Hair & barber
Hair types & curl patterns
A classification from straight to tightly coiled – helpful for choosing care and products.
A widely used system sorts hair into four groups: type 1 straight, type 2 wavy, type 3 curly, type 4 tightly curled to coily. Subgroups a to c describe how tight the pattern is.
What the classification is good for:
It is orientation, not a label: the tighter the curve, the harder it is for natural sebum to travel to the ends – so the hair needs more moisture and oil. Straight hair, by contrast, gets oily at the roots faster.
Just as important:
Porosity (how quickly hair absorbs and loses moisture) and density often influence product choice more than curl pattern alone. A good consultation looks at all three.
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