Q.) Hello I am looking for a strong hair care product. line that helps thicken thin hair. My hair is a little past my shoulders and healthy however it is thin. Is there anything that can help my hair grow thicker?

A.) One thing we always like to do is help people have realistic expectations about what is possible to achieve.  This doesn’t always mean we get to sell a product.

There are two aspects to hair being thick or thin.  One is the actual diameter of the hair strands themselves.  The second is the number of hairs on your head. If you have fewer hair follicles or less strands (inactive follicles), you’re going to have less hair, which people refer to as thin hair.  Likewise, if you have hair shafts that are small in diameter, your hair could be referred to as thin.  While these two things can be related, they aren’t necessarily.

There is nothing you can do to make more hair follicles.  If you have less than the “normal” amount per square inch of scalp, you are going to have  less hair.   If you have lost the activity of some of those follicles due to a number of factors, hair loss treatments such as the Spectral RS and Spectral DNC products we sell can get you back up to your maximum potential.  But, these products will not make a person with naturally thin hair suddenly have more hair shafts.

Likewise, if your hair is thinning in diameter, better nutrition, stopping the chemical damage (if that’s the cause) can help.  In those cases, our hair growth products might be helpful.  But, again, if Mother Nature has given you naturally small diameter hair shafts, there is only so much you can do to make them thicker.  There are “volumizing” shampoos that increase the appearance of hair thickness.

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