Tips That Make Thin Hair Look Thicker!

First off, to make your hair look thicker you need to start with the cut of your hair. Thin hair will look thicker if you get a blunt hair cut with no layers. Basically you don't want your hair to look stringy, you want it all the same length so that it will appear thicker.

When you get out of the shower, to give your hair more volume and appear like you have more hair, you can blow dry your hair upside down. Yes, blow drying your hair can be damaging so if you have a cool setting on your blow dryer.. you should use it.

Next, you can look to the drug store or any beauty shop and find a good light weight thickening moose. While your hair is still wet from your shower, apply the moose to the roots of your hair and continue to dry upside down. The purpose of the moose is to make your hair shafts swell and make your hair look thicker. It will also hold the volume in your hair and help your roots stand up.

Another product that will make your hair appear thicker is the Nioxin products. These will actually stimulate hair growth while at the same time it coats your hair shafts and makes them appear larger. This reduces the amount of scalp you see, making your hair appear thicker.

Also, a tip that many professional hair stylists will tell you is that lighter hair will appear thicker because it is harder to see the scalp. So if you have blonde hair, don't dye it darker if you want it to look thicker. As for the rest of us that have dark hair, you can take the risk of dying it and damaging it.. but I think I would rather have hair then loose a bunch of hair and have it appear thicker. It will probably end up making it look the same thickness.

If you have read my first post, I talk about hair extensions. Hair extensions are not for everyone. If you just have thin hair.. they will work great for you. They will add more hair, volume, and even length. If you have monilethrix then they could work for you. For me, they work. I use great lengths extensions and my hair lady cuts the bonds in half so that it wont put as much weight on my fragile hair. Many parts of my head are thinner than others, these places tend to be where I have more effected hair. When extensions are put in those places (back of my head) they fall out a lot quicker taking the attached hair with it. So we have learned to avoid those areas.

Clip in extensions also will work for a while. The only problem that I have had in the past with those is that they will eventually rub a bald spot in your head. Since you put the clips in the same spot every day the hair rubs out. But your hair will also get a rest at night, unlike the bonded extensions.