What Is My Hair Texture? Here’s How You Can Find Out

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Finding products that work for your hair can feel like a never ending process of trail and error.

Everybody’s hair is unique, of course, which can make the search for the perfect hair product difficult.

By determining your hair texture, you’ll be able to add products into hair care routine designed to target your specific hair needs.

So, we talked to an expert to find out how you can identify your hair texture and asked which products work best for each texture.

How to Identify Your Hair Texture

Your texture is defined by the thickness of each individual hair strand. 

“The best way to identify your own texture is to run one strand of hair between your index and thumb,” says trichologist Shab Caspara.

“Fine hair will be super smooth and slide through without barely being felt. Medium hair will still be smooth but felt much more and coarse hair will have a rougher texture,” says Caspara.

It’s important to note that hair texture and hair type are two different things.

According to Caspara, “Any hair texture be it fine, medium, or coarse can range from straight to kinky hair; every possibility of textures and curl patterns exists.”

Basically, straight hair doesn’t equate to fine hair, and curly hair doesn’t equate to coarse hair.