Thin or Thick Hair

I read somewhere that you can tell you have thin hair if you need to wrap a hair tie around multiple time and thick hair if it feels tight after the second wrap but my hair is too short to try this test. So how do I figure out if my hair is thin, medium or thick? It looks like I have thick hair but I feel that my tightly coiled curls are the the culprit of this illusion....I don't know....maybe....I guess? lol

So I think I found the answer to my own question in the Curl Whisperer article on protein treatments.
The other day I uses a protein treatment and it left my hair feeling dry and just plain nasty. According to Tiffany that is the result when your hair already has a lot of protein as is typical of coarse/thick hair.

Ummmm doesn't thick hair look like ....thick hair? lol

Well some people have thick hair and others just have a lot of hair...meaning that it may appear to be thick because of the amount of hair follicles but the strands in themselves may not be thick

TutuKia wrote:Ummmm doesn't thick hair look like ....thick hair? lol

Nope....

My daughter has A LOT of hair and it gives the perception that her hair is thick. But her strands are VERY fine and tangle easily. Now my strands are thick and I have a lot of hair. So from my experience, just b/c ones hair looks thick, doesn't mean it actually is.

oooop2 wrote:

TutuKia wrote:Ummmm doesn't thick hair look like ....thick hair? lol

Nope....

My daughter has A LOT of hair and it gives the perception that her hair is thick. But her strands are VERY fine and tangle easily. Now my strands are thick and I have a lot of hair. So from my experience, just b/c ones hair looks thick, doesn't mean it actually is.

So basically thick strands and thick hair are two different things then? o.0 I don't think I've look at any one strand of hair on anyones head before xD lol Interesting though >.< now I wonder if my hair is thick or my strands and overall hair o.0

@tutukia thats exactly what i said! thats why i put the question out there.

i actually took a strand of my hair an looked at it but since i dont have anything to compare it with it was no help at all. i think im going to say my hair is thick b/c if i apply a product with protein it gets so dry i could start a fire! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Very interesting conversation ladies. I had my hair straightened so I could get my ends trimmed and the stylist remarked that my hair was thick. NOW, as a child, my mom referred to my sister's hair as thick but never mine. So, it struck me odd to hear that. So now- I don't know! I think I have all 3 though based on some of the comments here.