The hairy truth...

Lets talk hair….

I know so many women have the misconception that they have a certain type of hair Thick, Thin, Straight, and Curly it drives me nuts. Esepcially the girls "I have such thick hair"

Well your wrong sweetie!!  Hair is measured in diameter and texture there is only Course, Medium or Fine.

Coarse Hair Type

Coarse hair has a diameter of 100 microns and above. So many ladies have the mistaken belief that course hair is thick hair. Wrong. It depends on how much hair you have.

Coarse hair is:

• Rough and textured

• Wiry and hard to soften

• Wild and beautiful

• Strong doesn’t break

Coarse hair is often dry. Coarse hair needs conditioning to keep it under control. . Get a layered cut. Stay away from a blunt cuts. Whether you think your hair is thin or thick depends on the number of hairs on your head not on the thickness of each hair strand.

The average head has between 100,000 and 150,000 hairs, and normal daily fall-out is 50-100 hairs. People with course hair have about 150,000 strands on their heads. People with Fine hair have about 90,000 strands on their heads.

Medium Hair Type

Most people have medium hair. Medium hair is not smooth, but not to course, and has a diameter between 60-90 microns.

Medium hair has lots of body and usually holds either a blow-dry shape or any type of hairstyle very well. It has the most styling flexibility of the three hair types.

Medium hair is:

Softer than coarse hair.

 More voluminous than fine hair.

 More manageable than fine hair.

 Medium hair is regularly considered ideal hair.

Fine hair Type

Is softer but not considered thin. It dries fast and breaks often.  Fine hair is delicate and hard to style. With fine hair  people tend to have less hair. This hair needs to be treated with major care. Fine hair has about 50-40 Microns.

 Fine hair:
  Hard to work with

  Softer than medium hair

       More prone to breakage

     Hard to style

Three Ways To Find Out What Your Hair Type Is

First way:

How long does it take for your hair to dry naturally? Your hair is fine if it takes less than an hour to dry. Your hair is course if it takes more than an hour to dry.

Second way:

Pull out a single hair.

Put it against a piece of white paper. This way you will identify your hair type much easier.

Fine hair is difficult to see and not easily felt between the fingers.

Medium hair is easily seen against the white paper, but it will not feel wiry between the fingers.

Coarse hair will be very visible against the white paper. It will feel quite wiry between the fingers.

Third way:

Make a ponytail.

Put your thumb and forefinger around it to make a circle.

Your hair is fine if the circle is dime-sized or less.

Your hair is course if the circle is quarter-sized or more.

Anything in-between is medium.

And now you know the truth these hair types. There is no thick or thin hair it’s just textures and how many hairs on your head.  So stop saying my hairs thick or thin. Hair companies make women think a different way but now you know. You can manipulate hair with products and hair tools.  (Love B Medium hair)  Read my next blog when I get into African American hair types.