What makes hair strands THICK? I really want THICKER HAIR!!!

[Innocent_Kiss]

I wish I would have gotten my cosmetology license. I'm really interested in the science of all of this. Anyway, what makes the hair thick? Maybe if I wrap my mind around the logic of it, I can approach this in a totally new way.

 

[ReeseNicole]

bumping cos i would really like to know too!

 

[joib]

I hear castor oil. I use it but don't notice since my hair is thick.

 

[locabouthair]

Henna is supposed to make hair strands thicker, I believe.

 

[PinkSkates]

There are many products and styling techniques that can give the temporary illusion of thicker hair: Henna, volumizers, thickener gel products, back-combing, blow-drying then flipping the straightened hair etc... But if you truly want thick hair strands then you have to be born with the thick hair DNA gene!

 

[AVE One]

I found some good suggestions from this thread http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=90336
Some of the ladies mentioned that it looked like they had a new head of hair after taking biotin, MSM and B5 (pantothenic acid) supplements and using castor oil. Of course results may vary.

 

[vkb247]

The only product that I have seen give much bigger hair to almost everyone who uses it is henna. The other stuff seems to be temporary or mor like a hit for some people and a miss for others. Check out curlynikki and her blog. She had great results using henna to get thicker hair.