I'm having trouble deciding whether my hair is low or high porosity. I'm naturally thinking it's overly porous, but reading about porosity here and other places has be a little confused considering what my hair has been doing. Some factors that make me think it is high porosity are:
1) its relaxed
2) it tends to look dry/ does not hold onto moisture as well
3) humidity makes it poofy and straw like/stiff
4) less shine when air drying (maybe because the cuticle is still open?)
5) Dries somewhat quickly
6) Relaxed hair tangles/dreds easily (my hair is also fine)
7) May be a little heat damaged from flat ironing a few weeks ago
Some low porosity factors that confuse me are
1) Shed hair still floating one hour later in water
2) Water rests on top of hair
3)Hair does not seem to absorb leave ins, or cons without heat. Even at this wash and dc, my hair did not seem to absorb a lot of the DC even though I clarified
Some of these properties seem to run into one another (ie not getting moisture is a property of both)
1) its relaxed
2) it tends to look dry/ does not hold onto moisture as well
3) humidity makes it poofy and straw like/stiff
4) less shine when air drying (maybe because the cuticle is still open?)
5) Dries somewhat quickly
6) Relaxed hair tangles/dreds easily (my hair is also fine)
7) May be a little heat damaged from flat ironing a few weeks ago
Some low porosity factors that confuse me are
1) Shed hair still floating one hour later in water
2) Water rests on top of hair
3)Hair does not seem to absorb leave ins, or cons without heat. Even at this wash and dc, my hair did not seem to absorb a lot of the DC even though I clarified
Some of these properties seem to run into one another (ie not getting moisture is a property of both)