What is the most common hair type in the world?

1B hair, on the other hand, is the most common hair type. It is straight and flat but has some volume. 1C hair is the next type. 1C hair is straight but thick and coarse.
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What is the rarest hair type?

Type 1A hair is very straight and fine, with no hint of wave or curl. As it is so straight and fine, when the natural oils travel to the ends, it tends to cause it to look like oily hair. It is the rarest hair type and is common among women of Asian descent.
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What is the least common hair type?

The least common hair type, 1A hair is extremely fine and perfectly straight. Consequently, it can look a bit flat and limp and might prove difficult to style. Dry shampoo can be your ally in the fight against excessive oil and thick hair products that might weigh your hair down are best avoided.
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What hair texture is most common?

Medium. Medium or Normal hair texture is the most common hair type and it is not as fragile as fine hair. It can feel silky to the touch when it is straight and in healthy condition. Medium textured hair tends to hold style well, but can be prone to damage from high heat styling tools.
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What is more rare curly or straight hair?

Hair morphology is one of the more conspicuous features of human variation and is particularly diverse among people of European ancestry, for which around 45% of individuals have straight hair, 40% have wavy hair, and 15% have curly hair.
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What's the rarest hair color?

Red Hair. Red hair is the rarest natural hair color. Experts estimate that somewhere between 1-2% of the world's population has red hair.
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What is the most attractive hair type?

A general observation across experiments was that straight hair was perceived as younger, healthier, and more attractive than wavy hair and darker shades (medium copper and brown) were perceived more positively than blonde hair.
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Is straight hair rare?

Hair type and texture are determined by several factors, including genetics. The African hair is more coiled and drier; Asian hair (Korean, Japanese) is straighter and thicker; and Caucasian hair is somewhere in between with around 45% having straight hair, 40% having wavy hair, and 15% having curly hair.
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Is curly hair rare?

Lots of traits are statistically rare: Left-handedness (just 10 percent of the population!), curly hair (11 percent!), and blond hair (4 percent!), to name a few. But of the more than seven billion people on the planet, only 2 percent can claim to have this one special trait.
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Is thick hair rare?

More than 90% of Han Chinese, 70% of Japanese and Thai people, and 60% to 90% of Native Americans carry the “thick hair" version of the gene. Meanwhile it's almost nonexistent in people of African and European descent.
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Are blondes rare?

Being naturally blonde is pretty rare.

Only 2 percent of people in the world are natural blondes. (About one in 20 Americans are.) But that doesn't mean it's not popular. One in three women dyes her locks light enough to be considered blonde.
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Is black hair common?

Black hair is the darkest and most common of all human hair colors globally, due to larger populations with this dominant trait.
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What is the rarest hair and eye color combo?

The title of rarest hair color/eye color combination belongs to red-haired folks with blue eyes. According to Medical Daily, both blue eyes and red hair are recessive traits, so the likelihood of both traits appearing together is actually pretty slim.
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What is sexier black or blonde hair?

Longer and lighter hair is the most attractive on Caucasian women, a study has found. Both lighter brown hair and lighter blonde hair are seen as more attractive than darker or black hair.
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Do blondes go GREY or white?

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Blonds get white hair just like brunets, but some blondes only appear to get a lighter blond while others experience their blonde hairs getting darker and duller as the white hairs begin to appear. Still, blondes can, over time, have a full head of white hair.
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Is brown hair rare?

Our fifth rarest hair pick is brown. About 20% of the global population is born with brown hair. Isn't it surprising that so few people have brown hair? People of virtually every background sport varying shades of brown hair, ranging from light brown to brunette.
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Is straight hair prettier than Curly?

And while the results did vary, in the end we found that 58% of the fellas agreed that curlier is sexier. Here's what they had to say: Bobby, 21: For me, Lea Michele does look good with both straight and curly hair but something about her in this curly picture makes her seem more welcoming. It's not just the smile.
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Can Asians have curly hair?

Many Asians have naturally straight hair, but there is a significant group of us who do have naturally curly or wavy hair!
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Does hair get curlier during puberty?

During puberty, the hair follicles can change and cause your hair to become curly.
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Do Koreans have curly hair?

@Han_Lucas some do and some don't. (I think there are less people who have natural curly hair among Koreans). I have natural curly hair tho. I think its standard is different, because the properties of hair is a little different between races, and also we style hair, so it is hard to recognize original form.
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Can two curly haired parents have a straight haired child?

If both of your parents were born with curly hair, chances are that you'll be born with curly hair, too. But there are cases where two curly haired parents can produce a child with straight or wavy hair. Curly hair is considered a “dominant” gene trait.
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Is straight hair boring?

Is straight hair boring? While it's hard for women with wavy and curly hair to imagine that the attractive silky and resilient look can ever become boring, that's true among straight-haired girls. Straight hair has a lack of texture that requires hours to be tamed and manipulated.
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Do guys prefer blondes or brunettes?

It's common knowledge that most men prefer blondes, right? Well, after coming across a recent study, it appears science provides evidence – despite popular belief – men might actually favor brunettes. According to Deborah Arthurs for Daily Mail, men find women with darker hair more sexually attractive.
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What hair color is most attractive?

Most women think brunette hair is the sexiest, as 25% of those polled favoured this option. Womens' second preference is blonde, which was voted as the sexiest hair colour by 19.6% of women. Again, red took third spot, accounting for 11.8% of womens' votes.
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Do men like short hair?

Short hair gets more attention.

Short hairstyles stand out from the rest, so men tend to always notice them. From what we've gathered online, many men that have a preference for women with short hair, said that short hair is not as common as long hairstyles, which makes it special.
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