So, do you part your hair? If so, why, and if not, why not? Does parting depend on hair type (1s likely to part, 4s less so)?

Please mention your hair type, too.

I'm a "straight wavy" - just on the border between straight and wavy. I've been ignoring or discouraging my part lately in an effort to stop my hair from lying flat just at the baldest spot on the back of my head - the spiral where the hair grows, makes me look like a monk. It's not easy, because 1) I have bangs so they need to be separated out and 2) I was somehow raised with the idea that "hair has a part" but have been questioning this lately.

I find a part on the top of my head easy to manage, but with my really wavy/semi curly hair I have a hard time creating "clean" parts in the back of my head for things like braids and pony tails. I usually have a part slightly off center because that is how my head wants it, lol!

I have straight hair and I part it. Why? Simply because I've always had that part, and it's impossible to get rid of. At one time I tried bangs, and they of course had the part too, and where all over the place.

I can brush my hair back and then put it up without a part, but as soon as it's down, there's the part again.

I'm a wavy, and I usually have a part whether I want one or not. Like Miss Murphy I can slick it back into a pony or a bun, but as soon as that is released it flops back into a part. I do try to mix it up, switch sides, to avoid the reverse widow's peak, but it is always there.

I have a part because I have it as long as I can remember, so I think it won't go away anymore even if I tried. I sometimes don't like it because it makes it extremely difficult to do high buns or high ponytails, which I almost never do because it hurts my head. I am totally not used to them because I always used to wear my hair loose or in a low ponytail. I'm also not used to the look of my face with unparted hair and I'm not sure if I like it.

I have the permanent part too. It likes to appear even when I brush it all back, after a short amount of time.

I part my hair because it suits my face shape much better.

I have my parting in the middle and it refuse to obey when I want to change it.I'm growing out my bangs and guess what, it's parted in the middle to:o.Growing out bangs is such a pain in the b**t:mad:.

this is very interesting!

In my new sig pic (which might not be working) I had WO washed my hair the night before, slept on it wet, then deliberately NOT parted it - this gives me more volume and I think suits my face better. I don't really have a natural part except for the "monk spot" in the back.

I'm a wavy and I don't part my hair,it parts by itself from the middle. I've had a natural middle part since I can remember so I leave it that way.
I chose the party option :lol: couldn't resist

My hair is slightly wavy and naturally parted in the middle. My part is so assertive that if I so much as try to straighten it, it gets all poofy and rebellious. :rolleyes:

My hair is slighly wavy, but still in the * 1 * catagory so I chose the first option.

I part my hair for several reasons. First off, I have a widows peak that gets pulled very painfully if I try any updos with my hair unparted. Secondly, I have a very broad, very high forehead, and I excessivly dislike the way I look with my hair pulled straight back... I keep it parted to the side, and sweep it across my forehead to help disguise it.

I'm a wavy and I do part my hair. I do try to alternate one side to the other though.

My hair just doesn't seem to do right without a part. That, and it feels weird :shrug:

When I was a teenager, I read about changing your style by changing your part in Seventeen Magazine, and ever since then I've moved my part all around. These days I'm more likely to use gelled fingers to push my hair in one direction or another, and there's no particular part. I'm not really fond of the look of a straight slash of scalp showing on myself.

I voted for 'sort of', because I don't part my hair - it parts itself, bang in the middle. :confused: I don't like that, so I either comb everything back, or part (just with fingers, I hate the perfect line on myself) low on the side.

I'm 1c/2a, and my part or lack of one may be different on any given day. I frequently have a part, but I'm not set on any particular place. Usually one side or another or combed straight back less frequently.

I'm a wavy that doesn't part. I usually wear my hair up with it combed straight back. When my hair is down, it just sorta goes where it wants with no particular 'part' used all the time. So if I happened to comb it back with more hair weight on the right, it will fall that way with a left 'part'.

Any part that happens on my head isn't straight and even- say the first 1/2" will be together, then a different small section (close to the first but not in line with it) will part, and so on. When my hair is down I will often flip the front bits back out of my way, so the 'part' changes locations all the time. I like not having my hair set in it's ways, except when I want to do a style that requires a straight part (like two braids) and its hard to get it straight. But I don't do that often.

Im a wavy and part my hair. Even if I dont part it, it falls into a part down the middle. Its been like that as long as I can remember.

My hair is straight, and I don't part it. The only time I would is if I would do a two part style - like Cindy Brady braids or something, and I haven't done that since I was in my 20's!

I hate the look of my scalp - it's so white and I have dark auburn hair. Plus, when I am close to needing to color again, if I had a part all my gray ends would show. I wear my hair down maybe once a year, so it's kind of a non-issue anyway. All my styles pull my hair directly back from my eyebrow-length bangs, that's probably another reason for me not to have a part.

