This past year, I realized I was straightening and then, ironically, curling, my hair more than usual (you know, to get those smooth, big spiral curls, yeah, no one has that hair naturally). And despite coloring much less, my hair was in worse condition than it had been in for a long while. That’s when I decided to give it a break and see what I could find out about how to restore my long-suppressed curls.