Curly vs. Straight Hair

The way your hair looks is mainly because of your parents. The big reason it looks the way it does is because of genes coming from your parents, passed down from their parents and so on. Besides genetics, curly hair has a lot to do with your follicle, especially the shape of it. A person with curly hair would have a long oval shaped follicle that basically has a "hook" at the end of it. The sharper the hook the more curly your hair will be. Obviously is you have straight hair you will not have a "hook" at the end of your hair.

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