Once upon a time you still owned a full coupe. But over the years you notice that it's thriving less anyway. Or have you had to make do with less since birth? Here are the tips to give volume to thin hair.
What is the cause of thin hair?
In one of our previous articles on thinning hair, we talked at length about the possible causes. A lot of men don't escape it. It is simply the life cycle of the body and hair. Of course, the thickness of the hair also determines why it appears less full. That you actually have to deal with a thin hairstyle from your earliest youth.
While you still have enough hair per square centimeter. There are more factors that cause your hair to thin out over time:
- Smoking
- Alcohol & diet
- Stress
- Environmental factors (such as sun & sea)
- Blow-drying too hot
- Damaged skin (scars)
- Medication
- Heredity
Hair follicles have a lot to endure. There are also men who naturally have a thinner hair type so it looks like you have less hair. The average thickness of a hair is 0.06 centimeters. With thin hair you are unfortunately (well) below this.
Then the hair often lies flat on the skull. If you have thinner hair or just thinner hair due to hair loss, we will explain to you how you can still give your hair a fuller appearance in relatively simple ways!
How to take care of thin hair?
Fortunately, there are plenty of tips & tricks to make a thin hairstyle look fuller. So that no one notices that you have to make do with less. Without having to go to work with extensions or toupher materials. Purely use the right routine and products.
Make sure you don't shampoo your hair every day. This causes you to lose the necessary oils and greases, putting your hair population at an even greater disadvantage. Wash with lukewarm water. Pat your hair dry after showering. Do not rub the hair roughly with a towel because you run the risk of literally breaking it off. Also be careful with the hair dryer. Always put it on the coolest setting.
Note: After showering do not comb or brush your wet hair directly. This will damage the hair and you risk pulling it out of the scalp. Gently pat dry first!
Shampoo for thin hair
First, start by using a thickening or volumizing shampoo that gives your hair volume. There are specific brands for thin hair such as Patricks Daily Thickening Shampoo.
With Patricks ' thickening shampoo, you will notice immediately after the first wash that it feels firmer and fuller. Among other things, this shampoo is enriched with Saw Palmetto, a DHT blocker that combats hair loss and SPF filter to protect your hair from the sun.
The shampoo from the acclaimed anti-hair loss and hair thickening brand Toppik contains body-derived keratin proteins that strengthen and repair your hair, making your hairstyle look and feel thicker and more voluminous. You can also opt for Grown Alchemist 's shampoo that gives hair more volume.
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Patricks - SH1 Daily Thickening Shampoo €36,95 |
Toppik - Hair Building Shampoo €15,95 |
Grown Alchemist - Volumising Shampoo 0.4 €34,95 |
Dry Shampoo
This type of shampoo is another completely different variant of the regular shampoos that you apply to wet hair. What makes dry shampoo so suitable for thin hair is that it not only refreshes your hairstyle but also gives it a volume boost.
Try a Dry Shampoo if you want to give the thin hairstyle more volume. It moisturizes the hair and scalp, has a gentle fresh scent and absorbs excess oils. You can also use this dry shampoo as a finishing spray and create a full matte texture.
In addition to this Hanz de Fuko, we also have an excellent alternative for you. The Blind Barber Dry Shampoo that you can use on the days that you do not wash your hair in the shower. This paraben-free dry shampoo conditions, refreshes and neutralizes the build-up of oil and greasiness in your hair. Because of the ingredients it contains, it is therefore perfect for men with thin hair. Or choose Seb Man Hybrid Texturizing Shampoo which thickens the hair and gives it more texture.
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Hanz de Fuko - Dry Shampoo €29,95 |
Blind Barber - Bryce Harper Dry Shampoo €24,95 |
SEB Man - Hybrid Texturizing Shampoo €18,95 |
Conditioner for thin hair
In addition to specialty shampoos for thin hair, we also recommend using a good conditioner for thin hair. As part of the proper hair care routine. For example, quite a few men are fans of Patricks Thickening Conditioner. The proteins, caffeine and sage of this top-notch conditioner already provide a thicker and fuller head of hair after the first wash.
