Help! My baby fine hair is driving me crazy

I have been checking out these boards for a long time and I am sort of surprised that not too many people seem to have the same problem that I do. I have baby-fine, stick-straight, thin hair. There is all sorts of advise around the internet for fine hair but much of it isn`t very good (using pommade, for instance, is a huge mistake). I am searching for a new hairstyle that isn`t a chin length bob. I wore one for 20 years and it was easy and looked good but I just got sick of it. So I had it cut very short and layered (in a short crop I guess) and I have been miserable ever since. I have had all sorts of stylists trying to do something with my hair and it just won`t work. I spend lots of time styling it every day just to have it fall flat (I live in the south with humidity). So the style I have has to be one that doesn`t need to do much more than hang there. Smooth seems to work better than the new "texture" that everyone raves about. I have a square face too so short hair is iffy at best (discovered that AFTER all my hair was gone). Layers and/or perms are a disaster. If anyone out there has been there with this kind of hair and has a solution other than a one length bob, I will love you forever. I have spent thousands of dollars on "salon quality" products that don`t do what they say they will (I only use those for fine hair or volume).

I currently have highlights (those work well at least), very short hair and growing out layers. The back while very short is all one length. Sides are shorter but getting closer to one length. I also have bangs. This cut looks sort of like a really short bowl except the sides are too short to blend with the back.

If you have managed to get through this (bless you) and can help, please do. I can`t believe I am the only one.

Hi Heather,
I am still checking my posts and I am glad to see that someone finally noticed this one. I am still struggling with growing out this mess. It is about mid cheek length and still layered (although they are growing out) and generally looks very bad right now. I am wearing an inverted bob which would be OK in a less humid climate than south Florida but it just sticks to my head here. NO volume at all.

One thing to be very wary of is that most hairdressers don`t understand out type of hair and cut it with lots of layers. Big mistake!! I was set back at least six months in my grow out plan but a hot new stylist I was advised to try. She cut short layers all over and really messed me up.

Try to find someone with fine hair like your to cut your hair. They understand what you are dealing with. I haven`t got any advise beyond that. I am sorry that I cut off my bob and I want it back badly.

Actually I am at a very, very bad stage of growing out. It is all I can do to keep myself from running into the nearest salon and begging for them to do something. I know that I need to wait and in a few months it will be much better but this is very hard. I can sympathize with spending a lot of time on your hair only to have humidity ruin it. I just have to hope that there is a style for me in someone`s scissors.