Losing Curls

[chkpea]

My almost 5 year old has had great curly hair since he has gotten hair. We went to get a hair cut today and it has gotten long and wavy, the hairdresser commented on him losing his curls now, and I said well actually it just a length issue once it is trimmed it goes curly again, she said I was in denial ha ha ha. Weird! Anyhow she did cut it too short. Is there a hair product suggestion to help give moisture to his hair to help his curls -- which he still has?

[Limabean1975]

I personally would not put a hair product on a 5-year old, but I can tell you what makes my son's and my neice's hair curlier: more humidity in the house. When it's dry from the furnace running, their hair gets straighter. When there is more humidity either in the summer or with a humidifier running, their hair gets curlier.
I understand wanting the curls- they are so darn cute and the hair going straight feels like a loss of babyness!

[chkpea]

yeah its my selfishness. By product I meant to put, something natural because I know that there are a lot of chemicals in all the drug store stuff.

[Garden~Lover]

he could be just loosing his curls too. My youngest dd had super curly hair until she was 4, I was very excited , I always wanted a little girl with curly hair, but well after about age 4 , it went by by, now it is bone straight, no curl in sight.
weird same thing happened to my son, he had super curly hair, until he was also 4, only b.c it was so curly he had never had it cut it was always at his ears. Then at 4.5 we got it cut before he started preschool and it went away. weird thing too, it was blond before cut, after cut it was brown....

[marimara]

just extra moisture, like conditioner at bath time. No shampoo or only once a week or something like that. For my dd I use shampoo mixed w/conditioner to wash once a week and follow up w/more conditioner. Then daily I spray a leave in conditioner on her hair (california baby detangler is natural). I make my own with a spray bottle with a few squirts of conditioner and water, shake up, that's it. Spray to comb out tangles and keep curls!

[swd12422]

Try a LITTLE vegetable glycerin while it's wet. Like just a couple of drops. That should help...