What hair styles can I wear for my thin hair?

Don’t let thin hair get you down. While you are still nursing your hair back to health, try having fun with the hair you have. Getting your hair to a healthy state does take time but there are things you can do to make your hair appear fuller.

Making Thin Hair More Substantial With Curls, Waves, And Color: Probably the first line of defense is to add volume by adding curls and waves.  This is going to help your strands cover much more ground and territory than they normally would.  You have to be careful though.  If you’re shedding or easily losing hair, you don’t want to have to use curlers that are going to pull more hair out.  And if you’re going to perm your hair, you should chose a stylist who understands what you are facing so that you are using products that are working with you rather than against you.  You have a unique challenge in that often thinning hair has problems holding a curl.  You’ll have to use special products for this, which can be harsh. So you’ll need to make sure that your specialists at least understands thinning hair and ideally specializes in it.

Curls and waves are great ways to make your hair look thicker but you don’t need to rely on curling irons to give you that volume. Try roller setting your hair with while it is wet and sit under a hooded dryer. Another good way to get wavy hair is by braiding small sections of your hair. Let the braids stay in overnight. When you take the braids out in the morning your hair will have pretty waves and more volume!

Some people find that adding color to the hair helps because color can coat the strands to make them look thicker. If your hair is in a fragile state, I would not recommend using any dyes or bleaches. A safe way to add color to the hair would be to use a semi permanent color that does not contain any ammonia or peroxide. A semi permanent lasts 6 to 8 shampoos before the color fades.

The Right Hair Cut For Skimpy Or Thin Hair:  There is a right hair cut for each head of hair.  You must find yours.  Your ideal cut is going to depend on what your texture can best pull off. People who have a fine texture won’t be able to pull off layered or feathered cuts because the strands will eventually fall flat against your head. 

There’s a huge amount of debate as to whether long hair helps or hurts.  Again, this really depends upon the texture.  Fine hair will just look stringy and limp if it is too long.  This is the same with women and with men.  On the other hand, if you cut the hair too short, this will only showcase the white of your scalp in some cases.  So you should ideally keep your hair long enough so that you’re assured of coverage, but not too long that you start to develop stringy hair that you can see through on the backs or sides.

Speaking of not working anymore, the best case scenario is to find out why your hair is thinning and then to address and fix that.  Sure, you can work with what you have.  But, it would be better to start stimulating a healthy scalp and healthy regrowth so that what you have to work with provides more coverage and volume and is therefore easier to deal with altogether.  

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Hide your damaged hair with protective styles!

Losing your hair can be shocking and depressing. When your hair is damaged and you see the damage in the mirror everyday you might often wonder “when will my hair grow”?  When you are at the point where feel impatient and discouraged about your hair journey, protective styling can be beneficial.

Protective styles are styles that protect or hide part or all of your hair. Examples of protective styles are buns, updo’s, braids, weaves, rollersets, and wigs.

Protective styling can help:

• protect your ends from rubbing against your shoulders and causing them to split or break
• prevent dryness from being exposed to elements such as air and sun
• protect against harsh winter air which can cause extreme dryness and breakage
• your hair retain length by preventing dryness and breakage
• help you get over the shock of hair loss
• can give damaged hair a “break”

Protective styles involves less manipulation of the hair, which is important because damaged hair can be fragile. No matter what protective style you choose to wear, the style you wear should not require you to use direct heat (flat irons, curling irons, etc) and you should continue to deep condition regularly and take care of your hair.

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