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Ways to Treat Thinning Hair
Thin or balding hair can be psychologically depressing, embarrassing and can take a toll on your self-esteem. If you’re suffering from hair loss—and many women are—you must know that there are ways to treat thinning hair. Be proactive and get your hair growing again!
There are many causes of alopecia, and it guaranteed no hair growth treatment to work for everyone. However, the following 8 methods are popular ways for treating thinning hair:
1. EAT HEALTHY.
A well-balanced diet, full of fresh fruit and vegetables and lean meats and protein is ideal for balancing your metabolism, regulating your weight, and giving your body the healthiest environment possible to grow out healthy, thick hair.
Shop the perimeter of the grocery store, avoid the processed package stuff (at least most of the time), and be intentional in what you choose to eat. Issues like low biotin, low iron and low vitamin D (which is common in black women) can all cause hair loss. If you have a restricted diet, make sure that you check with your doctor to make sure that your vitamin and nutrient levels are where they should be. Your doctor might even recommend a daily vitamin if your diet is lacking.
2. AVOID TIGHT HAIRSTYLES.
No matter how good your braids or weave might look, it’s not worth losing your hair over. If a hairstyle is hurting you, you must change it.
Black women often deal with traction alopecia from our hairstyles, and thinning edges can be prevented and treated! If you’re thinning out on the edges, evaluate how much stress your hairstyle could be causing. Sometimes the easiest fix for treating thinning hair is just a change in how we take care of our hair.
3. LIMIT HEAT (USE A HEAT PROTECTANT!)
Okay, ladies, heat is not the enemy! But, if you’re having hair loss or thinning hair, limiting heat may be a way of treating thinning hair. Heat damage can cause breakage and thinness.
Generally, it’s fine to straighten your hair and stretch it out. The key is to do it safely. Avoid a smoking hot pressing comb fresh from the Marcel oven. Use a flat iron with dialed heat control. Use the lowest level of heat that you need (try not to go above 350º if you can!), and don’t always aim for bone straight. Try not to use heat on your hair more than once a week. The heat used carefully (and with a good heat protectant) shouldn’t be a problem if your hair is healthy.
4. TRY MINOXIDIL OR A HAIR GROWTH SERUM.
Minoxidil (the active ingredient in Rogaine®) is clinically proven to grow hair. Dermatologists often use minoxidil to treat female and male pattern hair loss and for other types of hair loss like CCCA and traction alopecia.
There are also other hair growth serums such as Redensyl®, with less clinical evidence showing that it works… though many women swear it helps grow hair. These serums are safe and may help!
5. USE A HAIR SUPPLEMENT.
Hair supplements and vitamins are some of the most popular ways of treating thinning hair. Though, the scientific evidence that they help is not robust. Still, hair growth supplements are generally considered safe, and many women feel they help treat thinning hair. If you do decide to start a supplement, I recommend that you always check with your physician before starting it.
6. MOISTURIZE REGULARLY.
If you’ve got high porosity hair like me, your hair loses moisture at the drop of a hat. If you’re a low porosity gal, your hair is also prone to dryness! Nothing moisturizes your hair like water.
The trick is to seal that moisture in (shea butter, olive oil, castor oil—you pick your poison!) so that your hair stays pliable and elastic. Stepping up your moisture game is one of the important ways to treat thinning hair and can be key in decreasing breakage and treating your thinning hair. Check out this post on night-time hair spritzing to increase your hair’s moisture level.
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