Hairstylist Todd Edwards echoes this sentiment. "Clients tend to think that if they have a lot of shrinkage, they have 4C hair, which is not always the case," says Edwards, who is also a Mizani ...

Taking care of your 4C curls can be challenging, especially if you recently went natural. 4C hair is the ‘coiliest’ hair texture – made up of hair strands that have a very tight zig-zag pattern.