How do you care for and style thin hair as a man?

You once owned a full coupe. But over the years you notice that it flourishes less. Or have you had to make do with less since you were born? Here are the tips to give the thin hairstyle volume.

What Causes Thin Hair?

In one of our previous articles about thinning hair, we discussed the possible causes in detail. A lot of men can't escape it. It is simply the life cycle of the body and hair. Of course, the thickness of the hair also determines which makes it appear less full. That you actually have to deal with a thin haircut from your early childhood.

While you still count enough hairs per square centimeter. There are more factors that cause your hair to thin out over time:

• Smoking
• Alcohol & diet
• stress
• Environmental factors (such as sun & sea)
• Blow dry too hot
• Damaged skin (scars)
• Medication
• Heredity

The hair follicles have to endure a lot. There are also men who naturally have a thinner hair type, which makes it seem as if you have less hair. The average thickness of a hair is 0.06 centimeters. With thin hair you are unfortunately (well) below this.

Then the hairs often lie flat on the skull. If you are the one who has a thinner haircut due to hair loss or if you simply have thinner hair, we will explain to you how you can still give the hair a fuller appearance in relatively simple ways!

How do you care for thin hair?

Fortunately, there are plenty of tips & tricks to make a thin hair look fuller. So that no one realizes that you have to do with less. Without having to work with extensions or toupee materials. Purely use the right routine and products.

Make sure you don't shampoo your hair every day. As a result, you lose the necessary oils and fats, which puts your hair population even more behind. Wash with lukewarm water. Pat the hair dry after showering. Don't rub it roughly with a towel because you run the risk of literally breaking off the hair. Also be careful with the hair dryer. Always set it to the coolest setting.

Please note: do not comb or brush your wet hair immediately after showering. This will damage the hair and also run the risk of pulling it out of the scalp. Carefully pat dry first! 

Shampoo for thin hair

First of all, you start by using a thickening or volumizing shampoo that gives your hair volume. There are specific brands for thin hair like Patricks Daily Thickening Shampoo or Toppik Hair Building Shampoo .

With the thickening shampoo from Patricks you will immediately notice after the first wash that it feels firmer and fuller. This shampoo is enriched with Saw Palmetto, a DHT blocker that prevents hair loss and SPF filter to protect your hair against the sun.

The shampoo from the acclaimed anti-hair loss and hair thickening brand Toppik contains the body's own keratin proteins that strengthen and repair your hair, making your hair look and feel thicker and more voluminous. You can also opt for the Grown Alchemist shampoo that gives the hair more volume.

Patricks - SH1 Daily Thickening Shampoo €36.95	Toppik - Hair Building Shampoo €15.95	Grown Alchemist - Volumizing Shampoo 0.4 €34.95

Dry Shampoo

This type of shampoo is a completely different variant of the regular shampoos that you apply to wet hair. What makes dry shampoo so suitable for thin hair is that it not only freshens up your hair, but also gives it a volume boost.

Try the Hanz de Fuko Dry Shampoo if you want to give the thin hair more volume . It moisturizes the hair and scalp, has a soft fresh scent and absorbs excess oils. You can also use this dry shampoo as a finishing spray and create a full matte structure.

In addition to this Hanz de Fuko, we also have an excellent alternative for you. The Blind Barber Dry Shampoo that you can use on days when you don't wash your hair in the shower. This paraben-free dry shampoo nourishes, refreshes and neutralizes the build-up of oil and greasiness in your hair. Due to the ingredients present, it is therefore extremely suitable for men with thin hair. Or choose Seb Man Hybrid Texturizing Shampoo which makes the hair thicker and gives it more texture.

Hanz de Fuko - Dry Shampoo €29.95	Blind Barber - Bryce Harper Dry Shampoo €24.95	SEB Male - Hybrid Texturizing Shampoo €18.95

Conditioner for thin hair 

In addition to the specialist shampoos for thin hair, we recommend that you also use a good conditioner for thin hair. As part of the correct hair care routine. For example, quite a few men are fans of the Patricks Thickening Conditioner . The proteins, caffeine and sage of this top conditioner already provide a thicker and fuller head of hair after the first wash.

