Hair getting curlier with age?

[azucena]

In the past year, as my age gets closer to a number starting with 5, I have found my hair going from wavy to curly.  Now when I look in the mirror I am reminded of my mother's curly hair daily.  Has anyone else had this happen?

[marbel]

Yes!  I used the have very thin, lank, straight hair.  Now it's just getting curlier and curlier.  I mean, I used to pay for perms to get curls like I've got naturally now!  I do have to be careful not to go too long between cuts because it gets very frizzy.   I love it.   

[Amber in SJ]

I have always had curly hair, but as I get older & my formerly thick hair has begun thinning my hair looks curlier by the day.  As the weight is taken off, my curls are getting tighter,

 

Amber in SJ

[Guest]

Yep. When I was younger I had stick straight hair that wouldn't hold a curl at all. Now they go every which way.

[Emba]

Well, I haven't noticed it yet, but it wouldn't surprise me. Both my sister and I had straight hair until puberty, then her hair went crazy curly, and mine went curly/wavy. After two kids, hers lost most of its curl again. So I think for us anyway, it is somehow hormone related.

[gaillardia]

I don't have it, but both of my older-than-I-am sisters went curly after not much wave.

[Spryte]

Yes!

[Cinder]

My mom was just telling me today that her hair is coming in curly these days. She's post-menopausal and was telling how her hair has been changing since menopause. It had always been straight before. I'm wondering if that will happen to me as well.

[wintermom]

Yes!  I used the have very thin, lank, straight hair.  Now it's just getting curlier and curlier.  I mean, I used to pay for perms to get curls like I've got naturally now!  I do have to be careful not to go too long between cuts because it gets very frizzy.   I love it.   

 

This is exactly the same for me. I never noticed until about 10 years ago, at age 40, when a new hair stylist asked me after a cut, if I wanted it blow dried curly or straight. I laughed and asked what he meant by "curly" as my hair has always been straight. He showed me how to use mousse and a diffuser to dry it curly, and it actually is pretty curly! I was shocked. Since then, it seems to be getting even more curly. I can still dry it straight, though, so it's not super curly.

 

This whole phenomenon seems really bizarre to me. I always figured it was related to hormones.

 

When I was pregnant, my hair strands became noticeably thicker. I could actually see on a single strand the thin non-pregnant segments and the thick pregnant segments. I didn't notice any curl during the pregnancies, though, that came at some point after the last pregnancy (at least that's when I became aware of it).

Edited September 8, 2017 by wintermom

[Scarlett]

Mine was related to pregnancy at age 34. It turned pretty curly.

[gardenmom5]

my brother always had a coarse wave.  as he got older - it got to be a tighter and softer curl.

 

My hair was always as straight as could be - and barely would take a perm (usually not).  it's long enough I can now see a wave. . . it almost disappears after I comb it out, but it is there.

[Frances]

Well, I haven't noticed it yet, but it wouldn't surprise me. Both my sister and I had straight hair until puberty, then her hair went crazy curly, and mine went curly/wavy. After two kids, hers lost most of its curl again. So I think for us anyway, it is somehow hormone related.

Yes, I think this is quite common. One of my close friends in college had extremely curly hair and it went completely straight during her first pregnancy. At that point she got it cut in a very short pixie and has worn it that way ever since.

[J-rap]

My hair has always had weird waves and frizziness, and it just continues.  My older sister, on the other hand, had even wavier and frizzier hair when she was younger, but it slowly became straighter and smoother as she got older.  So, just the opposite of what you all are experiencing!

[Melissa in Australia]

No waves or curly hair on my head. Sigh!

When pregnant or breastfeeding my hair stops growing.

Now I am going grey my hair is getting thicker feeling. The strands of grey are at least twice as thick as the other hair.

[Mabelen]

My older daughter use to have straight hair but it started getting wavy around puberty.

I have always had straight fine hair, mostly light brown in color plus a little blonde, mixed in with a little coarse darker hair. I am now post menopausal and beginning to get gray hairs. I have noticed that most of the gray hairs are the coarser waiver type so they are more noticeable.

[Pawz4me]

My formerly straight hair has in recent years (post 50) developed a few stubborn areas that want to wave. There's nothing at all wrong (and maybe a lot good) about waves. But . . . they do NOT go with my preferred hairstyle and I don't want to change it. Using a good anti-frizz/smoothing product to tame the grays helps it back toward its normal straight smoothness.

[Night Elf]

My hair went from straight to really wavy. I looked like I did in the 80s when my perm was growing out. 

[kewb]

I wish. Still the same stick straight hair I have always had.

[azucena]

Thank all you newly curly ladies for making me feel a little less crazy!

[Soror]

Yep, hormones and thyroid. It came on with pregnancy. When I go my hypo it gets curlier. It used to be beautifully thick with body but no curl, a bit of wave in the back but no curl. Now, I have went to a short do b/c with the CRAZY thickness and sporadic curls it is a hot mess super long like I used to keep it.

[lllll]

nm

Edited September 21, 2017 by lllllll

[PinkyandtheBrains.]

 

 

Mines not curly yet but it's been getting wavier with some curls.

[Zoo Keeper]

My hair changed a couple pregnancies ago; it was always thick and had body, now it is this curly/wavy mess.  I feel like Medusa. ;)  I've had to figure out what to do with different hair products and how to dry it differently.

[Seasider]

Yes. Stupid bangs.