My hair is very straight, without slightest waviness, and due to having androgenic alopecia, i cant use heat or chemicals to curl my hair, as it is harmful for my hair and scalp.
What alternative methods do you use to make your hair curly? It will be interesting for me to read and try it myself.
couldn’t be me
also a more serious answer: what i found works well is to let it air-dry, i.e. after showering, don’t use a fan to dry it, just use a towel, rub it once, then let it stay wet until it dries through the room’s air. takes longer, and don’t go into the freezing cold air outside with that! but it does work.
Idk if it depends on my hair type but I’ve found with mine, that if I leave my hair to airdry fully, it becomes very stringy (as in, hair strands clump together and the hair becomes flatter with way less volume)
If anyone has the same issue, a middle ground approach works well for me. Pat down the hair with a towel to remove any excess dripping water, leave to air-dry for about 10 mins, then blowdry (I just use the cool temperature) for a min or so. At least for me it retains the volume in my hair, makes it a bit more fluffier and keeps some of the natural waviness. If I need to brush it, I’ll just lightly use a detangle brush
Another way is to put your hair in a ponytail while it dries. I seem to retain a lot of my waviness one I let it down afterwards, at the risk of a little less volume
Extra/edit note: My hair does have some natural waviness that is very noticeable when wet. So I’m not saying this will work for everyone ^ But if your hair has any natural waves in it, it might do. (Way of knowing is to see how your hair looks when wet, if it straight, you’ve got straight hair. If it is wavy or curly, that’s your natural waviness). Over-brushing or blow-drying it too much or too soon, with high heat can accidently get rid of that waviness for me
I already dry it naturally. I rub it with towel just enough to not be soaking wet, and then just let it dry over time. The main thing that i need to do, is to actually curl it, as i didnt curl it earlier, it just stays straight after drying