What to do about thinning hair — Part 2

In my first post about my thin hair, I discussed the simple styling changes that Amy suggested and the difference they made to the appearance of my hair.

Since then I have made the plunge and had the Great Lengths 100% natural human hair extensions put in my hair.

Here are the pics:

Thin hair before

Thin hair after extensions

I had one bundle of hair put in, mostly across the top and sides of my head. The color was a perfect match to mine.

Here’s what I really like about the hair of the extensions: it’s naturally wavy. My own hair has a little bit of a wave to it but doesn’t cooperate with styling very well. If I want to style my own hair to have volume, I have to put a ton of products in it and it feels stiff.

With the hair extensions, I blow-dry my hair with a round brush, the way I always have done, and I get amazing shape and volume. I have never had this much hair in my life!

The new hair looks entirely natural. Amy did tiny little bonds — I think 1/4 of normal size? — so they don’t show at all.

I saw Amy do extensions on a man who came in with a brush cut and walked out with a full head of hair, maybe 10 – 15 cm in length. It was a very challenging job and took all day. When it was done, he looked absolutely great and very natural.

Amy is certainly very talented with the Great Lengths extensions. I wouldn’t trust my hair to anyone else.

What to do about thinning hair — UPDATED with photos

Now that my face looks so much better, I’m a lot more self-conscious about my scalp. The fact is my hair is so thin on top of my head that you can see my scalp. It doesn’t help that I’m short so most people are looking down on me.

I finally got up the nerve to ask Amy at Art in Hair what to do about it. I know she does amazing things with Great Lengths 100% natural human hair extensions so I thought that would be her first suggestion.

To my surprize, the first thing Amy suggested was changing my hair products. She told me to start using the Kerastase Bain Volumactive Shampoo to help volumize my hair, Spray Volumactive which actually causes the cuticle to swell and make the hair look thicker, and bigwigg Root Volumizer by AG.

I guess everyone who tries the bigwigg loves it so it was out of stock when Amy was getting me set up.

I started using the Kerastase products the next morning. The first thing I noticed when I was washing my hair was that I only needed a tiny amount of the Bain Volumactive, maybe a nickel-sized dollop, if that. It spread through my hair easily and made it feel really clean.

Then I sprayed on the Spray Volumactive and used my usual styling products. The other thing Amy had suggested was to move my side part a little further to the side so I styled my hair as recommended and Wow! what a difference! You really couldn’t tell that I had a problem with thinning hair.

Using 2 of the 3 products recommended and 1 styling suggestion totally disguised my problem!

This was my original style — looks kinda thin on top but maybe not too bad?

Thin hair before

But this is what happens if my style gets mussed up at all. Horrors!

Hair before mussed up

This is what my hair looks like with just the simple styling changes that Amy recommended.

Hair after styling suggestions

If you have a problem with your hair, I highly recommend that you talk to Amy at Art in Hair. You might find the solution is a lot simpler than you were expecting.

Dr. Rose Jeans
Advanced Rejuvenation Medical Spa