TrueBeliever
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Am I the only one who doesn't think black hair is particularly course?
To me it feels soft, like lambswool.
To me it feels soft, like lambswool.
I dont get it. How does this girl have such nice hair???
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Poohbear
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Glamourstruckk
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Yup! That's exactly how I meant it earlier in this thread. I think this is often confused for roughness.
My hair is not coarse.
empressri
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when i think of coarse hair, i think of hair that you can color, try to curl, perm or whatever and it wont take. hair that i can gather up in a bunch and sweep a floor with. to me THAT is coarse.
typically i dont think we have coarse hair because it's so fragile. we can do more damage to our hair with certain tools, compared to some like my friend whose hair did damage to MY comb! she was filipina with THICK coarse hair down her waist. she used my comb SNAP!!! right into two pieces. and her hair was stick straight.
Your Cheeziness
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Judging by the last few posts everyone defines "coarse" differently and that's how we end up with debates like this where people don't agree. Coarse is an adjective that describes texture. It has nothing to do with curl pattern/size. I bolded the part that would relate to hair.
Definition of COARSE
1: of ordinary or inferior quality or value : common
2a (1) : composed of relatively large parts or particles <coarse sand>
(2) : loose or rough in texture <coarse cloth> b : adjusted or designed for heavy, fast, or less delicate work <a coarse saw with large teeth> c : not precise or detailed with respect to adjustment or discrimination
3: crude or unrefined in taste, manners, or language
4: harsh, raucous, or rough in tone
5: chiefly British : of or relating to coarse fish <coarse fishing>
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coarse
Definition of COARSE
1: of ordinary or inferior quality or value : common
2a (1) : composed of relatively large parts or particles <coarse sand>
(2) : loose or rough in texture <coarse cloth> b : adjusted or designed for heavy, fast, or less delicate work <a coarse saw with large teeth> c : not precise or detailed with respect to adjustment or discrimination
3: crude or unrefined in taste, manners, or language
4: harsh, raucous, or rough in tone
5: chiefly British : of or relating to coarse fish <coarse fishing>
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coarse
Glamourstruckk
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Did she buy you a new one? Just wondering randomly.
Valerie
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THANK YOU AND WELL SAID and she has such lovely hair!
naturalTAN
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erplexedCoarseness has nothing to do with texture. It refers to strand size. Fine strands, medium strands, coarse strands. That's why people say Asians have coarse hair because the individual strands are thick like wire and are hard to process. Like empressri said, if you grab a bit of hair, it looks like you could sweep with it.
Black people are just used to saying they have coarse hair because of relaxer boxes that are labeled for coarse hair when they really mean a tight texture.
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Your Cheeziness
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Coarseness has nothing to do with texture. It refers to strand size. Fine strands, medium strands, coarse strands. That's why people say Asians have coarse hair because the individual strands are thick like wire and are hard to process. Like @empressri said, if you grab a bit of hair, it looks like you could sweep with it.
Black people are just used to saying they have coarse hair because of relaxer boxes that are labeled for coarse hair when they really mean a tight texture.
I think people use thick and coarse to mean the same thing when, imo, they do not. One can have thick (wide in diameter strands) with medium and any other combination. I have always understood Asian hair to be fine and coarse. Meaning the strand is smaller in diameter, however, the cuticles do not lay all the way flat (compared to Eurpean) hair giving their hair sheen instead of shine.
Another example is paper. A piece of paper can be thinner than normal but still have a textured (coarse) feel at the surface. While thick paper can have smooth surface. Its width is separate from its surface texture.
Eh...whatevs. Like I said, everyone has their own definition.
ETA: I stand partially corrected. Coarse does mean thicker strands, but it still means surface texture as well. So I was halfway there.
Source: http://www.asianbeautyblog.com/threads/1086-is-asian-hair-fine-normal-or-coarse-1.html
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empressri
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lol she kept offering but i told her dont worry about it. it wasnt an expensive comb, back then i couldve bought two for a dollar at the bss im sure. we had a million combs at my house. she felt soo bad and was embarrassed!! lol im still friends with her to this day, i should email her and ask her if she remembers that day at the bus stop lol!!
sapphire18
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TrueBeliever You are not the only one. I agree. Course means the individual strands are thicker than average. Typical asian hair is course. "Asian hair is very different. It is usually so straight and heavy that every mistake will show, so you must be extra careful when cutting it. The strands are also rounder and thicker, and even coarse compared to the hair of Caucasian women." Course hair is durable, the girl in the video regardless of ethnicity has course hair. My mom has course type 2 hair that can stand up to the strongest of relaxers and the highest temperature of flat irons. My grandma has type 1a hair that no curly perm can curl for more than a week her hair is very course. The individual strands of my 4b hair are of normal thickness and when my hair is relaxed I cannot apply heat or my hair will suffer from breakage.
Source:
http://www.asianloop.com/article/70/The_Straight_Story_on_Asian_Hair?rtn=%2Farticles%2F
