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Biotin can improve your hair and skin by reducing the appearance of fine lines and promoting healthier-looking hair growth.

How Does Biotin Improve Skin and Hair?

Biotin is present in all living cells, and it plays a significant role in maintaining skin and hair health. As we age and our hormone levels fluctuate, the sebaceous glands in our skin and scalp start producing less sebum oil. This results in our skin, follicles and hair drying out and becoming flakey and brittle. Biotin can improve your skin and hair—and help offset these issues, among other benefits—by functioning as a growth factor and catalyst in carboxylation reactions. 
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A lot of women with thinning hair opt to keep their locks short to increase their hair’s volume.

How to Survive Summer When you Have Thinning Hair

Summer’s here, and after more than a year spent indoors, it’s time to get out and enjoy the warm weather. But even with your excitement for the new season, you might be wondering how you can protect your delicate, thinning hair from summer’s environmental aggressors.


Thankfully, we’ve got you (and your hair) covered. From tips to keep you looking your best without adding stress to your tresses to easy remedies you can do at home to ensure your thinning hair thrives, we’re here to help you survive summer and make sure it’s a worry-free one, well, at least where your thinning hair’s concerned.

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the side part is not only super-stylish but it’s one of the most universally flattering looks for women over 40

7 Reasons We Love the Side-Swept Look for Thinning Hair

TikTok teens may have declared the side part dead—but we have a difference of opinion on the matter. Side-part shaming aside, when we’re talking about thin, aging hair (something we know quite a bit about), we believe the side part is not only super-stylish but it’s one of the most universally flattering looks for women over 40, especially those looking to add instant volume and body to their tresses. Keeping reading for our top 7 reasons we’re embracing the side sweep.
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Enjoy thicker, healthier hair by taking collagen gummy supplements from Better Not Younger.

Does Collagen Thicken Hair?

Collagen is often recognized as a potent solution for thickening hair. It may reduce hair loss and boost hair health while also improving nail and skin health.


Collagen's ability to boost skin elasticity also applies to your scalp. The dermal layer where your hair follicles are situated can experience damage, leading to age-related thinning and hair loss. 


Thankfully, eating a diet full of collagen-rich foods and taking supplements can be effective at fortifying your scalp, improving follicle health, and boosting hair thickness.

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Before you jump to the conclusion that your hair is beginning to thin, stop and consider the other factors that might be at play—because your hair loss could actually be due to breakage.

Why Is My Hair So Thin? Is It Breakage?

Did you know it’s actually normal to lose between 50 and 100 strands of hair a day? This is also why you’ll notice greater amounts of hair loss if you don’t comb or brush your hair daily, or  when taking your hair out of a protected style. You’ll also notice more hair in the drain if you don’t wash your hair daily. With approximately 100,000 hairs on your head at any given time, normal shedding is hardly noticeable.


So what does it mean when the hair loss is noticeable?


Before you jump to the conclusion that your hair is beginning to thin, stop and consider the other factors that might be at play—because your hair loss could actually be due to breakage.

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What Are the Best Volumizing Conditioners?

What Are the Best Volumizing Conditioners?

So, you’re probably reading this because your once-bouncy locks aren’t lifting the way they once did. Your strands are limp and more delicate than a few years ago. What gives? The answer could be menopause. Along with hot flashes and night sweats, menopause wreaks havoc on your scalp health and plays a considerable part in upsetting your hair biology.


Thankfully, some conditioners address the hair challenges women in their 40s, 50s and beyond face in their mirrors every morning. Volumizing conditioners were created to hydrate your strands and breathe life into your fine, flat fibers. 


What are the best volumizing conditioners? Conditioners that provide root-lifting body while softening your hair. Conditioners that amp up the volume without weighing your hair down. 


Below we’ll discuss a conditioner that meets these criteria while addressing the root cause.

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a women over 60 yers old smiles to the camera and feels happy about the thickening benefits of her new volumizing and thickening  shampoo. She has short gray hair.

How Can Shampoo Thicken Hair?

When looking for solutions to remedy the situation, a shampoo that can thicken your locks while cleaning them seems like a no-brainer. After all, you need to wash your hair anyway. Why not use a product that makes it appear thick and more voluminous, too? 
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Volumizing Shampoo Good for Thin Hair

Is Volumizing Shampoo Good for Thin Hair?

Hair density is one of the most important standards women use to determine how they feel about themselves. It profoundly affects their self-esteem because thick, lustrous hair is so strongly identified with a woman's idea of femininity. 

Yet this beauty challenge is not uncommon. Hair loss in women occurs in an estimated 50% of U.S. women, and about 30 million will experience female pattern hair loss (FPHL). This form of hair loss can escalate during menopause due to decreased estrogen. Making matters worse, menopause shrinks our follicles, causing wispy hairs to replace thicker strands. 

To address this beauty challenge, many of us turn to hair thickening products or volumizing shampoos; however, not every product meshes well with our hair's underlying biology. Is volumizing shampoo bad for thin hair? Continue reading to find out. 

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What Is the Best Volumizer For Thin Hair?

What Is the Best Volumizer For Thin Hair?

There are numerous hair care products on the market professing to give our hair added body. Sprays, serums, mousses, gels, shampoos, conditioners — if your hair is thinning, you may be tempted to try them all. But what is the best volumizer for thin hair?
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