A hairstyle, hairdo, haircut or coiffure refers to the styling of hair, usually on the human head but sometimes on the face or body. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics, although practical, cultural, and popular considerations also influence some hairstyles.
Chinese woman with an elaborate hair style, 1869
Traditional hairstyle of a Japanese bride
Female figure with elaborate coiffure and hairpins, 1st century BC
Hopi woman dressing hair, ca. 1900
A hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the arrangement of the hair using heat. There are three general kinds: curling irons, used to make the hair curly, straightening irons, commonly called straighteners or flat irons, used to straighten the hair, and crimping irons, used to create crimps of the desired size in the hair.
historical image of hair irons (top)
An electric curling iron