Collection: Thinning & Texturising Scissors

Explore professional thinning scissors and texturising scissors designed for blending, weight removal and creating texture. The Akito range includes different tooth counts, cutting ratios and blade designs for a variety of hair types and techniques.

While thinning scissors and texturising scissors both remove a percentage of hair with each cut, they are generally used to create different results. Understanding tooth count and cutting ratio can help you choose the right pair for the way you work.

Thinning Scissors

Thinning scissors are generally used for blending, softening and controlled weight removal. They typically feature a higher number of teeth than texturising scissors, often around 25–40 teeth, although this varies between designs.

A higher tooth count generally creates a finer, more evenly distributed result, making thinning scissors suitable for reducing density and blending sections without removing an entire section of hair.

Texturising Scissors

Texturising scissors are generally used to create texture, separation and more noticeable weight removal. They often feature fewer teeth than traditional thinning scissors, commonly around 10–25 teeth, with wider spaces between each tooth.

Lower tooth counts generally allow larger sections of hair to pass between the teeth, creating greater separation and a more pronounced texturising effect.

Choosing the Right Scissors

As a general guide, scissors with more teeth tend to produce finer thinning and blending, while scissors with fewer teeth tend to create greater separation and texture.

Tooth count is only one part of the design. Tooth shape, spacing and cutting ratio also affect how much hair is removed and the finished result, so these should all be considered when choosing thinning or texturising scissors.