How Do You Manage Thinning Hair?
You thought you were having a good hair day — but a quick glimpse in a mirror or car window reflection can be more than enough to ruin your day. Since you hit your 40s, age has not been a friend to your tresses, leaving them dry and scrawny.
Women’s hair loss is a serious issue and may be more common than you think. Harvard Health claims as many as two-thirds of postmenopausal women will encounter bald spots or hair thinning. Furthermore, according to Cleveland Clinic, female-pattern hair loss, the most notable form of the condition, impacts nearly 30 million U.S. women.
Female-pattern hair loss is considered a progressive condition that advances with age. In addition to the aesthetic impact, hair loss can negatively impact and reshape a woman’s self-image. Despite this, there are things you can do to solve your thinning hair issues—some solutions work in the short term, while others work holistically to provide you with long-lasting results.
Your sense of fun and adventure has no expiration date, so why should your locks? Keep reading to learn how to fix your thinning mane and make your hair days great again.
What Is Thin Hair?
Thin hair refers to the number of individual strands rather than the width of each hair shaft. On average, the number of hairs on your head at any given time is about 100,000; however, this number can decline with age as follicles stop regenerating new strands to replace those that fall out. Also, the diameter of each hair fiber that emerges may be narrower (finer) than the one it replaced — this is because menopause triggers high levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), causing your hair follicles to shrink.
As your hair becomes increasingly fine and thin, more of your scalp skin becomes visible, and your fragile strands are prone to breakage. You may need to seek new ways to deal with these unanticipated styling challenges.
Faster Fixes for Thinning Hair
When your hair starts to look and feel thinner, you need a fix ASAP. Fast fixes can include new styling techniques, an updated cut, or trying quality hair care products:
Check Your Part Line
If more of your scalp is showing at your usual part line, mix things up by parting your hair lower than normal or on the other side of your head. Creating your part in a spot where your scalp has higher hair density allows you to add instant volume and provide the illusion of thicker hair.
Try a New Cut
If a style that worked for you before is falling flat, this could be the perfect time to try a new do. A bob or shag style haircut can add volume to thinning hair and make it easier to camouflage your scalp’s skimpy areas. Trimming at least a quarter-inch of your hair regularly reduces split ends that would otherwise lead to thinning and breakage.
Use Volumizing Products
Certain styling products can weigh down your hair with heavy conditioners and silicones and tend to make your sparse hair look even thinner. Bouncy hair appears thicker, so seek volumizing options to add fullness while cleaning, conditioning, and styling your tresses.
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Shampoo — Better Not Younger’s Wake Up Call Volumizing Shampoo unclogs your follicles without stripping away your hair’s natural moisturizers, smoothing and thickening your hair with the natural conditioning power of hops.
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Conditioner — Wake Up Call Volumizing Conditioner brings new life to thin hair, hydrating without adding extra weight, and utilizing bamboo silica for strength and moisture retention.
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Hair lift spray — Lift Me Up Hair Thickener is a clear, sprayable, and non-greasy gel that boosts your hair at the roots to provide you with noticeably thicker hair strands to fill those stubborn, thin spots.
Long-Term Solutions for Thinning Hair
The underlying strength of your hair biology requires long-term steps to fortify and thicken your hair. The fruits of your persistence will take longer to see, but following these tips will make you, your scalp, and your hair healthier for years.
Fill in Dietary Nutritional Gaps
During and after the hormonal changes of menopause, your body is less able to absorb and retain nutrients from your food as efficiently as it once did. Therefore, even if your diet has remained constant, you could develop a nutritional deficiency as you age. Your body needs a steady stream of vitamins and minerals to fabricate hair; a lack of micronutrients could result in hair loss.
To overcome deficiency-related hair loss, consider dietary supplements like BNY’s Significant Other Hair, Skin & Nails Supplement + Retinol Boost. Two delicious daily gummies supply the zinc, biotin, folic acid, and vitamins A, C, D, and E that your follicles require for strong, healthy, and thicker hair.
Safeguard Your Locks
Aging hair is more fragile and vulnerable to breakage from high-heat styling tools like hairdryers, flat irons, and curling irons.
Apply a heat protection product like Better Not Younger’s No Remorse Heat Protection & Taming Spray to shield your tresses from split ends and broken strands that lead to thinner-looking locks.
With avocado oil to resist high temperatures and argan oil for moisture retention, this heat protection spray keeps your aging hair healthy, moisturized, and frizz-free.
Nourish Your Scalp
Your body’s maturing physiology rewards you with reduced strand tensile strength, a dry scalp, and thinning hair. A nightly scalp massage with Better Not Younger’s Superpower™ Fortifying Hair & Scalp Serum nourishes your skin and strands to promote healthy hair.
With caffeine to galvanize your follicles and ginger to boost circulation, your hair will look thicker and more resilient than ever.
Better Not Younger Can Help You Manage Thinning Hair
You do not have to cringe every time you pass a mirror. Thinning hair is more common than most of us would like, but there are options to help you today and tomorrow. Nourish your body with a healthy diet and adopt Better Not Younger’s holistic approach to address your scalp and strand issues.
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