Does anyone know of any good products or treatments that can be used to make hair more thicker? What about making hair grow faster? Also any advice on any products or treatments on how to make hair more healthy looking and not so dry would be helpful, thanks! :wave:

Does anyone know of any good products or treatments that can be used to make hair more thicker? What about making hair grow faster? Also any advice on any products or treatments on how to make hair more healthy looking and not so dry would be helpful, thanks! :wave:



If you are looking for something of a "cosmetic" nature try "Toppik". Do the search. This is really good stuff for covering thin spots and giving a thicker look and affect. I am 50 years old and use this from time to time if I am going somewhere important, dressy. I have the typical thinning on the top of my head at which I can comb over quite good but with that little extra Toppik, you would never know I had much thinning at all!

It's really good stuff, believe me. Cost is really not bad either. Last bottle I had sent I think was $21.00 or so. If you use iot only occassional and moderately it should last you months, maybe even a year. :)

Thanks for the reply Stumper. I'm only 19 yrs old but it just seems like my hair has thinned over the past couple yrs, It seems like it didn't start until after I started using a hot iron straightner alot of the time. Do you think that product would still work for me? Even if it would just make my hair LOOK thicker that would be good.

I think Stumper's idea is a good one. I may have to check that out when I leave here. There is nothing that will actually make your hair thicker or cause it to grow faster. Even products that claim to help with thinning hair, only cause a little bit of hair to grow (if any), or just slow down hair loss. The best thing you can do for your hair is prevent damage. Use the coolest setting you can get by with on your blow dryer and curling iron, or don't use heating appliances at all. Don't color your hair. Just treat your hair very very gently.

For the dryness, a hot oil treatment once a week might help. Never helped mine, but I've heard others say it works well for them. Keeping the ends trimmed will help a lot. Use a good quality moisurizing shampoo and conditioner. Look for Dimethicone or Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium in the ingredients. That last one might not be spelled right, but you get the idea. They're both humectants. I also use a teeny tiny bit of Jajoba oil (it's actually a wax) on the ends of my hair while it's still wet. That seems to do the most good for me. Well, that and frequent trims. :D

Thanks for the reply Cookiepls. I've also heard others say the hot oil treatment works good for them, I haven't tried it enough to see any good results though. I'm going to try that Jajoba oil, because my hair's more damaged at the ends. I've slowed down on coloring it and I've been letting it air dry and curl up naturaly like it does and keeping all heat off of it, It seems to be getting just a lil thicker since I've been doing that...we'll see how it does over time. :rolleyes:

Sweethang,

Yes, I know the product will work for you. :) It really is astonishing. Just try and make sure you get the right color. My hair is kind of a brownish blond (more brown I guess). I get the light brown from toppik. Consider dyeing your hair as well. I am a lucky one, for that matter because a brownish blond hair can often be so close to scalp color that any thinning or bald spots are not nearly as "dramatic" as a darker haired person.

If you use it though just cover your nose with a tissue when applying. It's kind of like a dust and if you breathe it in it is not to pleasant, but then again, it may not bother you. Also consider allowing your hair to "air dry" on its own first before using a blow dryer., then just before it is completely dry (a little damp) use the blow dryer. I think it protects the hair from damage. Cool settings, I think, are better as well as mentioned by Cookie.

Yes, 19 years old is a tuff age to go through thinning and so forth...seems so cruel, in a way.

I knew a guy who went completely bald in High School...I felt so sorry for him and all that he went through being made fun of...Years later however he married a very nice woman who understood what he had went through and helped him with it getting him a hair piece and so he would feel better about himself.