Another high-quality product that we have had very good experiences with is the Toppik Hair Building Conditioner. Due to the antioxidants, vitamins and keratin proteins present, the thin hair is well nourished and excellently hydrated. Thus, your fine hairstyle gets significantly more volume and looks healthy.
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Patricks - CD1 Stimulating & Thickening Conditioner €38,95 |
Toppik - Hair Building Conditioner €15,95 |
Lumin - Keratin Strengthening Conditioner €15,95 |
Serum
To optimally care for your thinning hair, a serum for thin hair is a must. Leading the way is Sunny Isle Jamaican Castor Oil. This serum repairs and strengthens damaged hair all the way to the root and tip. It promotes natural hair growth and conditions the skin. The serum is also great for natural acne treatment.
Tip: Read all about this multifunctional wonder oil in our article' What is Castor Oil?' You will become a fan. Especially once you've used it once.
A great alternative is the Toppik Hair Fattener. This type of serum adds volume and thickness to your thin hair. The keratin proteins and nutrients present draw deep into the hair root, giving your hairstyle a healthy shine. In addition, it gives your hairstyle the much-desired volume plus better coverage.
Supplements
Like dietary supplements, there are also ingredients to promote hair growth. You may not know the effects but there is now a whole army of men with thinner hairstyles who have added these specialized supplements to their hair care routine.
For example, the Foligain Hair Growth Supplement is a professional companion for men who desire fuller hair volume. These preparations have 100% natural ingredients on board that optimally supply the hair follicles with the right nutrients. These stimulate hair growth and thicken the hair to give it a nice volume.
How do you style thin hair?
With the right (dry) shampoos, conditioners and serums, you have laid the perfect foundation for pampering and volumizing your thin hair. Now, however, the trick is still to style it the right way. But: with what?
It's tempting to blow intensity into your thin hairstyle with a blow dryer. You can, but don't do this too often. After all, you can also damage your hair with this. The best protection you can give a hairstyle is to massage argan oil into the hair. The nourishing coating protects your hair down to the fiber. Then you can blow dry your hair relatively safely. Provided you don't set this one too hot.
The further styling of your hair is done with a cream, paste, styling powder or sea salt spray. We will come back to that in a moment.
What should you never do?
- In the summer, leave your hair in the sun all day.
- Expose the hairstyle to too much blow-drying work
- Wash every day with (cheap) shampoo
- Rubbing hard with a rough towel
- Washing with too hot water
- Running a comb or brush through wet hair (break the -thin- hairs easily or you pull them out!).
What should you do?
- Use natural/mild shampoo, conditioner, serum and possibly supplements
- For proper hydration, nutrition and protection, pamper the hair with argan oil, castor oil or a hair mask
- Blow-dry the hair from the bottom rather than from the top
- Drinking enough water
- Eating healthy and getting 8 hours of sleep
- Use natural hair styling products
What styling products for thin hair?
Fortunately, there are excellent products to style even thin hair. For example, with the right cream, paste & styling powder, you can still give your hair the volume you love.
Cream
The Blumaan Ascend Volume Cream is the crème de la crème when it comes to thin and flat hair without volume. BluMaan 's heat-activated lightweight formula provides lots of volume that thickens your hair without weighing it down. Easy to use because blow-drying instantly gives you more volume.
Also highly recommended is the Forte Series Styling Cream. This creamy lightweight styling product with a velvety texture is effortless to apply and has a medium hold. In addition to perfect styling, it gives your hairstyle a natural finish.
It is a cream enriched with biotin that stimulates just that thicker and stronger hair growth. Aloe vera moisturizes the hair follicles creating more volume and the olive and argan oil provides the hair and scalp with excellent nutrition. Sublime for a voluminous hairstyle and easy to wash out.
