Guy in need of desperate help!!
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Topic: Guy in need of desperate help!!
Posted By: Tomtom
Subject: Guy in need of desperate help!!
Date Posted: Nov 5, 2007 at 4:32pm
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Hey all, basically i've had fine hair for a number of years. I have gone through some very stressful and traumatic times which i'm sure is partly responsible. If that is the case, shouldnt it be possible to revive my hair? I mean my parents don't have fine hair, nor do the rest of my family. I'm only 20, i go out every weekend so i like to look my best. I really want to have nice hair. Anyway, i was wondering if maybe someone could suggest good hairstyles/colour for guys like me, and if theres anything i can do to make my hair thicker. I am using patene volumising shampoo that is for fine hair, and i use conditioner after every wash. I really will try anything, im only just growing it back after having shaved my head!! (I was testing wax in this picture, i usually use putty but had ran out lol)  I want to have hair like this!!!  |
Replies: 7
Posted By: Tomtom
Date Posted: Nov 5, 2007 at 4:32pm
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Hey all, basically i've had fine hair for a number of years. I have gone through some very stressful and traumatic times which i'm sure is partly responsible. If that is the case, shouldnt it be possible to revive my hair? I mean my parents don't have fine hair, nor do the rest of my family. I'm only 20, i go out every weekend so i like to look my best. I really want to have nice hair. Anyway, i was wondering if maybe someone could suggest good hairstyles/colour for guys like me, and if theres anything i can do to make my hair thicker. I am using patene volumising shampoo that is for fine hair, and i use conditioner after every wash. I really will try anything, im only just growing it back after having shaved my head!! (I was testing wax in this picture, i usually use putty but had ran out lol) I want to have hair like this!!! |
Posted By: demodoll
Date Posted: Nov 20, 2007 at 7:28am
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Tomtom,
I am sorry but I think you will have a great deal of difficulty getting fine hair to stand up like that when it is that long. It is easier to do that with shorter hair. That said, sometimes dying your hair can help some as it roughens up the cuticle. Generally some damage is good for adding body but you have to be very careful.
Products are a very individual thing. In general, I have found that any volumizing shampoo is good. Clarifying shampoos works for me as well and I rotate between them. I have to wash my hair every day. I also like Johathan Product Dirt, Kenra 25 hairspray, and some of the new glue products. I am trying a Paul Mitchell one right now that is pretty good. It literally comes in a glue bottle. My hair is very short, about 3 inches at the longest, and I can make it stand about helf way up with those products. Be careful when using conditioner. It generally weighs my hair down too much, even those for fine hair.
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Posted By: Tomtom
Date Posted: Nov 24, 2007 at 9:57am
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Thanks for the reply, i know i could never have hair like that. It's just what my ideal hair would be lol. I found another hairstyle i like which i think would look good once my hair is longer.  |
Posted By: borne.blonde
Date Posted: Nov 25, 2007 at 7:01pm
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Did you go to the doctor to make sure you don't have a Thyroid disorder or something? Or Maybe get an hair analysis test? the Hair Loss forum is a good place to learn things too. I think shaved hair & fading is most attractive on thinning hair. You may have a vitamin or some deficiency? A good master stylist/pro could determine the texture health of your hair and determine the products to help so that you don't stress your hair. Don't use fine tooth combs etc. They could determine the texture & quality products (protein or fortifying), ceramides, or the other direction of softening etc. They can tell which products that won't weigh, pull or overly stress it.
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Posted By: borne.blonde
Date Posted: Nov 28, 2007 at 10:46am
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Keracyte Scalp Conditioner Thickens Hair - Restores Natural Color http://www.keracyte.com/ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-18-2007/0004610545&EDATE= This sounds hopeful. |
Posted By: chrissy88
Date Posted: Dec 19, 2007 at 6:18pm
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Tomtom,
Your periods of stress can indeed cause periods of higher levels of hair fallout, but after that your hair growth should return to normal, as in after your shaved head experience. What also might be affecting you is your higher level of male testosterone (main male hormone) given your age, which has as a byproduct of DHT (testo partially converts to this chemical), which is the main cause of male pattern baldness, and till then can result in increasingly thinning hair, especially on top, and a receding frontal hairline.
A couple of related questions:
- Have you noted a thinning of hair especially on top, or a more than mild receding hairline? (some is normal)
- If not your parents do you have other male relatives which are bald or have very thinning hair?
- was your hair notable thicker just a few years ago?
- did your thinning seem to correlate to your body level of maturity? (as a sign of increased testo and related DHT?
If one or more of these questions is yes or an affirmative then perhaps you might be a good candidate for taking a DHT inhibitor, such as a product which contains Finasteride, or the more effective and recent type containing DUTASTERIDE. This latter one is marked under the brand name Avodart.
For more information you can check out the site below, with the included subsections (internal links) already included, on this hair site:
Note that Propecia contains the earlier and single inhibitor type Finasteride, and Dutasteride contains two, and has a higher DHT percentage blockage. Note that neither has any effect on one's testo levels, only that both act on one or both of the receptors at the base of each hair root so DHT can't tell them to shut down. A little key summary from this last page:
WHAT IS AVODART OR DUTASTERIDE? |
Posted By: beachgirl
Date Posted: Jan 2, 2008 at 10:56pm
| Some of the volumizing shampoos can dry out your hair. Look for one that says it won't do that, ie. like Dove. You just need a drop or two of conditioner on the ends or it will go flat. On another note, make sure you take a daily vitamin and you might want to add Biotin (B vitamin family) to help your hair after all of that stress. !!! Cibl |
Posted By: asmith
Date Posted: Jul 1, 2008 at 3:34pm
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Try bumble and bumble's thickening products. get them at www.mybumbleandbumble.com
they carry the thickening spray and shampoo and conditioner. my boss uses it and it helps him increase thickness. http://www.mybumbleandbumble.com/buandbuthsh.html
if that doesnt work try the bumble and bumble Hair Powder. Its in a spray bottle and comes out as a 'liquid' powder that quickly covers up spots and creates an image of thick hair. they carry it in brown, black,red, white and vlonde. try it out in blonde!
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