hair combed down forehead and cut straight across {bangs}.
hair teased and puffed {bouffant}.
hair curled and held on head top {bun}.
back hair knot {chignon}.
coiffure {coif}.
styled hair {coiffure}.
hair cut short {crew cut}.
short hair on top held straight up and cut flat {flat top}.
hair cut at same height around head {page boy}.
Hair can hold together by inner glue. Hair has outside layer {epicuticle}, which has no glue. Thioglycolate solution softens glue, to allow hair reshaping by wrapping hair around rollers held by pins {perm} {permanent wave}|. Chemicals {neutralizer} re-harden glue. After drying, you remove rollers. Bleached and dyed hair loses some epicuticle and is easier to perm. Children's hair and thin hair do not have enough inside hair material to set hair well.
Hair grows straight if it has circular cross-section but curls if it has oval cross-section. Hair grows 15 to 30 centimeters each year.
hair brushed back from forehead {pompadour}.
monks' shaved head {tonsure}.
hairpiece {toupee}.
hair in a point at forehead center {widow's peak}.
intertwined hair strands {braid}.
Tightly braided hair strands {pigtail} can have a bow or ribbon at tip.
braid {plait}.
pointed hair down from chin {goatee}.
upper-lip hair {mustache}.
Triangular whiskers {muttonchop} can have apex at temple and base along cheek.
Short beards {Vandyke} can have sides sloping to a point.
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