Creating hair model?

Hi all, I'm new here and after many frustrating hours of window shopping (not to mention no $L from just downloading the game) I've decided to try and make my own hair.

How might I go about modelling the hair with a 3rd party program? Should I use Poser? Is it easy to pick up?

I'm not so worried about the hair textures but rather the model of the hair itself. Thanks for any tips.

you can't use any third party program to make the hair "mesh, you have to use the SL building system, the texture is also very important, good luck i would say because it's a niche that is quite filled up by all sort of crap designers, though if you come with some great designs, your fortune is pretty much done. a lot of hair designers experiment with flexible prims for more lifelike hairs, check this out too.

considering you aren't going to make ultra detailed hair meshes, you better be worried with the texture ^^