Another high-quality product that we have had very good experiences with is the Toppik Hair Building Conditioner . Due to the antioxidants, vitamins and keratin proteins present, the thin hair is well nourished and excellently hydrated. This gives your fine haircut considerably more volume and a healthy look.

Patricks - CD1 Stimulating & Thickening Conditioner €38.95	Toppik - Hair Building Conditioner €15.95	Lumin - Keratin Strengthening Conditioner €15.95

Serum

To take optimal care of your thinning hair, a serum for thin hair is a must. Leading the way is the Sunny Isle Jamaican Castor Oil. This serum repairs and strengthens damaged hair to the root and tip. It promotes natural hair growth and cares for the skin. The serum is also very suitable for a naturalacne treatment .

Tip: Read all about this multifunctional castor oil in our article ' What is Castor oil? '. You become a fan. Especially if you've used it once.

A great alternative is the Toppik Hair Fattener . This type of serum provides volume and gives thickness to your thin hair. The present keratin proteins and nutrients penetrate deep into the hair root, so that your hairstyle shines healthy. In addition, it gives your hairstyle the desired volume plus better coverage.

Sunny Isle - Extra Dark Jamaican Black Castor Oil €11.95	Toppik - Hair Fattener €15.95	SEB Man - Thickening Leave-in Tonic €32.95

Supplements

Like nutritional supplements, there are also ingredients to promote hair growth. You may not know the effects, but there is now an army of men with a somewhat thinner haircut who have added these specialist supplements to their hair care routine.

For example, the Foligain Hair Growth Supplement is a professional companion for men who want a fuller hair volume. These preparations contain 100% natural ingredients that optimally provide the hair follicles with the right nutrients. These stimulate hair growth and thicken the hair so that it gets a nice volume.

How do you style thin hair?

With the right (dry) shampoos, conditioners and serums you have laid the perfect foundation to pamper your thin hair and give it volume. Now, however, it is still an art to style it in the right way. But: with what?

It's tempting to blow intensity into your thin hair with a hair dryer. You can, but don't do this too often. You can also damage your hair with this. The best protection you can give a haircut is by massaging argan oil into the hair. The nourishing coating protects your hair down to the fiber. Then you can blow-dry your hair relatively safely. Provided you don't set it too hot.

You can then further style your hair with a cream, paste, styling powder or sea salt spray . We'll come back to that.

What should you never do?

• In the summer all day with your hair in thesun
• Exposing the style to too much blow-drying
• Wash every day with (cheap) shampoo
• Rub dry with a rough towel
• Wash with too hot water
• Stroke through wet hair with a comb or brush (the -thin- hairs break easily or you pull them out!)

What must you do?

• Use natural/mild shampoo, conditioner, serum and possibly supplements
• For the right hydration, nutrition and protection, pamper the hair with argan oil, castor oil or a hair mask
• Don't blow-dry the hair from above, but from below
• Drink enough water
• Eat healthy and get 8 hours of sleep
• Using natural hair styling products
  
  

Which styling products for thin hair?

Fortunately, there are also excellent styling products for thin hair. This way you can give your hair the volume that makes you happy with the right cream , paste & styling powder .

Cream

The Blumaan Ascend Volume Cream is the crème de la crème when it comes to thin and flat hair without volume. The heat-activated lightweight formula Van BluMaan provides a lot of volume that thickens your hair without weighing it down. Easy to use because blow-drying immediately gives you more volume.

Also recommended is the Forte Series Styling Cream. This creamy lightweight styling product with a velvety texture is effortless to apply and has a medium hold. In addition to a perfect styling, your haircut gets a natural finish.

It is a cream enriched with biotin that stimulates thicker and stronger hair growth. Aloe vera moisturizes the hair follicles, creating more volume and the olive and argan oil present provides the hair and scalp with excellent nutrition. Sublime for a voluminous hairstyle and easy to wash out.

