What can I do about my thick, coarse hair?

Question

I have that is very thick and coarse, and it looks poofy unless I put something in it. It's almost like hair that should be curly but is straight. My dad's hair is like mine but his is a little curly (he's italian) and my mom's is thick too but straight (she's irish).

So what can I do about my hair? I've used conditioners and currently I've switched to Redken for Men, it's like $10 a bottle and I've tried two kinds - one is called aquafy which is a shampoo/conditioner to hydrate the hair (thought this would help cuz it's dry), and then I tried get relaxed, it says "smoothing shampoo for coarse, unruly hair."

I spend a lot of money on this stuff, it works OK but doesn't do too much. My hair just looks POOFY all the time, unless it's really short like for about a week after I just get it cut. I used to gel it all the time, that would help a lot but I hate having gel in my hair and it's a pain to put it in every day.

Any advice? Ideas?

My hair is short, I'd say close to an inch on top and less on the sides, but it grows very fast. I just don't like how poofy it looks.

Answer 1

Ok. First off, you never said how long your hair is now! If you have short hair, the longer you grow it; more the puffiness will subside. The more layers you have, the more your hair will look BIG. The longer the layers the better. I would also suggest thinning the hair at about an 1" from the roots (depending on how coarse your hair is.) (a straight razor is best)
If your hair is shorter I suggest major texturizing with a straight razor. (throughout, (root to end)) I would try a different stylist.
Redkin Allsoft ( the heavy cream conditioner ) & their regular "All Soft " daily shampoo & conditioner is great as well. The heavy texturizing will make your hair light & spikeyish. The messy look. This is the look for today!
I am afraid gel or wax type products are needed with any style or hair type. Good Luck!!! Dar P.S. At least you have plenty of hair to work with! You can always take hair away but if you have nothing to work with to start, you really lose.

Answer 2

I certainly have hair this would nicely be a thick as a freaking mop lol so I certainly have been given between the straighteners u can use mutually as ur hair is moist.... what u do i enable ur hair dry till it fairly is a sprint damp after a bathtub and located some straightening product in it.... i for my area like dangle at as quickly as from aveda. Then straighten after putting indoors the product (make helpful ur hair keeps to be damp via very fact if its not this wont paintings besides) and located some anti frizz product in it mutually as ur performed... id try this possibly basically 3 or 2 time in step with week in any diverse case u will harm ur hair... choose this helped!!

Answer 3

You need to get your hair thinned