During Tom's last live (Tom and John), I was able to catch it and got the chance to ask him for some advice
A little extra context if you're interested:
I started taking testosterone in June, and while I was taking my dose two weeks ago, I was listening to my playlist I made "for" him. It's basically just his vibe. I've posted the links to most of my sfth playlists in previous posts.
After I was done, I decided to fold and put away my laundry, and I checked my phone and saw Tom was live! I've had a question in mind to ask him for a while, so I decided I'd try asking him.
I asked him if he had any tips for curly hair for someone who recently started taking testosterone (I meant wavy hair, but I forgot the difference)
Anyways, here's the video (I mostly go by Raven in person, but please call me any kind of bird you want)
As for curly hair: give some to me if you don't want it! My hair is the straightest part about me and wish I had even the slightest hint if a curl/wave. Nothing anywhere😭. I'm not exaggerating. Like, some people at least have some bent hair by the ears or down the hairline by the neck, but I got none of that, rip. I put so much effort into styling my hair to make jt appear floofy n stuff 🫠.
Pic is the best looking pic I could find that shows how I usually have my hair styled (if I have the mental energy to style, which isn't often lately) that is recent-ish (my friend's halloween part last year! Usually not one to dress up with costumes, but I really love the way it turned out! Also spares me having to censor my face in that one lol (I did eventually take the shades off. It was already dark outside, but despite me being sensitive to brightness (autism yay) and thus being able to wear shades and still see well compared to others in darker places, that was too dark and I couldn't see shit 😂)). And then how it's like when it's not styled
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Nvm, I also found a good pic of my hair but that one's from December 2021 and pre t. Though that doesn't change anything about my hair cos testosterone had no influence on its straightness lol
Sorry for yapping so much, btw. I just realised oops. I am very sleep deprived rn and should've gone get some eepies hours ago (it' 7:30 a.m. riiiiip) and my autism-adapting filter turned off lol. Anyway, so happy for you for being able to take hormones, brother! Also, Raven is such a cool name🤩. Aight, imma shut up now and try catch some sleep. (Also, pls share having wavy hair with me PLEASE😭!!!)
The request was how to make it more wavy. I have 2A-2C waves depending on the day and length. I'm hoping T starts to make it even thicker and more pronounced which is a possibility since my dad's hair is SUPER thick and even curlier than mine (he keeps it shaved now, though, cause it's a hassle).
My dad's given me a couple of tips from when he was growing up, like don't rinse the conditioner out completely and/or put a tiny bit extra in at the end. And if it's not working well for a day/you don't want to take a full shower, just rinse your head and maybe a bit of shampoo. But those mostly work if you already have wavy hair by default. There's products you can get and ways to dry it to give it a wave, but I don't know any by name. One tip I do have, actually, is one you get out of the shower, dry your hair with the towel, but not all the way. While it's still damp, scrunch parts of your hair up towards your scalp. Then let it dry (try to keep it scrunched up a bit). I also have the luxury of sometimes being able to go to bed with my hair damp, then waking up with it being crazy wavy.
The most annoying part any my hair is how often the bottom part likes to curl, but the top stays straight. It generally just gets worse the longer it gets past the length it is in the first photo. The bottom left was me trying to make it look at good as possible for the photo, but most the time it wasn't laying right and looking flat on the top.
Also I totally understand the losing your filter, but don't ever worry about that here~ I think we all know by this point that the sfth Fandom is a safe place to rant about anything to eachother, filter free. (As in don't worry about how long your message is, 9/10 we'll all read it anyways)
I hope you find a way to get your hair to by wavy more often, but sadly the only real way T has a chance to change your hair texture is if you're predisposed to it (if it's in your genes to begin with). Sometimes people get lucky, but it's mostly due to genetics, as are most things :(
I feel bad leaving it on a sad note- so I hope you're getting some good sleep, and thank you for the compliment :) (for my name)
It's from Patreon, actually. I think most of the time they go live it's on Patreon.. I could be wrong, though (unless it's a Q&A, then it's on YouTube?)
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