For people with thick and unmanageable hair, thinning hair scissors can be the single most important part of their hair cut experience. This kind of modified hair shear works wonders for people who can’t stand the thickness or poofiness of their locks.

Thinning hair scissors, also known as thinning shears, come in a variety of styles. Overall, they’re quite like usual hair scissors, but one blade features teeth that give it a comb like appearance. How large and how much space between the teeth decides how much (or little) hair is thinned and removed.

Wider teeth will remove less hair while narrow spaces will remove a lot of hair. Thinning shears work by removing bulk through cutting only some of the hair. As your hair falls between the teeth, it is safe from the cut. The rest of the hair receives that thinning chop that will turn your hair into a more manageable thickness.

This is a lot of back and forth in the professional hair world as to whether this style of hair scissors does more harm than good. The opponents to this process are primarily made of up people who have had a traumatic hair experience involved a snip happy stylist.

Those who disagree with these hair scissors claim that they always remove too much hair and will cause a stringy or even a balding appearance. It’s true, if a stylist is too eager to remove thickness, he or she can end up cutting so much that your hair will suffer for months to come as it grows out properly.

Supporters, however, say that you just need to find an experienced hair stylist because thinning hair scissors can save you precious hours in hair styling time and precious dollars in hair styling products. They support this nifty trick wholeheartedly and will recommend it to any poofy haired patron.

Regardless of whether you choose to take a strong stand, keep in mind that this is a cutting process and if not done well, you could suffer from split ends and other adverse effects. Under no circumstances should you request this thinning process more than every four months. That’s a good balance that will allow you to reduce thickness without looking stringy.

And remember, if you have a fiasco…you can always wear a hat.

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