BluMaan - Ascend Volume Cream €24.95	Forte Series - Styling Cream €24.95	Lockhart's - Enigma Volumizing Cream €19.95

Paste

You can certainly use a good paste for thin hair. Favorite is the Lockhart's Anti-Gravity Paste . This product has all the fine properties of a paste, clay, fiber and cream in one unique formula. Super easy to apply, has the hold of a paste and the texture plus volume of a clay with a matte finish.

With this anti-gravity , Lockhart's has installed a top paste with high-quality (natural) ingredients for a thicker and fuller look that provides your thin hair with a firm hold and is easy to wash out.

Forte Series Molding Paste is also recommended. Purely designed to apply smoothly in the thin hairs and has a good texture that gives enough hold. This molding paste gives medium to thin hair a lot of volume and the thicker look you crave.

Lockhart's - Anti-Gravity Paste €18.95	Forte Series - Molding Paste €23.95	BluMaan - Monarch Matte Paste €22.95

Styling Powder

A very suitable product to give thin hair more prestige and volume is styling powder . Better known as volume powder. Many men with thin hair can no longer do without it and this is their invisible favorite.

Particularly popular is the Uppercut Deluxe Styling Powder . The volume powder from Australia that gives a lot of volume to the hair with a natural finish as a final. Advantage: you can model your thin hair all day long. It provides full texture and a casual look. The more powder you add, the more hold you generate.

But there is even more power powder that makes you happy as a man with thin hair. That is, for example, the Slick Gorilla Hair Styling Powder or Dapper Dan Texture Dust. This product gives your hairstyle a medium hold and you can style your hair all day long. The volume powder provides a powerful natural appearance.

Uppercut Deluxe - Styling Powder €16.95	Slick Gorilla - Hair Styling Powder €14.95	Dapper Dan - Texture Dust €11.95

Sea Salt Spray & Pre Styler

As you can see, there is really enough choice to boost thin hair. With Sea Salt Spray or a Pre Styler this is done in a very natural way. Invisible hurry.

Take for example the Forte Series Hair Thickening Spray , a lightweight pre-styler formulated to plump up the hair strands to create a full style. This spray gives the hair more volume and lasts all day. Fine to flat hair is transformed into a thick, full head of hair, while the hair remains flexible enough to style.

A sublime alternative is also the all natural Triumph & Disaster Karekare Tonic Sea Salt Spray . With this product you can turn lifeless thin hair into a lively and structured hairstyle. Your coupe is resilient and because the spray is enriched with willow herb, your scalp also receives an anti-dandruff treatment.

This Triumph & Disaster spray prevents irritations and soothes the scalp. It also provides volume and texture. Natural components such as green tea and sea beet also help protect the hair against premature hair loss and hair aging. In addition, this Tonic Spray ensures that the natural oil levels in the hair and scalp are balanced.

Forte Series - Hair Thickening Spray €22.95	Triumph & Disaster - Karekare Tonic Sea Salt Spray €28,-	Byrd - Texturizing Surf Spray €17.95

How do you hide thin hair?

There's another way to camouflage thin hair without having to step into a party supply store. Highly recommended is Toppik Hair Building Fibers with which you create a thick full look by applying minuscule hair fibers. This product is ideal for men with visibly thinning hair.

The hair fibers are made of organic keratin proteins that are also produced by your own hair. The Hair Building Fibers are easy to apply in the hair and they mix directly with your own hair. They attach themselves in such a way that they also stay nestled in the same place. The fibers are easy to wash out, do not flake or irritate and are available in 9 colours.

You can also opt for the Toppik Colored Hair Thickener . This is a thickening and camouflaging color spray that fills in the thinner areas in the hair. The spray has the same hair fibers as in the Toppik Hair Building Fibers above.

Finally

If you have a thin haircut, you don't have to worry because we have particularly effective products available that allow you to apply high volume, nourish the hair and create a full hairstyle. Without it being really visible that you have started working with (natural) additives.

Don't forget to also start with the right shampoo and conditioner . Then you will see that you can still do a lot with thin hair!

If you have any questions or comments, we would like to hear from you.

Good luck!

Your friends, The Alpha Men.