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Hairstyles of North America

46 hairstyles from North America on EveryHairstyle so far.

🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreNatural hair movement A social and cultural campaign for wearing textured hair without chemical straightening.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960

🇺🇸 United StatesDurag Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.Wrapped · Curly hair · 1960

🇺🇸 United StatesAfro A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960

🇺🇸 United StatesConk Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920

🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984

🇺🇸 United StatesProtective hairstyle Styles that tuck hair away to reduce breakage and environmental damage.Braid · Coily and kinky hair 🇺🇸 United StatesSilk press Heat-straightened style for kinky hair without chemicalsStyled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920

🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980 🇺🇸 United StatesWicks Thick upright locs formed by fusing smaller dreadlocks together.Locs · Coily and kinky hair 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSenegalese twists Smooth two-strand protective style using synthetic hair.Locs · Any hair · 1984 🇺🇸 United StatesSisterlocks Tiny, uniform locs for versatile natural styling.Locs · Coily and kinky hair · 1991 🇺🇸 United StatesBig chop Cutting off chemically treated hair to start natural growthCut · Coily and kinky hair 🇺🇸 United StatesLemonade braids Side-swept cornrows popularised by Beyoncé in 2016Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 2016 🇺🇸 United StatesKnotless braids A protective braiding style that feeds in hair to reduce scalp tension.Braid · Coily and kinky hair · 2010 🇺🇸 United StatesTwist-out A protective hairstyle created by unraveling twists to form defined waves.Styled · Curly hair

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Protective hairstyle: Bluenile Photography c/o A. Smith, CC BY 2.0, source
Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Natural hair movement: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source
Durag: The original uploader was Calliopejen at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.0, source

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