u/noeinan

Had short hair my whole life, got MPB and figured I’d grow some length for a potential wig in the future. Recently chopped it off due to heat wave and fatigue caring for it (I’m severely disabled).

First pic is grown out hair, no purposeful layers. Just shampoo, conditioner, and tying it up to dry with bird nest clips for 2-3 days. If I let it down earlier it would still be wet and not have as much volume when dried.

Second pic is after growing it out longer, layered to thin the hair and make it easier to care for plus less weight for better curls. Kinda neglected for this pic, just air dried without keeping it up properly.

Third pic is after the chop, air dried. It has looked like this most of my life. I thought the curls were brought on by hormonal changes as I aged or bc I blow dried it due to sensory issues with wet hair. Figured doing that was straightened it unintentionally. But as seen here, it’s very straight when compared to when it was long and air dried— despite the top layer being the same length. I didn’t do any layering just chopped off the under layers.

Has anyone had experience with hair doing this? Is it in shock from the cut? Is it just my curl pattern is too weak? Do I need to “train” it by finger curling or something? Just feeling a little whiplash on how much the texture changes.

[Edit] I am in the US, my area has slightly hard water, I use Mane & Tail conditioner + shampoo.