Teeny Weeny Afro (TWA) The TWA is generally the next stage after a Big Chop. Short-short, kinky and about as low-maintenance as it gets, TWAs are a blessing for some women, but for others, it's an "in-between" style -- a frustrating phase of having only a few inches of hair that lasts until hair grows out.
"Having a TWA challenged me to see myself in a different light," says Tamara Floyd of Natural Hair Rules, who has a longer style now but once upon a time wore a TWA. "You disassociate yourself from your long-haired, processed former self. Your TWA ... rebels against the products and styles that you wore with processed hair. So you pretty much have to re-learn your hair texture."
"After your BC, people typically assume you have a TWA because you're crazy, you're sick, your man is doing you wrong, you're losing your hair or you're having a mid-life crisis. You can be Beyoncé and people will think these things."
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