A ratio of curls or coils per given length of hair could help people figure out their hair type—and how to care for it.
. It didn’t help Gaines that there was limited guidance about the best options for her specific hair type, followed by conflicting advice on social media and from friends.
Among their findings, the team found a newly developed parameter called a “stretch ratio.” This ratio quantifies and compares the force that is needed to uncurl a strand of hair until it straightens. The ratio was negligible for straight hair, about 0.8 for wavy, 1.1 for kinky, and 1.4 for curly. The team believes that this measurement could be a quantifiable way of distinguishing between hair types since it indicates the initial curliness of hair.
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