Maya XGen: What's the best way to smooth guide tips to make hair less bumpy?

16bit

I have here a flat top hair style with all the modifiers turned off so it's just the base xgen.

I'm attempting to smooth the top part but each guide adds a little hill. At first I had spare hair guides, which is usually the best way to go, but this only made the bumps bigger. Each guide I placed just made the hills smaller, but never gone.

The cut modifier didn't seem to help since it's a universal shortener and I would need to make a map to counter act that.

Is there some kind of setting I can change on the guide to alter this effect?