Girls With Curls: The Origins of Curl Patterns and Textures Around the World

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Girls with Curls
The Origins of Curl Patterns and Textures around
the World
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What do we know
about curls?
More often than not were born with hair similar
to that of a family members. However, the
texture of our hair may change over time for
specific reasons. Learn what causes those curls,
and determine what classification of hair you
have.
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Baby, those soft curls are nature-made.
Scientists have identified specific genes that
determine if your hair will be curly, straight,
or somewhere in-between. This sort of variance is
referred to as a continuous trait.
Born Wild
The Role of Genetics
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Travel Back to Your Roots
The Origins of Curls
Variance within a multitude of genes is apparent
when looking at hair textures around the world.
For example, while curly hair is prominent among
people of black African descent, it is rarely
seen among Asian populations. These gene
variations also explain the diverse textures of
hair across Europe.
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Stages of Life
The Role of Hormones
Women go through several bodily changes
throughout a life time due to hormones and the
texture of your hair is one change most women
readily noticed. Puberty, pregnancy, and
menopause are the big three in terms of making
a curly-haired girl go straight, and vice versa.
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Hair Classification
Systems
There are many systems used to classify hair
types and textures.
3 Popular Methods include Andre Walker Hair
Typing System L.O.I.S. Hair Typing System
F.I.A. Hair Typing System
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Got you curious?
Discover your hair type.
This is the F.I.A. Hair Typing System.
The Straight Ones 1a. Stick straight 1b. Straight
but with a slight body wave 1c. Straight with
body wave and one or two visible
S-waves The Wavy Ones 2a. Loose, stretched out
S-waves throughout the hair 2b. Shorter,
more distinct S-waves 3c. Distinct S-waves and
the odd spiral curl forming here or there
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Not straight or wavy?
Youre probably one of these.
The Curly Ones 3a. Big, loose spiral curls 3b.
Bouncy ringlets 3c. Tight corkscrews The Really
Curly Ones 4a. Tightly coiled S-curls 4b. Tightly
coiled hair bending in sharp angels
(Z-pattern)
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Love Your Hair Texture
Whether You Were Born with It or Not
While you may be grateful for a lot of things
your parents gave you, your hair might not be one
of them! Also, environmental and medical factors
may have changed your hair over time, too. For
those not loving their hair texture, consider
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Grafting
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Images Attributions

• Slide 1 Image courtesy of Nate Steiner through
  Flickr Creative Commons
• https//flic.kr/p/93piYi
• Slide 9 Before and After images courtesy of
  Invisible Hair Studio
• http//invisiblehair.com/hair-loss-salon-san-dieg
  /womens-hair-loss/

Sources
Slide 3, 4 Hair genetic factors http//learn.gene
tics.utah.edu/content/inheritance/observable/ Sli
de 5 Hair hormonal factors http//www.npr.org/tem
plates/story/story.php?storyId102074149 Slides
6, 7, 8 Hair classifications, including F.I.A.
Hair Typing System http//healthyhairdimensions.co
m/?page_id71
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Summary
A head full of beautiful curls has long been a
subject of talk and envy. Learn the origins of
curly hair and find out what type and texture
hair you have.