I have short dark thick hair. As long as I keep it relatively short, it remains under control. When I was younger, my parents never did a good enough job getting my hair cut short enough and getting it cut on a regular basis. That caused my hair to get all curly, wavy, messy, and completely out of control. I was teased a lot from my classmates because of this. One thing I remember is was when I was in Hebrew school, during the musical chorus classes, when we sang "Tu Bishvat Higia, Chag Lailanot", several classmates sitting behind me would sing, "B*****t's hair is standing and everyone's demanding that his hair get cut tonight, else there will be a big fight!" So now that I'm all grown up and have full control of my grooming, I make sure I get my hair cute every 5-6 weeks and get it buzzed on the sides with a 2 on the sides and back and have it cut very short on top.