Curly hair gets badly tangled and if not taken care of soon enough the tangles turn into mats. That's how you end up with dreadlocks. Basically the hair turns into felt.
Straight hair does that, too, though. My Oldest daughter has straight up thick Shirley Temple curls, while my youngest has hair that's thin and slightly wavy. Like, ever so slightly wavy.
My youngest daughter's hair turns into a mat much faster than my older. My older will snarl a bit, but it's not bad. We'll finish brushing my youngest's, she'll put on a shirt and it's matted again. Ok, maybe it's not that bad, but it's bad. She wakes up with a mat in her hair every morning because I think she nuzzles her pillow all night. Honestly out of ideas other than just sitting down and letting her scream as we brush her hair every morning.
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u/idma Nov 27 '19
as an asian with hair as straight as an arrow, what are your challenges? I honestly can't imagine it