{"id":12964,"date":"2022-07-21T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haireveryday.com\/?p=12964"},"modified":"2022-07-21T13:15:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:15:35","slug":"type-4-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haireveryday.com\/type-4-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Type 4 Hair | A Guide Caring For Coily, Natural Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you have type 4 hair then I\u2019ve got this guide for you! This article explains how to take care of natural type 4 hair, the best products for type 4 hair, hairstyles for type 4 hair and so much more!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n African American hair textures that are coily and kinky are often referred to as type 4 hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This type of hair isn\u2019t technically curly as it doesn’t form properly defined spirals but it coils tightly onto itself to form a springy sort of texture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, some type 4 hair textures are not even curly and have a zig-zag shape instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I personally have type 4c coily hair which is the tightest of the type 4 hair so I know some of the challenges that come with caring for this type of hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For years, I had silk pressed hair to make it more manageable before discovering the type 4 hair care community and learning to love my natural hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So today, I thought I\u2019ll share some of that knowledge with you and let you know how to take care of your natural type 4 hair in the best way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The type 4 hair texture is usually associated with black people but there have been instances when someone of a different race can also have type 4 hair. However, it is believed that they might have an African ancestor <\/a>somewhere up their family tree for this anomaly to come about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Type 4 hair isn\u2019t curly despite a lot of people calling it so. It doesn\u2019t form proper ringlets or spirals and the curl definition is hardly visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This type of hair is usually called \u201ccoily\u201d as it forms really tight spring-like strands. And due to this shape, it becomes nearly impossible for the scalp\u2019s natural sebum to reach this hair, making type 4 hair the roughest and driest of all hair types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Type 4 Hair Texture <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n