types) sounds like an easy exercise. But as anyone who's ever tried a —only to have their expectations literally fall flat—knows, the reality isn't so simple.
While it can seem intimidating at first (what doesn't in the curly world?), resources like have pioneered a classification system, ranging from 2A to 4C, that makes it easier to identify your curl pattern.
The number refers to curl families, while the letter points to how tightly wound your curls are within that. Curl type 1 is pretty much the absence of curl—in other words, straight.
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