I'm a wurly-haired gal... I part because my mother taught me to when I was younger (and my hair was straighter), and... my hair doesn't NOT part, these days. I suppose with a lot of work I could train it not to, but that would honestly be more work... :P

I part my hair in a variety of ways because it helps with adding volume to my fine hair.

My part is very stubborn though and reeeeally wants to be slightly left of centre, but I can get it to stay in other places with a bit of coercion (changing the part when wet or damp and smoothing it down occasionally).

No matter what I do, though, I can't seem to have no parting at all.

I am a wavy who combs out her waves. When my hair is down I part it in the middle. When it's up, no part. It looks goofy.

I can't remember ever deliberately parting my hair. It kind of does it all on its own. And not always on the same place. But it's pulled back and in a bun most of the time (well for several months so far and several moret to come) so there's no part showing at all.

I am a curly and I part my hair down the middle. Actually, it is a natural part and no matter how I arrange my hair, the part comes back!

I'm a wurly/curly w/a natural part. Sometimes I use it and other times I don't.

I'm wavy/curly and my hair parts itself on the side.

I sort of part. My hair parts on it own. My hairs not quite straight but not quite wavy either.

I don't part it. I have no natural part, and parting is pointless because it just won't stay. I used to part it and use tons of hairspray on the part, but even then it didn't last very long. Brush it once and it's gone. I have straight-to-wavy hair.

I have wavy hair which is normally parted off centre but i do change it around sometimes to give it more body

I'm a 3b curly and I part...or something like that. I part to the side-ish by choice but not sure if it was always like that. I've tried removing the part but I haven't been able to for two reasons: 1) I'm not too convinced I look good with no part and 2) it tends to part back anyway.

My hair is straight and has a part. It isn't a decision on my part, it just has always been there.

my part is not straight its usually a curve...it starts on the side and curves (a C curve not an s curve)toward the middleas it reaches the back of my head... i cant really part my hair in the middle because of my widows peak... my hair refuses to stay parted on the other side... its hard for me to get even pigtails because.. even if i get most of my hair parted in the middle my bangs dont want to devide the widows peak

I have been parting my hair in the middle since I was a very young child.The part is now so entrenched I can't get rid of it my hair just falls into naturally now:lol:

I dont really part, my hair parts itself. And it almost in the middle. No matter what I do when my hair is down it will part.:shrug:

I am a 1a. My face shape looks better with a side part (actually side toward center) although I sometimes part in the middle. I don't think my hairtype is my own consideration at all in this.

I'm a 1C/2A with supa-fine hair, and I must part my hair, or it will figure out its own, gnarly zig-zag part! :rolleyes:

My hair parts on its own, though I vary where it parts. Lately it's usually been on the left side. I can pull it straight back for an updo, but unless it's higher and tighter than I usually like, it tends to part a little.

i chose i sort of part my hair,
cause when it is up i can go with out a part but when i do put a part it it is no more than an inch and a half deep.
i have curly hair, but it is a weird mix of like super curly, mildly curly and wavy.
i also have bangs but they are side bangs, aka grown out bangs so i am forced to wear a part because they are to short to brush back but to long to wear foreward.

My hair is rather straight, I like parting it in the middle and wearing it down.

My hair naturally parts in the middle-ish. It resists going away even when I try to brush my hair straight back.

I'm calling myself a wavy, and I part my hair when it's down or in a downward style like a braid. If I don't part it to the side where I want the part, it'll part itself about 1/8 inch left of center.

I'm another one with a permanent part and I have curly hair.

I have straight fine hair, and I've always had a part and it's there whether I like it or not. Even pulling it back and putting in a tail, the part is still there.

I have straight hair, I don't part it just let it part into whatever part it may fall into. Usually it falls into a crooked-ish middle part but often falls to the side also.

my hair just parts without me doing anything, usually in the middle.
I sometime force it in another position.

I voted cheese because I
a) am curly/wavy/crimpy/vaguely straight
b) part sometimes and don't part sometimes depending on my mood, my hair's cleanliness, and the hairstyle I'm doing.

I just recently started training my hair to part on the side. Before I had a quasi-center part (yuck.) But my hair is almost always parted, unless it is up in a bun or a french braid.

I part my hair because I have a permanent center part, although I've been thinking lately that it would be nice to get rid of the part.

my hair is straight and i have a middle part that i can't get rid of. *sigh* I'm gonna get rid of it whether it likes it or not! :)

I have straight, 27 inch hair that I part on the right side after I wash it. It's shows the better side of my face, and when I used to pull it straight back, I was losing some hairline and my hair was breaking. I used to part it on the other side when I had short hair, to get better volume and to take advantage of a cowlick. The part goes halfway back, then I brush the crown back because I like height at the crown. I don't really have bangs, per say. I wear it up or down with a side part.

