To curl, or not to curl?

@AmbiePam (126896)
United States
August 31, 2026 12:57am CST
I have naturally curly hair, and it’s really curly. I can style it to arrange “less curl”, but I like it. Both my mom and I both had/have naturally curly hair. Of course, growing up, you want to fit in, and despite getting a lot of compliments on my curly hair, I wanted straight hair. I got over that, thankfully. Is your hair curly, wavy, or straight? The hair I love the most is my niece, Annelyn. She’s biracial so her hair has beautiful kinky curls. Hopefully, someday she’ll be able to style it herself.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
31 Aug
Mine has a little wave to it but not really curly. I keep it up most of the time though, you know that. It’s started getting a little curlier the older I’ve gotten, or maybe it’s that way because I keep it up more. Idk. lol
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
Yeah, you do have a wavy look, and I like it a lot.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
31 Aug
@AmbiePam Why thank you. It’s just about time to dye it again. lol.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
31 Aug
@AmbiePam @thislittlepennyearns You girls are both lovely young women, you would be attractive no matter how you choose to fix your hair.
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@Juliaacv (57401)
• Canada
31 Aug
My hair used to be wavy, a nice wave, until they shaved it all off from my brain tumour operation, that was when I was 12 years old. It grew back in, the only thing was it was black, no more brown, and straight, no waves at all. Of course when you consider the circumstances, black and straight was better than, well the outcome they originally expected. So, at the tender age of just 13, my Gramma would take me, after gaining permission from my parents, with her to her hair dresser, and I would get a perm. Yes a nice curly perm, but in the mid '70's that was 'the' thing to do. But without it, my hair would have been so dark and so straight. Several times I have been mistaken for being part native, because of the darkness. I went with Gramma to her hair dresser to make sure that I was in good hands as chemicals can be so dangerous. Still, all of these years later, I will take a perm annually, just for the curl, which fades quickly to waves. If I could figure it all out, I am sure that Annelyn will too.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
There was a little boy in our church growing up with blond hair, and he had surgery on a benign tumor. It grew back pure black. It was so unusual to see.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
@Juliaacv That’s so funny!
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@Juliaacv (57401)
• Canada
31 Aug
@AmbiePam Same as me. And strangely enough, Charlie, my Dad's cousin, who had leukemia as an adult, had his hair turn from blondish brown and straight to black and curly after his hospital stay to deal with the leukema. Funny part of that story is that his wife, Julie, who was Italian, told him that it meant that she could stop colouring her hair to fit into his family since his new colour made him fit into hers. He used to tell us all that the hospital stall would refer to him as Magnum PI, they told him he looked like tom Selleck (before he greyed) and Charlie loved the attention!
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@LadyDuck (509295)
• Italy
31 Aug
My hair has always been wavy. No matter how much I tried to straight it when I had very long hair, as soon as there was humidity in the air, the waves were back.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
Oh my word, with the humidity of Oklahoma, sometimes Annelyn tells me our hair is the same. Because it gets that kinky!
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@LadyDuck (509295)
• Italy
31 Aug
@AmbiePam Exactly!
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@DaddyEvil (178250)
• United States
31 Aug
Pretty and I both have curly hair but I can straighten mine when I'm fresh out of the shower and it stays that way. Pretty's hair will hold curls well and she likes it curly.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
I remember when you showed us a picture of your head from the back. You have really pretty hair.
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@DaddyEvil (178250)
• United States
1 Sep
@AmbiePam Thank you.
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@teamfreak16 (46515)
• Denver, Colorado
31 Aug
My hair was very straight until I grew it back after I got out of the army. Then it got curly in places for some reason. Now, it's obvious I'm losing it, and I'm not going to be the guy trying to hold on to every last strand, so I shave it all off now.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
That’s a good idea. Most guys do look better when they do that.
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@teamfreak16 (46515)
• Denver, Colorado
31 Aug
@AmbiePam - I'm not fond of it, but it's better than the alternative. Definitely more comfortable.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
31 Aug
I love curls. Of course, as a teen I fought them all the time, the style was long and straight...but I really couldn't achieve that. I do have to say that my hair is still curly if I wash it and just let it go, but it's not as curly as it was as a small child or young adult. My hair is very fine in texture, Aunt always said I had ''baby hair'' so maybe I do. I wear it up all the time as it tangles easily. I haven't had short hair but just a few times in years and years...when it's short, I can't even get a brush through it, it just curls too much. So at least the length helps it not kink up. Embrace your curls, Amber. They are beautiful.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
Thank you, Marie. You actually saw them how they most recently look.
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@MarieCoyle (62819)
31 Aug
@AmbiePam You're more than welcome, I speak the truth. Rock those curls, girl!
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@snowy22315 (212788)
• United States
31 Aug
It is on the wavy side. It seems to be a bit wavier now than when I was young.
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@Orson_Kart (8709)
• United Kingdom
1 Sep
I haven’t got much hair now, but when I did, it was very straight. It could even be described as lank. I’m not sure I’d have wanted curly hair, but on a girl it looks great.
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@wolfgirl569 (140355)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Aug
Mine is completely straight. I do wish it had some wave
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@JudyEv (388038)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Sep
When I was young everyone wanted curly hair but mine is fine and straight. I had it permed for quite a few years.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
1 Sep
Straight here is really “in” now.
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@JudyEv (388038)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Sep
@AmbiePam All those years I kept wishing for waves or curls and now it doesn't matter - I'm in fashion!!
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31 Aug
i think women look sweet with curly hair. But it is natural hair which suits a human being
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@nawala123 (22946)
• Indonesia
31 Aug
I like people who have Curly hair naturally
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@valherma00 (5346)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
31 Aug
one spokesperson here on the news, straighten her curles and i regret seeing that. so, my dear, keep them no matter what i have wavy hair with here and there one or two curls. i soemtimes regret brushing my hair cause my waves/curls go easily away but i need to brush it
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@Wrexxo (7151)
31 Aug
I so much love curly hair
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
31 Aug
Me too. Curls just make me happy. My niece, Amyra, also has curly hair because she is black, and I tell her and Annelyn to always protect their curls. Don’t let anyone make you think you need to straighten it.
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• Philippines
4 Sep
I got big curls and I love it so much.
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@AmbiePam (126896)
• United States
4 Sep
I’m so glad you like them too!
@JESSY3236 (22696)
• United States
1 Sep
My hair is straight. My mother had straight until she hit her 60's. She now has curly hair.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Sep
For some reason the comments on this aren't loading for me. I think it's the silly Starlink connection that he child insisted we get. I am not impressed, but anyway. I wish my hair held curls. I have to put so much product into it in order to get it to hold curl and its annoying. It will very rarely hold curls.
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