Fine hair? How to make your hair look more voluminous

Limp, fine hair? Knowing how to get healthy hair will help in the long run, but there are also some quick home remedies for thick hair that you could try right now. If your hair’s looking a little flat, here’s how to make hair look thicker.

How to thicken hair with a hairdryer

Using a hairdryer to blow your hair dry after washing can help boost volume, especially if you use a diffuser to distribute the air more widely. If you don’t have a hairdryer with a diffuser already, you could try the DryCare Advanced, which also has ThermoBalance technology to reduce the risk of heat damage; it’s harder to make damaged hair look lively.

Another hair-drying tip for how to get thicker hair is to start from the root and dry against the direction in which your hair falls when you’re blow-drying. It’ll help your roots stand up a little more, giving the appearance of thick hair. It can be easier to do this if you flip your hair upside down first. Sit down and bend forward when you’re drying upside down, though, because bending over while you’re standing up is just asking to fall over and break your nose.

If you like the look of your hair after blow-drying, use hairspray to hold that look for longer.

How to thicken hair with curlers or straighteners

Straight, fine hair can sometimes lie a little flat. One way to combat this is to use curlers or straighteners to put waves in your hair. Again, applying heat to your hair carries a risk of damage, so it’s worth using a straightener with heat protection features.

Of course, sometimes you want straight hair. That doesn’t mean you can’t have volume. Work in layers, and try pulling your hair up rather than down as you straighten.

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More home remedies for thick hair

There are obviously limits – shaving your head won’t give you more volume – but shortening your hair can sometimes work as a strategy for how to make hair look thicker. If your hair’s on the longer side, cutting it back to your shoulders or shorter could give the impression of more volume.

Changing your parting can give you more volume on the top of your head. If you have a center parting, try out a side part and see how it looks.

If you have a center parting, try out a side part and see how it looks.

It may go against your instincts, but try shampooing after your conditioner, rather than before. Conditioner has a tendency to make hair lie flatter and using the shampoo second will help to counteract that. If you have long hair, you’ll also want to keep the conditioner to the lengths rather than close to the root.

If these methods for how to get thicker hair don’t work for you, there are hair products that are specifically designed to give the appearance of thick hair. Volumizing hairspray or thickening mousse, for example, can add volume to fine hair.