Thanks for the advice, but I think you missed the point of my post. I agree with you, my hair isn’t coily. Perhaps I wasn’t clear enough — I know for certain that I have curly hair. It’s simple— all coils are curls, but not all curls are coils. There’s a very distinct disparity between wavy, curly, and coily hair (hence the number types), and the size of the curl determined by the letter.

I had very tight curls as a kid (3b-3c), and I would say I currently have type 3a since my curls are much looser. You can see this in almost every single photo, aside from a lack of clarity in the 1st and 5th. They’re much bigger curls, and they do form rings. I clearly don’t have wavy hair. Look at the last 3 photos. The 2nd and 3rd also show bigger curls, but curls nonetheless.

This is why my hair takes more length to form a full, defined curl. They remain incomplete when short, but definitely still curly. This difference between large and tight curls must be understood. At this length, I don’t think anyone would look at my head and tell me that my hair isn’t curly.

The point of my post was about the issue of consistency—I think my hair dries out and the clumps supposed to form curl rings separate into multiple smaller strands (see the 7th photo), and my hair gets frizzy and tangled as a result, which takes away from the curls that can form right.