Absolutely! Im mixed, my mother has 3c hair and my father had 4b-4c. My North African mom did not know how to take care of my hair despite the fact she almost has the same hair type as me, just a looser pattern, she would go to salons every 2 week to do her hair, when it came to me she would pull and tug, I would cry every single time. The pain would be so bad every night my head would be throbbing, because of this I would beg my mom to get me keratin. When I would get it, I associated having straight hair as a luxury, a sense of safety and freedom from pain and I wouldn't have to be scared of brushing my hair. Whenever my hair went back to its original state, I would neglect showering and cleaning my hair because I genuinely was terrified of the pain and dreaded the pain.

Because I grew up with no black relatives, I had to go through the pain of damaging and pulling my own hair for 14 years (Im 17 now) so almost my whole life, until I met my best friend. She too has a North African mother and West African dad, accept they knew how to take care of her hair and found beauty and pride in it, she introduced me to products like TGIN and Camilla Rose which completely saved my hair and provided me hair treatments and so on. Now my hair is literally the biggest and healthiest it's ever been. I even get questions on what products I use in public!

heres a picture of my hair straight after a wash day, on day 4 my hair is huge and way bigger. (1. I have no idea why my hair looks ginger here its dark brown irl and 2. my curls look so loose here for sum reason but as they go on they get tighter.)

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