When your hair is fine or thinning, the way that you have it cut will make a big difference in the way that it looks. You can fool the eye into seeing more hair if you have it cut carefully, while keeping the thinning hair in mind. Your hair might thin from the top down, or be thinner on the sides than it is at the crown, but with your hairstylist you should be able to work out a solution to cut your hair so that it makes the most of the hair that you have.
Step 1
Try a short-cropped style. The shorter the hair, the less the thinning hair is apparent. Long styles can showcase the areas where your hair is sparse. Try a short bob, and if you're feeling daring and have smaller features, try a pixie cut that keeps your hair close to your head, so that it looks like you have more. Short cuts also tend to make the hair look healthier and shinier, taking the focus off of the thinning areas.
Step 2
Ask your hairstylist to use a razor comb in order to cut your hair. A razor comb has a small razor at the base of the comb, and cuts out small wisps of hair, instead of cutting the entire hair shaft. This can assist you in getting a trendier shape or keeping up a hairstyle without actually cutting the hair and losing some of the bulk. It can also help you keep up your style at home between visits to the stylist.
Step 3
Try a thin row of wispy bangs across your forehead. Bangs give the illusion of more hair, and the emphasis on the hair across your forehead may camouflage the thinning hair closer to your scalp. Just ask for a few wispy, diagonally cut bangs from your stylist; they're a good addition to any other hairstyle.
Step 4
Keep your hair cut just long enough that you can tuck it behind your ears. It's a well-known stylist trick to make thinning hair look thicker. Pinning it behind your ears gathers the thinner spots together, giving the illusion of thicker hair. When you get a haircut, ask your stylist to leave some longer pieces near the front so that you can fake thick hair by tucking the pieces back.
Step 5
Ask for a heavily layered cut. Your stylist can mask the portions of your hair that are thinning with the portions that are still fairly thick. For instance, if the top of your head is thinning, then ask that it be layered short on the top and graduated into longer layers as it steps down. A blunt, non-layered cut will showcase those areas where your hair is thinning, while a layered cut makes the most of the hair that you have.
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