Hair with strands that are skinny in diameter is called fine hair and has a silky, baby-like feel. Although most people with fine hair have little of it, there are many fine-haired people who are blessed with an abundance of strands. Because it is so light in weight, fine hair is often flyaway and generally works best with unlayered or minimally layered cuts that don’t remove too much weight.

Medium, or normal, hair strands are those of middling width. These strands form the most common type of hair texture. Medium-textured hair is neither flyaway nor wiry; instead, it i hangs where it’s cut to hang – this makes it well-adapted to all kinds of haircuts.