If I don't part it wet, I get craziness.

I'm a wavy/bordering on curly.
My hair naturally parts in the middle, but I often do a diagonal parting from off-centre right back to the middle just to be different. It usually stays where it is put until hair is washed or brushed straight back.
I have no part when wearing buns, hair is brushed back.

My slightly wavy hair does whatever it wants...it parts naturally just slightly to the left of centre. I have no choice in the matter...if I try to change the part, it just decides to reform at it's natural point.

I have wavy hair, and before I had my fringe I would part in the centre when I was being lazy, and on the side when I wanted to actually look nice, lol!

I have straight hair and I can't stop it parting, though I can change the part. When I wear it down, I tend to part it to the side, though it naturally falls into a centre parting.

I do't intentionally part. My hair just naturally parts on its own. I have 2A hair.

I try to part my hair while wearing and english braid but like to slick it back in ponies and french braid

I don't really part my hair unless I'm going for a specific style, otherwise I just let my hair fall where it will, as it will, whether it tries to fall flat or curvy. My hair owns me, I do not own the hair >:O

I got a neat headband that's stretchy and has teeth. It's great for holding my hair straight back, part-less.

I don't have a choice-- my hair naturally parts no matter what I do. It tends towards center, but if I move the part to one side before I turbie it, it will *generally* stay where I put it.
I wouldn't minde going partless, but I just don't think it'll happen. Generally, if I try and put my hair straight back, I get a really sore scalp. It's not worth it.

I don't part, and I have straight hair. I just kind of it let it part on its own - it usually settles somewhere in the middle, but I also play with it constantly. Or, rather, my toddler does. :D

I have straight heir, with some waves (I still have to understand which my hair type is..!), I have a natural parting in the middle, so..it's kinda letting things go!

I have wavy hair, and when I wear it straight, I part on the left. When I wear it wavy/curly, I let it part wherever it wants.

My hair is straight to slightly wavy and I voted for “kind of part” since it tends to part on its own half the time. If it is longer, I actually look better with it parted in the middle, but at its current length it looks better parted at the side. I pick the side depending is I want my white streak to show or not.

My hair has always parted itself in the middle. I vaguely remember having to fix the odd strand now and again to make it a straight line but now it just does its thing on its own. I could move the part I suppose, but it's fine in the middle. No fuss = happy PseudoScot. :shrug:

yes I mostly part or do an undone zigzag part ;)
My hair would eventually just part itself..

I'm a curly and I part, mainly because my hair will part itself and look weird if I don't decide for it - once it's dry I can't really fix it without totally shredding the curls.

Before I learned about taking care of hair, I consistently parted on the left and blow-fried it straight(ish). Now that I'm paying more attention to my hair, I've discovered that I have a natural part on the right. Sometimes I let it fall there or straighten out the part a bit so it looks cleaner.

Other times I'll do a 2" part on the left and comb the rest straight back so there's no part in the back.

I have wavy thick hair and part it in the left. From time to time I par it in my middle, but I don't think it suits my rather square face.

I usually part my hair on the left side, sometimes on a diagonal or with my bangs parted on the left side and the rest of my hair parted in the middle. Whenever I part on the right side, the little baby hairs stick up funny, and if I don't part it, it parts just left of the center with a couple bangs determined to go the wrong way.

I currently have a part down the middle. I changed it recently, and my hair is acting funny. Blech!

I 'sort of' part. I rarely comb through or really disturb the hair at my scalp in any way, so it stays parted in basically the same spot (way to the left) for weeks at a time. My 'natural' part (there are about five sections of it, it seems) is in the middle, but I look like a monster with center-parted hair. I do move my part around some occaisionally, but it's been on the far left or mostly so for years.

When I do an updo I never pull my hair straight back.. straight? Hah! It's not even possible. I always work with my existing part.

Yes I Part. I have straight wavy hair.Straight in the front and sides and very wavy in the back - strange isn't it?

I "sort of part" my hair. It more depends on the style for the day. Most buns, I comb my hair straight back. For braids I usually part but there are times I do like when I bun. I do try to vary my part or just let it fall naturally (comb hair straight back when wet and let it do).

I actually try NOT to part, but my hair has a mind of its own. My mom and granny always use to part my hair, and I hated it. I have tried my hardest not to part, but it just falls over and does it anyway. Oh well, it could be doing worse things I suppose.

I'm a wavy and my hair parts the way it wants - other than that I like it straight back and it is finally getting the weight and length to stay there.

Parting seems like a lot of effort when my hair is up most of the time! My hair does naturally part when it's down, though.

