magical hair thickening product?

[notagiraffe]

There was a thread a few months ago, maybe here or maybe in Menopause, about what to do with thinning hair. Lots of people came on to recommend the same product but I can't remember what it was. Just searched for the thread but can't find it. Does anyone know what the magical This Really Works hair thickening product is? (Not looking for things that appear to add volume such as BBH, but an actual shampoo.)

Thanks

Hi op, have you considered taking a supplement ? I have periodic bouts of small patches of alopecia and started taking Nourkrin Women tablets this summer. 1 with breakfast 1 at bedtime. The assistant in Boots said it would be about 3 months to take effect but I noticed a massive difference after 6 weeks. They aren't cheap at £50 for a month's supply, but they are often on offer. My hairdresser said she'd spotted loads of new hair growing through where previously I'd had 2 pence sized bald patches.

notagiraffe I bought the Elasticizer Extreme from the Look Fantastic website. Don't think it's available in Boots. You can also find it on Amazon & the PK website. Make sure you buy the Extreme version though - it's a better formula for knackered, thinning hair than the regular Elasticizer.

I find that Kerastase's ridiculously-named (and priced) Densimorphose mousse is brilliant for giving an illusion of thicker hair. So much so that I've just bought a second can of it after swearing it would be a one-off.

Ooh - lots of brilliant suggestions. And Cerbiatta - thanks so much for finding and linking to that thread.

Would the Elvive Fibrology be ok to use on hair that has been coloured?

My hair is very fine and it's very whispy at the ends. My hairdresser tells me I'm lucky that although it's fine there is a lot of it. I'm not convinced and feel that I should try something to thicken it up. I'm going to buy this shampoo and give it a try, just hope it doesn't strip all the colour out of my hair.

I use it on coloured hair, I home colour though (every 3 weeks as I'm 90% grey at the parting).

Fibrology is the best stuff. Aveda does nothing. If you then really want to go for it, hair upside down and batiste xxl volume!! You won't recognise yourself!

Definitely agree with batiste it really makes a difference

I bought the Fibrology. It's made my hair look very dry and strawlike, even though I used the conditioner too and left it on for a while. Hmm. Right now, the one that seems to work best is head and shoulders 2 in 1 apple which I borrow from DS when we go swimming. But maybe that's more to do with having been swimming and the massive, cool air hair dryers at the pool.

I always pre-treat my middle aged coloured hair and have done for a couple of years. I alternate between PK Elasticizer and plain coconut oil. I leave whichever treatment I am using in for at least an hour or sometimes overnight (under a shower cap). Then wash, rinse and condition as usual. I don't want to be a Boasty McBoastface but my hair is amazing now. Soft, shiny, bouncy and easy to style. It looks better than it looked 20 years ago.

A tip - if you use the Elasticizer, make sure your hair is really, really properly wet before applying it and be generous with the product. Just dampens in the hair/scrimping on the product isn't nearly as effective (learned that the hard way).

Ooh, thanks for those tips, Liiinoo.

Phyto secret de nuit. I bought it for frizzy dryness, but it makes a noticeable difference to volume too. Genuinely impressed by the stuff.

The only thing medically proven to thicken hair in women is minoxydil as far as I'm aware, and I don't think it works on everyone anyway.

Don't kill me but I spent 6 months in Bangladesh and after day 3 I stopped washing my very thin brown straight hair with shampoo, just water. Within 3 weeks I had the thickest hair possible, I was at a children's home and they put my hair in a pineapple style crunchie and at the end of the day it stayed sticking up it was so thick ! Unfortunately all shampoos strip your hair so the less washing the better. I know this isn't possible in most cases but this photo is at a wedding after 4 weeks in incredible heat just to prove I didn't look dirty but I do look like a drag queen !

Rosemary out of curiosity, do you not find that your hair becomes greasy to the touch if you don't wash it. I remember going a few months once without washing it and it looked awful, lifeless and it was extremely greasy.

I use this occasionally when I want a bit of oomph -Viviscal, shampoo & conditioner.
Thought it gave my hair lots of volume and bounce even after just one shampoo.
It's widely available in chemists in Ireland and can be bought online. Not too expensive.