What’s the diff between fine&thin hair?
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Topic: What’s the diff between fine&thin hair?
Posted By: sporty_chick
Subject: What’s the diff between fine&thin hair?
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 10:03pm
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I've always wondered what the difference between fine hair and thin hair was. They both look the same. If someone with fine hair was standing beside someone with thin hair, who was standing beside someone with thick hair (AND if someone was to ask ME what kind of hair each person had...) i would say that the first 2 had thin hair and the last one had thick hair. Difference??? If there is no diff then how come there are 2 seperate boards for thin and fine hair? I don't get this. ------------- Much Luv Your Canadian Buddy :) |
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Posted By: KellyH
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 10:15pm
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I don't understand. Two boards....fine hair and thin hair? A. Thin Hair relates to density. B. Fine Hair relates to strand size. Most people who have fine hair, have thin hair. But, thin hair does not necessarily mean hair loss.
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Posted By: LostForever
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 10:54pm
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Yep, thin hair would be like how many hairs you have on your head. Fine
hair relates to the actual diameter of a person's individual strands. For instance, I have fine hair but a lot of it, giving the impression of medium-thick hair. My best friend, on the other hand, has extra thick hair (she is Asian) but not as many strands on her head as a whole (thin) so her hair also looks medium-thick. |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 12:05am
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And then sometimes people with thin hair get hair loss. . . and that's just another horror story altogether -_- . ------------- More awesome than a manatee! |
Posted By: demodoll
Date Posted: September 04 2005 at 3:39pm
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But a lot of people, me included, have both fine and thin hair. A true "challenge." ------------- "It is better to look marvelous than to feel marvelous" Billy Crystal |
Posted By: princess8907
Date Posted: December 09 2005 at 8:37am
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I have the same problem. It grows extremely fast, but breaks soo easily ------------- 4b-natural,shoulder blade length,hair goal of to my bra strap 
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demodoll wrote:Posted By: Alayney
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 12:58am
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Myself, I never thought of the two as one in the same. I agree with the above definitions, but I always thought of thin hair as when someone is experiencing hair loss due to a medical problem or aging. Like LostForever, I have fine hair but a lot of it. I am forever correcting people who say their hair is thin when they mean fine. |