When I part my hair, I love parting in the middle. People tell me I look "exotic" styled that way (whatever that means, but I take it as a compliment.) :shrug:

Oh, I love the ballerina look with this strict part in the middle.
My hair always parts on the right, because I have a whirl (right word?).

I kind of run my fingers through my hair backwards, see where it goes, then finger-comb it down a bit to avoid having height on top (I have a long face so it looks daft). I don't part when my hair's down, though.

I'm a wavy who runs her hands through her hair a lot. In all honesty, it winds up falling in a natural part. I put that I don't part since it's not intentional.

With my cury hair I never "part" it unless I'm pulling it back for something. If I'm wearing my hair down I flip it from side to side until it dries, so it can find a natural way to place itself and I'm not forcing it to go somewhere it doesn't want to.

I find that I get the best curls this way! :)

I voted "sort of", and I'm curly. I change my part depending on the style I am wearing. I have been liking the side part with my up do's b/c I think it looks more modern. Mostly in the summer I will part in the middle: I think it looks "fresh". I rarely slick it back without a part, but I do messy ponies with no part.

I part in the middle, the side or not at all. It changes depenting on the hairstyle I'm wearing.

I have a natural part that falls just right of centre. It hits right at my monster cowlick. :demon:

I'm a wavy, and I usually have a part whether I want one or not. Like Miss Murphy I can slick it back into a pony or a bun, but as soon as that is released it flops back into a part. I do try to mix it up, switch sides, to avoid the reverse widow's peak, but it is always there.

me too!I try to change it around here and there, but it always goes back to the middle.

Mine likes to part itself in the middle but I've moved it to the side. It's more flattering to my face.

I have no idea how to not part.
I wish I did! I can't do styles where all the hair is pulled back over the head because I end up with bits of parting appearing and it just looks plain daft.

My parting is more or less in the middle - very slightly to the right. I think I'd look nice with a side part but I just can't figure out how to do it...

parting is really tough for me...I do a side part to comb it out when wet..and then sort of pull my bangs forward as it dries. It ends up drying with really no indication of the part (which I like).

I have straight here, so I think parted hair looks best on me. I part it on the right side of my head, but sometimes my hair is sneaky and goes back to the middle...

I've got a natural part pretty much dead center of my head. It wasn't until I joined LHC that I even realized "not parting" was an option for some people.

My hair naturally parts on the side--I've trained it to go in that direction. I don't care if the part is straight or crooked though.

I've had a center part since I was very little; even when my hair is in an up-do I have to keep my part, or I end up with a week-long scalp-ache.

I chose "sort of" as I have a natural center part but most often when I wear my hair up I don't part it. I used to have the center perma-part
but it started widening slightly so I changed it around for a bit between side and no part. Now I can part anywhere no problem, especially If I do it after wash when my hair is still damp. No scalp ache problems.

I'm a way who doesn't part, but I have bangs now so I don't need to, but when I am without bangs I do part.

I'm a wavy that lets her hair fall naturally into a part. I don't have a permanent part, but my hair will gradually work itself into a new one after I wash it. Sometimes I neaten it up by moving stray hairs onto the "correct" side so that it isn't so zigzag. But, I kind of like the look of a part that isn't super straight.

However, I only let it part when I wear my hair down. When I do updos, I don't part.

My hair naturally parts itself down the middle. It's straight. I usually try to part it off to the side, in a manner that will hide my widow's peak. It just seems to suit my face better to part in this way, as the "down the middle" part makes my face look rather long and plain. I just try to hide the peak because it looks a little odd sitting there, without a part with it.

My hair naturally parts itself down the middle. It's straight. I usually try to part it off to the side, in a manner that will hide my widow's peak. It just seems to suit my face better to part in this way, as the "down the middle" part makes my face look rather long and plain. I just try to hide the peak because it looks a little odd sitting there, without a part with it.

My hair naturally split down the middle when I was younger, but I trained it to part towards the right, now I'm wishing I had done it to the left. :p

My natural part is definitely on the left side of my head but I trained it to fall in the center. Now it falls into either the center or the left, which gets put back to center again, haha. I have this little swirly spot on my head where the hair grows in a spiral counterclockwise direction at the back of my original left part and it bugs when I want to do really nice updos because it will make bumps. Annoying!

I'm a wavy, and I part, on my right side.. it's my natural part. on the left looks weird because of my cowlick. sometimes I part in the middle, but do so only for a shot while, just to change

I'm a wavy and I don't intentionally part my hair, but it likes to part on it's own. I just let it part wherever it wants to and it is usually kind of at an angle from the left to the middle if that makes sense.

My hair naturally split down the middle when I was younger, but I trained it to part towards the right, now I'm wishing I had done it to the left. :p

I've been trying for years to train my hair... it's just starting to "remember" where I put it last time.. finally!