If you want stronger, healthier strands, here are the details on how to make hair thicker.

Hair Health Hotline is your direct access to dermatologists, trichologists, hairstylists, and other beauty pros.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a basic playbook for how to get thicker hair.

Hair Health Hotline: Hair Thickness

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Q: “I used to have thick hair, but now it’s thinning out.

How can I get thicker hair?”

Strands of hair grow out of pores in your skin called follicles.

Hair Health Hotline: Hair Thickness

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Below, a summary of the most common reasons that people experience decreased hair thickness from Dr. Camp.

The final word on which interventions will help you may depend on the cause of your hair thinning.

Practice healthy lifestyle habits.

All the more reason to download thatmeditation appand take note of thebest foodsfor hair growth.

Reevaluate your hairstyling routine.

Reminder: decreased hair thickness often stems from always wearing your hair tightly pulled back.

Instead, try wearing your hair down or opting for loose braids.

Even switching up how youdetangle your haircan prove beneficial.

“This gentler approach to brushing limits tension on the root of the follicle.”

Consider a hair loss treatment.

of yourhair thinningand give you personalized hair growth suggestions.

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