Hair types are consistently misunderstood. As I mentioned earlier, the most basic misunderstanding is in the distinctions between fine and coarse, thick and thin. Fine/coarse defines the diameter of a particular hair strand, not straight or curly; either can be either--fine and straight (like most Nordic hair), fine and curly (like baby hair), coarse and straight (Oriental), or coarse and curly (black hair). Thick and thin is another blessing or problem--respectively. Everyone wants thick (although not coarse) hair; everyone worries about hair thinning with age, when the follicles begin to "tire out" and stop producing a luxuriant crop.
Thick hair may be hard to manage because of its weight. In cases where it is too heavy to sustain a style particularly when its growth pattern (all forward, for instance) is a problem or when it is extremely curly--it can be thinned judiciously to ease handling and encourage bounce and movement.
The real challenge to any hairdresser is not thick but thin--trying to make less look like more without resorting to hairpieces, wigs, or falls.
I will touch on creating the illusion of thick hair later, but just let me say one thing here that cannot be emphasized enough: You don't make your hair look thicker by refusing to have it cut. Just the opposite is true: hair that is trimmed regularly and attended to by someone who knows what s/he is doing will always look more luxuriant, healthier, and shinier than hair that is not.
By Richard Stein.
Thick hair may be hard to manage because of its weight. In cases where it is too heavy to sustain a style particularly when its growth pattern (all forward, for instance) is a problem or when it is extremely curly--it can be thinned judiciously to ease handling and encourage bounce and movement.
The real challenge to any hairdresser is not thick but thin--trying to make less look like more without resorting to hairpieces, wigs, or falls.
I will touch on creating the illusion of thick hair later, but just let me say one thing here that cannot be emphasized enough: You don't make your hair look thicker by refusing to have it cut. Just the opposite is true: hair that is trimmed regularly and attended to by someone who knows what s/he is doing will always look more luxuriant, healthier, and shinier than hair that is not.
By Richard Stein.
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