My hair is really thick, but it grows out instead of down...If it grew down as much as it grew out, I would have long hair, as it is I just have BIG hair by nature. In the 80's, I had to do nothing to get the big hair look--just take a shower, walk outside with wet hair, and instant gorgeous big hair!!!! My current hair tries to pretend to be straight ( oh why do we do this to ourselves, fightining nature), but let it get caught in a rainstorm or even a particularly damp day, and it starts to kink and get big. My faux Jennifer Aniston flatironed hair look starts to edge into BIG HAIR!