Thinning Hair In Women - How To Make It Look Fuller

Introduction

If you are a woman and are at or beyond menopause, then there is a good chance you have thinning hair. Over 30 million women in America have thinning hair called androgenetic alopecia or female pattern baldness. What causes this is a drop in the female hormone estrogen, which will then allow their testosterone to combine with another enzyme, called the 5 alpha-reductase, to form the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

DHT attaches to the follicle causing the hair strand to fall out and the follicle to die.
So as a woman's hair thins, she probably turns to the only drug approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to stop and re-grow hair in women called, Minoxidil.

While a woman treats it with Minoxidil, she needs some method to cover her thinning hair. Here are some methods that you can use to make it look fuller.

Shampoos

This is one of the easiest methods to make your hair look fuller. To build your hair with shampoo look for shampoos that contains silicone or silicone derivatives and have a small amount of chemicals in them.

You may want to check with your dermatologist to have him or her suggest a therapeutic shampoo.

Conditioners

Conditioners are also important to build your hair and make it look fuller. Your hair, especially if it is damaged, is negatively charged. By putting conditioners in your hair after you shampoo, will make your hair positively charged. The positively charged ingredients in the conditioners will bind to your hair to make it look and feel fuller.

The key to having a good conditioner is to make sure it is compatible with your hair type. Again you should ask either your hairstylist or your dermatologist to recommend a good conditioner for your type of hair.

For example, people with dry hair should select a conditioner that has moisturizing properties.

Ask Your Hairstylist

Your hairstylist should be able to help with giving you a hairstyle that makes your hair look fuller. Simply explain to him or her that you want it to look fuller. They should be able to present several styles that you can choose from.

Micro-fiber

One of the products that I have found and used effectively to cover my thinning hair, is a product that consists of micro-fibers made from keratin. Keratin is found in actual hairs. The product I use is called Toppik, which you can get in various colors that should match your hair color.

These micro-fibers work by merging and bonding with your own hair, which will make your hair look and feel fuller.

Jimmy Chase got into hair styling when he was in the Navy. After the Navy, he continued on in the profession of hair styling and studied how people can have beautiful hair.

Jimmy Chase started losing his hair when he turned 50. He has done lots of studies on loss of hair, in both men and women, to determine what works and what doesn't. He has successfully stopped his hair loss and has even re-grown some of his hair. He wants to help other people learn what he has learned, on dealing with loss of hair and re-growing hair.

He operates the web site http://www.no-longer-balding.com/.

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