On a side note about your proposal to simplify the style options to certain human hair styles.

While this will be good for human hair, I found the 'Clumpiness' setting invaluable for furs. Matted wool, short matted bear fur, etc.
You can see a medium length style in the capelet of this figure; Noordman
And a longer version on these caps (second image) Fur caps for M4

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