Cylinders + fringe hair...

Alright, so I'm making hair I'm a little proud of at this point, and I know how to create hair textures already, including alpha ones.

But whenever I make a cylinder for flexi hair and add my alpha layer, I end up with the bottom of my cylinder keeping the original alpha color instead of disappearing like the rest of the cylinder.

I know there is a way to select the bottom and the top of the cylinder separately so I can just transparent that, but I can't seem to figure it out. There's no option in my object's Edit menu, or in tools or edit in the tool bar. I was told to hold Shift and click the top and bottom, but that just selects and de-selects my hair.

Can anyone give me more of a step by step as how to do this? It would be a huge help

You need to check the box called Select Texture, in the top left of the edit window. The click on the faces you want full alpha (clear/invisible). Choose your full alpha texture from the texture picker window and return. Sorted.