Hair Thinned Out Too Much, What Can I Do To Fix it?

woman surprised because her hair looks to thin

If your hair lost some volume due to a feathered cut with thinning shears, you’ll need to periodically trim the ends to even out the length.
While you wait for your hair to grow out, blow dry it to fluff the roots.
Alternatively, if you lost volume due to a chemical treatment such as botox, keratin, or lifting, you should stop blow-drying.
This will help the smoothing effect wear off faster.
Also, use neutral shampoo to sweep away the effect of the treatment.
While you wait, use the curling iron to create waves or style your hair with the flat iron.

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Do you feel your hair has lost too much volume after your salon visit?

It’s a problem that has a solution because your hair will eventually grow back.

Also, you can apply techniques to regain volume in your hair.

In this article, we’ll look at why your hair has become less voluminous and the solution for each case.

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My volume was reduced after a haircut

knife, scissors and thinning scissors

There are different techniques to remove volume. The solution will be one or another. Let’s see:

I had a haircut with thinning shears, and my hair lost volume

The thinning scissors remove volume from the hair. They have a sharp edge on one side and a comb-like shape on the other.

If you used the thinning scissors very close to your roots, you’ll notice a drastic change.

This will be easy to fix, but the worst will come later. Do you know what will happen?

When the hair starts to grow back, it’ll puff up.

If this is your case, don’t despair. It has a solution.

Solution 1:

If you used thinning scissors, the solution is quite simple. Take advantage of those short hairs.

Apply mousse or a volumizing spray to your roots,, and use those short hairs to your advantage to add volume.
Blow dry your hair close to the roots.

That way, your hair will gain volume. And then?

Solution 2:

When your hair starts to grow, those short hairs will become a real nightmare because they’ll give you too much volume.

To improve it, you should do it the other way around: dry the roots flat and try to smooth them.
Another good idea is to braid your hair. For example, African braids, French braids, and all their variations, gel hairstyles, updos, etc.

How long will I have to wait for my hair to normalize?

This period will last about 3 or 4 months until those short hairs reach about eight centimeters long.

I had a razor cut that took too much volume out of my hair

A big mistake we stylists often make is to remove the volume with a razor. This work takes a lot of volume out of the hair and the ends are thinned.

Therefore, at the beginning your hair looks with very little volume but then it turns into a wild and uncontrolled mane.

In this case, the ends will be thin until you cut them off and get your hair back to its full. It’ll take around six months.

Solution

Do the same as I indicated for the thinning scissors cut: blow dry your hair to regain volume. Then, when the volume of your hair becomes uncontrollable, braid it to disguise it.

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My feathered cut removed volume from my mane

Feathered cuts are used to add volume to certain areas of your hair. But if your hair is very straight, as soon as the cut is done, you’ll have very little volume.

Solution

Cut the tips that are long so that they lose weight.

This will help the shorter strands lift up and give you some volume.

Also use mousse and volumizing spray. Try some homemade masks to give volume to your hair.
Blow dry your hair with your head downward focusing on the roots. This will help to achieve good volume.
If you want volume, keep cutting your hair frequently until the top layers level up with the rest.

Within 6 to 8 months, your hair will have regained its full volume.