hair product for coarse hair

Hi! I'm an East Asian. My hair is straight and very thick. I've been with very short hairstyle, side and back shaved top spiked up with gel, for years. But finally I got tired of the same typical Asian hairstyle and determined to change my hairstyle. I want to change my hair length to medium. The problem is my hair is really coarse and the volume, especially short side hair, is almost uncontrollable. I've tried various moisturilizers, including leave-in conditioners and moisturizing oil for African Americans. The oil seems working a little bit, but I'm still dissatisfied. Are there any recommendations for hair care product? I also wonder if there are any advices regarding hairstyle of very coarse hair.

It sounds like I have the same hair he does. Mine was 8 inches long (last friday) then I went to get it tidied up a lil, the barber made a mistake and most had to be cut off >.<. Growing it shoulder length now.

Anyway, my hair was long and still didnt settle, I'm doubting his will either.
The best thing you can use with hair like that is olive oil :) (mix with a lil water is cool, it'll make some greasy preciptate first, but keep rubbing and it'll go.)

I've been using olive oil for 2 years now... seems to be the only solution to my hair.

Trust me, it works a charm. The only problem is you have greasy hair then, but bah! it looks cool anyway ^_^, and your hair will be well easy to comb and style. (I dont think you should brush it in its oiled state.)

Olive oil smells, but you'll get used to it, its not that bad a smell either, and some like it.

I'll post some pictures of my dry hair, and oiled hair sometime.

there is a distinct advantage to having thicker hair. As an asian girl with mass loads of hair which is really long the weight got to be a lot. I found two ways to make it really calm down and be the thick flowing cape that you usually see in the movies. My hair is rather coarse and thick but due to my wonderful stylist she has managed to lighten it considerably and then using Biolage for thick coarse hair shampoo has also made it much better. Hope this helps.