking of all the Christmas photos coming up and didn't want them to be labeled the year that anxious cut her own hair. 
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Post by SweetieBugs on Dec 13, 2014 16:18:37 GMT
I am having a bad hair "decade"!!! I've always had a bit of wave in my hair but it was the kind that looked like I let my hair dry in a ponytail, not something that looked consistent and styled. It got wavier over the past few years and then when I had about 5 inches cut off the ends, it went super curly--the tiny ringlet type. But, my hair is not all curly only sections of it so it looks horrible and the weather lately has made it so frizzy. When I look at my self in the mirror, I do not LIKE what I see. I really hope this will change again sometime.
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Post by lbp on Dec 13, 2014 17:06:43 GMT
YES!! I used to have stick straight hair and now it is so wavy and almost coarse. I hate it! I am 53 and this started a couple of years ago. I always wondered why old ladies always had short, curly hair and now I know!
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Post by Skellinton on Dec 13, 2014 17:24:39 GMT
What is weird is my mom and dad have straight hair, and theirs has not gotten curly. My brother has always had curl in his hair and 3 of my grandparents had curly hair all their lives. I don't hAve much grey yet ( my parents are both remarkably and naturally still not all grey in their 70's and neither started going grey until their 60's), I am sure it is the crusts I posted about above, I seriously have no idea what else it could be. But what a strange thing that so many people are going through, but no one I know in real life has had this phenomenon.
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Post by kelly8875 on Dec 13, 2014 17:43:31 GMT
Mine went curly in my late twenties after having kids, and getting off of birth control. Ugh, I hate it. So, I straighten it daily... In the last year, I've tried to embrace the curls, and actually go in public and work sometimes that way. My brother had no idea I was curly now, and about died when he saw it. He thought I had curled it that morning, but when I told him it's the opposite, he was floored.
But next week, I'm trying one of the keratin treatments at my salon, going back straight! My stylist is the go-to girl at our upscale salon, and thinks my hair is the perfect example of perfect hair to make it work. God, I hope so. I'd LOVE to be able to shower and go without having to spend so much time on it. It was stick-straight growing up, and I don't even need it to be that, just not spring up into weird unruly curls that just frizz out and look bad.
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~Susan~
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Post by ~Susan~ on Dec 13, 2014 17:47:26 GMT
I've always had a slight wave in my hair and with each pregnancy, it got more course and wavy. The grey coming in is like little springs sprouting from my head. It does give my hair more body, so I like it
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Peal
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Post by Peal on Dec 13, 2014 17:54:17 GMT
Mine isn't going curly, it's just falling out. I probably have half as much hair as I did 5 years ago. And I'm only 42. I figure another 10 years and I will be as bald as my dad. I would gladly trade unruly curls for hair so thin I see patches of scalp.
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