"Fairy knots form when a single strand of hair loops around itself ... Fairy knots are typically experienced by those with textured hair (think 3b to 4c types with fine strands and high shrinkage).

Well, if you didn’t know before, those are called single-strand knots. They’re pretty common in curly and coily hair, and you’re probably dealing with them all wrong. “Single-strand knots ...

“Also known as single-strand knots, fairy knots are medically known as trichonodosis and are small tangles or knots that form around the mid-shaft of the hair,” says Yetty Bames ...

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The balls you are seeing are called single strand knots and unfortunately, they come with the natural hair territory. They’re also commonly referred to as fairy knots because they’re so ...

As long as you have natural hair, you pretty much have single strand knots. They are also known as SSK’s in the natural hair community. When I started off on my natural healthy hair journey ...

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The balls you are seeing are called single strand knots and unfortunately, they come with the natural hair territory. They’re also commonly referred to as fairy knots because they’re so ...