re: Spotting a weave

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So you don't know the answer to his question, but just passed through to Karen him a little?

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Fine. If a black woman has straight hair it's either a wig, a weave, or relaxed hair.

Relaxed hair is pretty easy to spot- it's very straight but also very stiff, almost as if it were hair-sprayed into place. This look is achieved using a chemical treatment. You're seeing the woman's real hair albeit in highly modified form.

Beyond that, there's really not much difference between a wig and a weave other than the fact that a weave is sewn onto one's natural hair in a semi-permanent manner. I'm not sure how you'd draw that distinction at a glance, but if the look is consistent day to day over time then I'd guess it's a weave.