i looked up the curly girl method and it looks great! my hair certainly needs it! it's not unhealthy per se because i don't blow dry it and i oil it once a week BUT it doesn't curl the way it naturally should and i do use hot water to wash it so >.>
the thing is the curly girl method seems very western? as in the hair care practices where i live are very different. i've almost never come across someone using gel for instance, and if i started using gel i'd be doing something nobody around me can advise me on because nobody around me uses it

and then figuring out how i'd now use hair oil is tricky; like i know it's okay to use in the curly girl method but how often, and how in tandem with the other unfamiliar products i'll start using... that'll be tricky to figure out. but i DO know that people who use the method are diverse, like one FB group i came across is women's only so that when the members share their pics, women who usually cover their hair and aren't supposed to make it visible to men have their cultural practice respected and stuff. so i think i just need to look around online a little more thoroughly for Indian curly girls
and i'm worried about how my hair will be in the transition period but i know it'll be worth it. i'm planning to start during my gap year after i graduate so that's... six more months of classes, longer if we include the holidays. i can research bit by bit in that time.