Want to grow my hair but it'd grow into an afro. Please help?

Right, forgive me but I'm not good at hair care and that cos I'm a pre-op male-to-female transsexual with a homophobic mother, never been able to get near anything remotely feminine, but...



Anyway, in my family we have an annoying gene where your hair ends up either extremely frizzy or curly and my Mum is lucky cos her's is just curly but I take after my Grandma and it's kinda frizzy and if either of us grow our hairs they'll be like afros. Plus our hairs are rather stubborn, even my Mum's.



Thing is I really don't want to be a girl with really short hair my entire life, I want to grow it atleast to shoulder length, maybe longer but I want that hair to actually touch my shoulder, not the ceiling and for it to be silky soft and straight.



Any advice on how I can achieve this from hair that would otherwise grow as an afro?



Please and thank you and no hate answers about my gender identity, it's a recognise medical condition with plenty of medical evidence backing it.Want to grow my hair but it'd grow into an afro. Please help?
use oil on your hair everyday

your hair will be less dry and a bit more straighter



but remember , it dosnt happen in 1 second so dont come and say it dosnt workWant to grow my hair but it'd grow into an afro. Please help?
Just make sure to keep your hair healthy as it grows out, get plenty of vitamins in your diet, and make sure it's conditioned and moisturized. Get hair treatments every month or so plus trims every month or so to keep it growing. At a salon, ask for a deep conditioning treatment. Or do it yourself at home with olive oil (google it if you don't know how) If it's frizzy, go to the store and get an anti frizz serum to use daily, and a styling product for frizzy hair. (Paul Mitchell silky smooth or something like that is what I use) Put it on your hair when You get out of the shower. And buy a heavy conditioner. You may want to consider straightening it if you want it to be smooth and silky and if you're not worried about damaging it. Make sure you get a heat protectant though and apply it before straightening. (I recommend chi products found at any beauty supply, walmart, etc) And I recommend a chi straightener I wouldn't use anything else. Pretty pricey though. good luck!
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if you're worried about that in-between stage, you might want to invest in getting extensions sewn into your own hair to allow your hair to grow. once you remove the extensions, you can see the amount of growth that has occurred and decide whether you're satisfied or want to go a bit longer.



another option is to consider getting your hair cut professionally into a style which will reduce the frizz which you experience and by someone who can facilitate regular sessions to ensure that your hair grows in nicely.



depending on your ethnic identity or comfort level with other hair styles, african-american women often braid their hair, or use products such as ';snap-back'; or ';Mixed Chicks products'; to help give their natural curly and/or frizzy hair a nice, soft look and feel.



GOOD LUCK! =)
get it professionally straightened
You're best bet is to just talk to an experienced stylist.
Afro hair ideally needs to be looked after by people in the know. I would recommend that you do some research and find yourself a good hair saloon that specialises with Afro hair.



I recall when I lived near Neasdon (NW London) that there were plenty of places there because of the high African population. They would display various certificates %26amp; diplomas confirming that they were suitably trained.



So I would recommend that you visit an area near to where you live where there is a high number of afro-people and see which hair saloons are popular %26amp; have the necessary qualifications to back it up. You would get the best advice from them in person.



In the mean time, do take note of some of the other suggestions and try some of them. One that I haven't seen mentioned is hair extensions. These are very popular among girls of all races and ages too.



The major drawbacks with afro-hair is that if you have too much done to your hair, the chemicals (over time) can cause it to temporarily fall out.
Talk to and become friends with a professional stylist, and ask them about basic maintenance which you can do yourself. Play with different styles. I don鈥檛 know if your on HRT, but one of the effects is that it will change how your hair grows and the Ph balance of your scalp.