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€24,95 |
€24,95 |
Lockhart's - Enigma Volumizing Cream €19,95 |
Paste
A good paste you can definitely use for thin hair. My favorite is the Lockhart's Anti-Gravity Paste. This product has all the fine features of a paste, clay, fiber and cream in one unique formula. Super easy to apply, it has the hold of a paste and the texture plus volume of a clay with a matte finish.
With this anti-gravity,Lockhart' s has assembled a top paste with high-quality (natural) ingredients for a thicker and fuller look that provides your thin hairstyle with a firm hold and is easy to wash out.
Forte Series Molding Paste is also highly recommended. Purely designed to apply smoothly into thin hair and has a good texture that gives enough hold. This molding paste gives medium to thin hair plenty of volume and the thicker look you crave.
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Lockhart's - Anti-Gravity Paste €18,95 |
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Styling powder
A very suitable product to give thin hair more appearance and volume is the styling powder. Better known as volume powder. Many men with thin hair cannot live without it and it is their invisible favorite.
Particularly popular is the Uppercut Deluxe Styling Powder. The volumizing powder from Australia that gives a lot of volume to the hair with a natural finish as a finale. Advantage: you can style your thin cut all day long. It provides full texture and a casual look. The more powder you add the more hold you generate.
But there is even more power powder that will make you happy as a man with thin hair. That is, for example, the Slick Gorilla Hair Styling Powder or Dapper Dan Texture Dust. This product gives your hairstyle a medium hold and you can style your hair all day long. The volumizing powder provides a powerful natural appearance.
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Uppercut Deluxe - Styling Powder €16,95 |
Slick Gorilla - Hair Styling Powder €14,95 |
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Sea Salt Spray & Pre Styler
As you can see, there really is plenty of choice to boost thin hair. With Sea Salt Spray or a Pre Styler it can be done in a very natural way. Invisible almost.
Take for example the Forte Series Hair Thickening Spray, a lightweight pre-styler formulated to plump up the hair strands to create a full hairstyle. This spray adds volume to hair and lasts all day. Fine to flat hair is transformed into a thick, full head of hair while still remaining flexible enough to style.
Another sublime alternative is the all natural Triumph & Disaster Karekare Tonic Sea Salt Spray. This product turns lifeless thin hair into a lively and structured hairstyle. Your cut is resilient and because the spray is enriched with willow herb your scalp also receives an anti-dandruff treatment.
This Triumph & Disaster spray prevents irritation and soothes the scalp. It also helps provide volume and texture. Also, natural components such as green tea and sea beet help protect hair from premature hair loss and hair aging. In addition, this Tonic Spray balances the natural oil levels in the hair and scalp.
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Forte Series - Hair Thickening Spray €22,95 |
Triumph & Disaster - Karekare Tonic Sea Salt Spray €28,- |
Byrd - Texturizing Surf Spray €17,95 |
How do you conceal thin hair?
There is another way to camouflage thin hair without stepping into a party supplies store. Highly recommended is Toppik Hair Building Fibers which allows you to create a thick full look by applying tiny hair fibers. This product is ideal for men with visibly thinning hair.
The hair fibers are made from organic keratin proteins that are also produced by your own hair. The Hair Building Fibers are easy to insert into the hair and they mix directly with your own hair. They bond in such a way that they also stay nestled in the same place. The fibers are easy to wash out, do not flake or irritate and are available in 9 colors.
You can also opt for the Toppik Coloured Hair Thickener. This is a thickening and concealing color spray that fills in thinner areas in the hair. The spray has the same hair fibers as in the above Toppik Hair Building Fibers.
To wit.
If you have a thin hairstyle, don't grieve because we have extremely effective products available that allow you to add high volume, nourish the hair and create a full hairstyle. Without it really being visible that you have gone to work with (natural) additives.
Of course, don't forget to also start with the right shampoo and conditioner. Then you will see that even with thin hair a lot is still possible!
If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.
Good luck!
Your friends, The Alpha Men.