We had a poll like this on the old LHC, and I always found it very fascinating. Now that I know there's even more henna users, I wanted to repost it :D

Please pick only one option and explain in detail in the thread :)

ETA: How about I answer my own question. I selected Type 2 and became less wavy, because henna was enough to knock me down from a solid 2a to a 1c.

I'm a type 3b/c and henna didn't noticably change my curl pattern at all.

It used to hang, and now it hangs, from 1a => 1a

I'll vote after my second henna. I've no change so far.

As far as being 1a it doesn't get any straighter. But nowdays I got some crazy wavy hairs. Some are even 3a. I'm all over the map. Actually some hairs are strangely kinked and brittle and coarse. The henna has helped straighten my frizz somewhat. These days I'm really worried about by hair actually.
But overall staighter, which is a God-send for me

I'm 3a/b, and have more 3bish days since I began hennaing......but my hair was chemically dyed and damaged, which has a definite straightening effect for me. So, I'm not sure whether the henna enhanced my curls per se, or whether discontinuing chemical dyes did.
Also, henna did repair some of the damage, which had a curl-enhancing effect.

2a and no change. But, it feels like my hair has become coarser.

Here's something else that I've noticed... Let's say my hair is up in a bun, and I pet it with the hair...smooth as glass. But when I pet it the wrong way, against the cuticle, it's- rough isn't the right word, but grabby? Does anyone else notice this or am I a mutant?

I'm not sure if it's just that the "right way" is so smooth that anything else is a lot of contrast, or if my hair was always this way and I just now noticed it and attribute it to henna.

I voted no change. However, there has been some small change in my waviness, but I think that's due to cutting out the cones and the hairbrush, and before doing terrible things to my hair I remember the waviness being about what it is right now.

I also haven't done as many full head hennas as some people. (Probably only two). And there is bleach under my henna, so I wonder if this has had some affect since it took a lot of work to get the henna to go over some of the bleach, and on the ends you can see the blond coming through again.

my hair definatly got straighter/less wavy... and the more full head applications i did the les wavy it became... i have decided its time to switch to root only applications.. that way it only costs me a dollar a month to do my henna... where i live i can get 100 grams of henna for a dollar... and its good henna too! it gets my hair just the right color and i only need to leave it on for an hour.. 3 hour dyerelease and an hour on my head

I voted less wave. It's also been more noticeable since I switched to using Jamilla from Yemen for some reason. I only henna the length every 6 months or so too.

I really haven't noticed a change in waviness (or lack thereof) since I started using henna.

I honestly think, even though I voted more wave (2) that my other changes probably caused that more than the henna, I don't remember henna doing it before...

Amie

Hello I'm a 2c wavy and I've henndigoed 6 times totally and did 2 indigo glosses so far. I can definately say that henna+indigo made my hair less wavy and smoother. My hair doesn't puff out too much anymore and it took away the frizz as well. I almost have 2a hair some days(according to washing method) and I don't have curls anymore...Also my strands have become coarser and smoother in texture,they used to look zigzaggy(whatever that is) but now they wave in a smoother way:)

Type 1, no change.

My hair was a 1c before hennaing, and a 1b/c after.

I'm not really convinced that it was the henna made my hair straighter, though. A lot of my pre-henna waves were from chemically dying my hair once a month, which made it frizzy and "wavy". Now that I'm using henna instead, my hair looks less wavy because there isn't as much damage.

Type 1 and saw no change

Here's something else that I've noticed... Let's say my hair is up in a bun, and I pet it with the hair...smooth as glass. But when I pet it the wrong way, against the cuticle, it's- rough isn't the right word, but grabby? Does anyone else notice this or am I a mutant?

I'm not sure if it's just that the "right way" is so smooth that anything else is a lot of contrast, or if my hair was always this way and I just now noticed it and attribute it to henna.

Well, I notice it too, so either you're not a mutant, or we're both mutants. :p For me, at least, I don't think the grabbiness is because of henna. I think it's just more noticeable, because before I hennaed, my hair felt grabby both ways. I just didn't think about it as much, because I didn't have that wonderful henna smoothness going in one direction.

As for changes in hair type: I answered that my hair has become less wavy. It actually starts out with about the same amount of wave right after washing as it did before I started hennaing, but it tends to lose the wave much more quickly than it used to. I can actually get it to go fairly straight just by combing it as it dries, which I never used to be able to do. Used to be, my hair wouldn't go completely straight even with a straightening iron and tons of hair spray. :rolleyes:

My hair definitely got straighter.

Nightshade that 'grabby' feeling you describe was one of the reasons (along with dryness & laziness on my part) that made me stop using henna.

My hair definitely became straighter.

This is the only thing I regret about henna. I went from a solid 2b/2c to, dunno, 1c or 2a, at most? I'm still trying to figure out my new hairtype.

Brushing used to have no ill effect on my waves, now it seems they fall right out as soon as the boar bristles come near them. Also, the braid waves from my night braid vanish within a few hours.

I voted that my hair was type two and got less wavy. Its one of the reasons I stopped using Henna. I really like my waves. :)

Mine got less wavier . I am type 2 . I have stopped hennaing now and I think sometimes some of the extra waves are returning a bit, though it's only been 3 months but that could be layers I had put in my hair. :ponder:

Only one henna, but I was a 2b/easily encouraged to c. I haven't had a reason to encourage it since the henna, so I don't know if I'll be able to get to c anymore.

I guess I'm one of the rare ones who gained curl and wave after henna.
My hair has much more body with henna so instead of lying flat and lank like baby hair it stands out and bumps around a bit.

I voted cheese.
I've never used henna, but I have thought about using it for short times just for the benefits, but not quite long enough to get any crazy hair changes.

Edit: I do use a condish sometimes that has a little bit of henna in it, but it's the tiniest amount, so I didn't even think about it.

My hair gets less frizzy and holds curl better longer after I henna.

I haven't noticed any relaxing of my 3a. Just lots more shine. And redness. I have only used Yemen in case we are trying to determine whether that makes a difference.

My hair gets straighter/less wavy with henna. When my hair hair is trashed and fried and dried, mainly from chemical dyes, it was very very wavy, borderline curly, and as I've treated it better it's gotten smoother.

I'm trying to figure out how to get the curlies back without resorting to a curling iron or trashing my hair again :P

before henna i passed as a 2c, now, after many henna sessions i don't.