anyone walking around with hair like that should get a straight up slap in the face
Dude, when I had hair like that, women liked it. I used to wear hats a lot, and was told, why hide those waves. One has to 'train their hair to lay down flat. Then have it "tightened up, to look like this:

But, when kept close, it can look like this:

Why do you think you see brothas with Do Rags on? To keep the waves in, or to help them get in. You put that hair pomade in, after getting a a haircut or washing your hair, and then the do rag on...
man...that stuff clogs up your follicles.
I never put a whole lot in...I stop it in 2007, because i had a bald spot on the back of my head.