Can you have straight hair as a kid and curly hair as an adult?

So yes, straight hair does sometimes become wavy or even curly in other stages of life. Baby hair is different from little kid hair, and older kid hair is different yet, as it adolescent vs young adult hair, vs older adult hair. Hair changes a lot when we have hormonal changes in particular.

Can parents with straight hair have a child with wavy hair?

No, it is not possible for two “purebred” straight-haired parents to produce a curly-haired child. However, two wavy-haired parents, or “straight-haired” parents who carry the curly gene but do not express it clearly due to incomplete dominance, can indeed produce curly-haired children.

Can straight hair become naturally wavy?

You can’t turn truly straight hair into wavy or curly hair using natural methods. The same is true of wavy hair. If your hair is truly just wavy, you can’t just make it curly naturally. There’s nothing wrong with using a curling iron or perming your hair if you have straight hair and want wavy hair.

Why do I have wavy hair if my parents have straight hair?

This means that you have received both copies of the curly hair gene from your parents. However, one parent could have straight hair while the other has curly hair. Then the curly hair gene could have been passed down through generations and your parents are carrier of that gene, which manifested its trait in you!

Can a person with wavy hair have a straight hair child?

People with wavy hair have some of each. If two people with straight hair have a child, then they’ll usually have straight-haired kids. This is because the parents will have mostly S’s to give. Same thing with curly hair (except of course the parents with curly hair would have curly haired kids because they mostly have C’s to give).

Do you have straight hair and curly hair?

People with straight hair had two copies of the straight version, people with curly hair had two curly versions and people with wavy hair had one of each. So your case would be pretty easy to explain. You and your husband have one straight and one curly version of the gene which explains your wavy hair.

Is your straight frizzy hair secretly supposed to be wavy?

My hair has always been straight, yet when looking up content about frizzy hair, I kept finding information about curly hair or wavy hair. Then I found out that to maintain their naturally curly hair, many people have to treat it in a certain way.

Why does hair turn from straight to curly or wavy?

As the hair gets thicker and heavier it may straighten out and lie flat because of its increased weight and density. At puberty the hair will change again, to its final adult state. Fine, straight hair will thicken and may become slightly wavy. Wavy or curly hair may become super-curly,…

Can a person with straight hair have wavy hair?

Unlike with some traits, you can get a hair texture that is a little bit of both parents. This means that if someone with curly hair and someone with straight hair have a child, this child would have wavy hair. But what causes curly or wavy hair in the first place?

Can you get straight hair from both parents?

You might get the curly gene from both your parents and thus, have curly hair. Likewise, they could both give you the straight hair gene. Or, one could give you curly and one could give you straight so you have an interesting mix in between those.

Can a person with curly hair have straight hair?

The gene that marks straight hair is a recessive one but the curly hair gene isn’t fully dominant. So what could happen here is that you may very well have that curly hair gene, but until it is somehow activated, you won’t see curls or waves.

How does a curly girl make your hair wavy?

My hair was dry and brushed out. The curly girl method helped my hair lock in moisture, which made it healthier over time. This reduced frizz, added strength and shine, and made my hair stronger and more wavy. Some people think their hair is straight, but the curly girl method shows them that it’s naturally wavy.