How can I make my thinning hair look thicker?

You can make your thinning hair look thicker with instant keratin fiber products, which brush right in, as well as volumizing styling products and Minoxidil. Watch trichologist Candy Lewis, ND, share some options for making hair look thicker.

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Hair only grows a half an inch a month. And so once we get our nutrition and those things accurate

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and the body is ready to produce hair, it does take time. So patience is the key. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Every girl has to have a bag of tricks. And some of the bags that we carry are large enough for that. Well, one of the bag of tricks I have

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are some of the keratin fibers that you'll find. They come in lots of different colors, so no matter what hair color you have, even if you change your hair color,

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you can always use some of these products. And the way they work are like a mascara. They have a keratin fiber that actually adheres

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to each individual hair and will help it look thicker and fuller. And this is instantly. So while we're waiting on new hair to come,

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because hair only grows a half an inch a month-- and so once we get our nutrition and those things accurate

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and the body is ready to produce hair, it does take time. So patience is the key. Volumizer shampoos and conditioners

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are wonderful instant fullness that you'll get. It actually helps the hair stand on end

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and repel each other so that they will have instant fullness and body. There's a few things out there that

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are not an instant solution but are FDA approved to regrow hair. And that would be minoxidil and even low laser therapy.

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Those are things that I use in clinic and have wonderful results with. I've noticed with 5% minoxidil, even using it

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with women and men for the genetic form of hair loss, typically, but I actually have had success using it with some of the other forms of hair thinning

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or what we call alopecia. [AUDIO LOGO]