Yaraye
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I personally love my hair and am confident with it, but I'm the odd ball who has the kinkiest hair in my fam and its 4a. Sure, I used to get teased by my fam from time to time. However, because it used to be waist length i never really got the brunt of lookism. Instead the habeyars I was neighbors with would praise my long hair and look at it in fascination. I cut it all off when I was 18 and kept it short for 4 years. I had long hair since I could remember and I just wanted to know what having short hair would be like. oh, the freedom!!!!! 
However during these 4 years of keeping it short, i've seen the difference in reaction when it comes to my hair. The same people who looked at my hair with awe suddenly had a different reaction to my short hair. Even my own fam who would originally tell me that my hair was gorgeous, now tell me that keeping it short is ugly and to go back to my original length. After experiencing a 4 years of freedom, I've gotten tired of having short hair, i've decided to grow it out again. I got a buzz cut in June to start growing it out from the beginning, and now is currently at this length in 8 months. (not me, pic from google)
What I'm trying to say is that type 4 hair is only considered "beautiful" when its long. While any other type of hair can be short and considered "pretty" or "cute" Type 4 can't. For type 4 to be considered beautiful, it beauty and length has to go far beyond the standards set for the other types of hair. The 4 years of keeping my hair short gave me some in sight on what type 4 hair people suffer. It was this time that I've realized that it was my waist length that had people in awe, not my hair in general. I have type 4a, and wear a hijab. I can't even imagine what type 4c go through
However during these 4 years of keeping it short, i've seen the difference in reaction when it comes to my hair. The same people who looked at my hair with awe suddenly had a different reaction to my short hair. Even my own fam who would originally tell me that my hair was gorgeous, now tell me that keeping it short is ugly and to go back to my original length. After experiencing a 4 years of freedom, I've gotten tired of having short hair, i've decided to grow it out again. I got a buzz cut in June to start growing it out from the beginning, and now is currently at this length in 8 months. (not me, pic from google)You don't have permission to view the spoiler content.
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What I'm trying to say is that type 4 hair is only considered "beautiful" when its long. While any other type of hair can be short and considered "pretty" or "cute" Type 4 can't. For type 4 to be considered beautiful, it beauty and length has to go far beyond the standards set for the other types of hair. The 4 years of keeping my hair short gave me some in sight on what type 4 hair people suffer. It was this time that I've realized that it was my waist length that had people in awe, not my hair in general. I have type 4a, and wear a hijab. I can't even imagine what type 4c go through
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