Honey Bee
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SlimPickinz, Your hair is beautiful. I think it's fine, but not low density. The way I saw it, straightened, looks a lot like my relaxed hair which I considered fine, med density.
any ladies with long, natural, fine and low density hair?
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almond eyes
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You can have a lot of hair on your hair but your individual strands are fine. So you can have 100,000 strands and your individual strands are like thread (high density) vs. Someone who has 50,000 strands with strands that are like pencils (low density).
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Almond Eyes
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Almond Eyes
charmtreese
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This is what I do...always smaller twist, for me gives the illusion of more hair.
Bibliophile
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MilkChocolateOne
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prettydimples01 on youtube has fine low density hair, I think she might be apl
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCV4Jpz9Gw
kimmytube has fine low density hair, I think she is hip length
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xU0i2NgRvo4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCV4Jpz9Gw
kimmytube has fine low density hair, I think she is hip length
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xU0i2NgRvo4
SophieDulce
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I think I have this hair type
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Napp SlimPickinz
You've seen those emergency sewing kits at hotels & at the dollar store, right?
A normal/medium human hair strand is about 1/2 the width of the thread in that kit.
Coarse hair strand can be nearly the same width of that thread.
Fine hair is thinner, like silk thread.
For example: I have high density (lots of hair on my head) & mostly coarse (thick) strands. Please see receipts below:
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NappyNelle
Kinky Coily 4A, Fine Strands, WSL
I'm natural 4A, low density, fine strands, and just about MBL again. I've been trying to get to WSL forever. I cut back to BSL in March, and my hair seems thicker.
I don't have too many shots with my scalp showing because... well... I delete them.
I don't have too many shots with my scalp showing because... well... I delete them.
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SlimPickinz
Summer where are you?
Ok next question! Can I have fine coarse hair? Because my strands aren't particularly fragile & I loveeeeeeee protein.
almond eyes
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almond eyes
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I'm natural 4A, low density, fine strands, and just about MBL again. I've been trying to get to WSL forever. I cut back to BSL in March, and my hair seems thicker.
I don't have too many shots with my scalp showing because... well... I delete them.
How do you retain your length. Beautiful hair as well. How long has it taken you to get to this length.
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Almond Eyes
whiteoleander91
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I'm not sure what you mean by fine and coarse, but maybe you have high porosity? hi-po hair loves and needs lots of protein
Froreal3
haulin hard in the paint
You can have a combo of fine and slightly courser strands, like me. You do straighten often, so that may be why your hair loves protein. SlimPickinz
SlimPickinz
Summer where are you?
The mentioning of porosity reminds me of why I never bothered finding any of these things out. Too many variables! I asked if it's fine, coarse strands because my hair is tough. It doesn't break as easily as fine hair should. But my strands as a whole aren't thick.
I think my hair just loves protein. My wash regimen has always been protein heavy. Even when all I did were wash n go's.
OP I am quite sorry for the derailment.
I think my hair just loves protein. My wash regimen has always been protein heavy. Even when all I did were wash n go's.
OP I am quite sorry for the derailment.
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Napp
Cjeck out professional body builder leobodyc5 on YouTube. She has long (hip+) natural, fine low-density hair.
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JosieLynn
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Thanks! SlimPickinz and i agree with Sholapie that fine/course relates to individual strand thickness and low density/high density is how many strands are on your head. All the different variations of those two qualities make for the very different reactions people have to certain products and tools, styles etc. And about your question of fine coarse hair idk if that is the term for it but I know my hair loves protein because it is so fine, it helps to keep it strengthened given whatever I decide to do with it. And i don't think my hair is super fragile, it's just skinny strands lol. My hair is truly unique even in its low density fineness because i love all the things i'm not supposed to; shea butter, castor oil, protein...all of it. If i used light oils my hair would be super dry and never cooperate. So early on i used to hair type etc as a guide and then went off what worked best for me. I just want to see more low density women because i'm constantly looking for others and how they style their hair and if anything i haven't tried works for them and might work for me.
This is exactly what I did and still do. I don't confine myself to categories; I'm receptive to info from any hair subset - short, long, natural, relaxed, lo-po, hi-po, 3/4abcdefg, etc. I will consider any reasonable suggestion or recommendation in order to fulfill my hair's preferences. I've discovered quite a few gems doing this.
SEMO
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krissyhair
I tried this awhile back, with varying levels of success. Below are some old pictures. I think my main issue is that I want to use twists as a protective style. Something I can leave in a week or so and not have to worry about my hair.
My strands are fine and my twists tend to go flat easily. So instead of being round and plump, they flatten out. I think this might be as much due to the texture of my strands as it the density. So the twists only look good for maybe a day, which seems to defeat the purpose of twists as a protective style.
Twists done on wet hair. They swelled up nicely, but the style only lasted probably 2-3 days at most.
Twists done on wet hair with gel (by someone else). These didn't swell as much due to the gel and were just a bit too scalpy for my tastes.
Twists done on dry hair. Definitely too much space between the twists for me. I ended up pulling them into a ponytail.
My hair was much shorter the last time I tried twists as a style. They're time consuming to put in (for me at least) and I never seemed to get great results. So I haven't attempted them in awhile. So I may try them again and see of the extra length helps them to look fuller.
These are the type of full, thick twists I dream about.
YesToHair!
4C/hi-po/Fine strands/med-low density.
Is there a way to actually increase the number of strands that grow out? I have really low density!
nirel333
Active Member
I don't think so..but you can reduce the amount of strands that do fall out (shedding) by taking a garlic supplement. I've been taking them for a couple years now and my hair sheds a very small amount compared to what it used to (large clumps). But I do have very high density hair already with fine strands, I just wanted to rectify my shedding problem
Anaisin
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Only if your hair has been damaged. Can't change genetics
My hair isn't super low density but it's low/med and my strands are extremely fine
YesToHair!
4C/hi-po/Fine strands/med-low density.
Thank u ladies!
@nirrel, already on that garlic supps....no noticeable difference yet
@nirrel, already on that garlic supps....no noticeable difference yet
nirel333
Active Member
How long have you been taking them?
YesToHair!
4C/hi-po/Fine strands/med-low density.
Just over 2months...but i just also ordered Nunaat garlic leave-in to help topically
nirel333
Active Member
Give it a little more time, It might be to soon to tell..
YesToHair!
4C/hi-po/Fine strands/med-low density.
Will do that..thanx
ckisland
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I used to have the opposite issue that a lot of naturals seem to have. My hair looked much thicker straight than it does in its curly state. When I took natural hair pics, my hair looked so puny, but my hair looked THICK when I took straight hair pics 
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But somehow my hair's changed. My strands went from coarse to medium, but it's denser
. So my hair's much much more fragile, but it seems like I have more of it. Actually, I don't know what's going on 
. But somehow my hair's changed. My strands went from coarse to medium, but it's denser
. So my hair's much much more fragile, but it seems like I have more of it. Actually, I don't know what's going on Similar threads
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