Tips to Make Your Hair Look Thicker

Donna Daniels
Thinning hair can make your hair limp. Some people are born with thin hair and other people's hair gets thinner with age. There are some simple tricks that can help thin hair look thicker.

Thin hair can benefit from a thickening shampoo. Shampoo that makes hair look thicker is called volumizing shampoo. You would be amazed at how volumizing shampoo can thicken hair. Once you wash your hair with volumizing shampoo it will stay thick until the next time you shampoo your hair. Your hair may feel a bit sticky but it will also look much fuller. Beware if you already have thick hair since a volumizing shampoo will make your thick hair much thicker. My son has very thick hair and he washed it with volumizing shampoo and couldn't get a comb through it.

The right hairstyle can go a long way to make thin hair look thicker. Choose a hairstyle with bangs to make your hair look thicker. A bob style with long layers in it will help hair look thicker and fuller.

As you wash thin hair bunch the hair up when you are shampooing the hair. When you dry your hair use a blow dryer and blow the hair from the inside out or the bottom up. This will make the hair fly as it dries and add volume to the hair.

You can comb or brush the hair with your head upside down to add fullness and thickness to thin hair. Comb or brush your hair when you are hanging your head upside down. As you comb or brush the hair will puff and add thickness to your hair. You can also blow dry your hair when your head is upside down to add fullness to thin hair.

As your hair flattens during the day you can pull put your fingers into your hair and pull the hair upwards. A tiny fluff with your fingers can go a long way to add thickness to limp flat hair.

Dark flat hair can look thin. If you add some highlights to your hair your hair will look fuller. The more color the fuller hair will look. Hair that is the same color often looks less enhanced and by adding some color it can really enhance flat thin hair.

You can add a body wave or a permanent to thin hair to make it look thicker. A little wave in the hair can make thin hair look much thicker. You must be careful when adding waves to hair since when hair is worked too much it can loose some fullness. In other words be careful how many times you get your hair done.

Published by Donna Daniels

Donna is a naturalist who enjoys many things including writing. Her family is most important but she also enjoys animals, history and doing historic crafts, organic gardening, natural health and traveling e...  View profile

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  • Tiffany Booth11/1/2010

    Great article! Thanks for sharing =0)

  • Tiffany Booth11/1/2010

    Great article! Thanks for sharing =0)

  • mildred windham10/31/2010

    Donna I appriciate this imformation. my hair is getting thinner. A big thank you.

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