Everything You Need To Know About Hair Thinning Scissors

Hair thinning scissors are some of the most commonly used tools in any hair saloon or barber shop and there is a good reason for it. Hair thinning scissors are great for thinning out the hair and getting rid of thickness and bulk where it is unwanted. Hair is nice but in times like the hot summer it is also nice to have thinner hair to let the heat out. That doesn’t mean that you have to chop it all off, just use hair thinning scissors to lighten things up a little bit. The main difference between normal scissors or hair cutting shears is that hair thinning scissors have one normal straight blade and one blade that has several teeth on it. The teeth cut away a certain amount of hair and all of the hair in between the teeth is not cut, therefore thinning the hair without cutting it all away in one foul swoop. These hair thinning scissors can be used for a variety of different haircuts including anything from 2 inches long all the way to the longest hair you have ever seen. There are a few different types of these scissors so let’s talk about them a little more.

Types Of Hair Thinning Scissors

There are a great number of different types of hair thinning scissors and each one is used for a slightly different purpose. A professional hair stylist will be able to utilize all of the different types of hair thinning scissors in combination to achieve a masterful and elegant haircut. It’s hard to get the right look with just one pair of hair thinning scissors, but with all of the different types used together any haircut can be made possible and made excellent.

Blending & Texturizing Hair Thinning Scissors – These are an excellent type of hair thinning scissors to have around because they can do it all. They don’t specialize or excel in one particular field of hair cutting, but they are the average Joe and the all-around best choice because they can do it all. These are generally the most common used type of hair thinning scissors around because they can be used for texturizing and hair thinning. These hair thinning scissors usually have around 25 teeth which makes them extremely versatile and well balanced for any job at hand. They are great because they can remove over 50 percent of the hair with just 2 or 3 cuts. This type of scissor is great for blending, hair thinning, as well as texturizing too.

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Chunking Hair Thinning Scissors – These types of hair thinning scissors have anywhere from 7 to 15 different teeth which are much more widely spaced apart than the teeth of the blending and texturizing scissors. This makes the chunking hair thinning scissors ideal for people with bulky, thick, and curly hair as there is more room for the hair. A single cut or 2 can take up to 80 percent of the hair. These scissors are ideal for creating notches in the hair as well as for thinning the hair for people that have really thick or curly hair.

Finishing Hair Thinning Scissors – As the name implies, these scissors are used to finish a haircut and to add the finer details. The finishing hair thinning scissor usually have quite larger number of teeth than the other 2 types of hair thinning scissors because it allows them to give finer details without cutting away too much hair at once. This being said it does take longer to cut away and thin out the hair with these scissors as they are finer. If somebody has thick hair more passes or cuts will be required to thin it out. The finishing hair thinning scissors are the best choice for blending and for creating even transitions because the minimal amount of hair they cut away makes it easy to transition from one hair length to another without creating stairs or holes in the haircut.

Once you get the hang of which scissors do what job it couldn’t be any easier to get the hairstyle that you want, not to mention that the knowledge is valuable if you ever want to become a hair stylist.