5 Ways I Hide My Thin Hair (Postpartum Hair Loss)

In this video, BuzzFeed producer Erin Phraner shares a tutorial for how to disguise thinning hair on women, especially due to postpartum hair loss. Learn how to hide thin hair with easy hair tricks anyone can do at home. Make your hair seem fuller, thicker and healthier in minutes—no bald patches!

Here’s what Erin does to help with her own postpartum hair loss journey…

1. Brush hair BEFORE the shower (not after or in the shower)
2. Use a hair powder, like...
3. Try clip-in extensions
4. Tweak your part but only slightly
5. Use mini clips or bobby pins to add volume

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[suesmith]

I have Female pattern baldness, and I know the struggle is real.... Thank you for addressing the sensitive subject of hair loss, and your baby is absolutely and utterly gorgeous 💕

[BANG_BANG_]

Why did this almost make me wanna break down...I could just sense all that deep frustration and sadness of struggling with balding/thinning hair loss.. i'm just so thankful there are ppl around who can relate to this who are willing to show the rest of us who haven't tried all these ways of being able to cope and work around our issue, it feels good and i wanna thank you Erin<3 Keep hanging in there you are beautiful and i'm so glad i ran into your video today. GB~

[lengler]

Great tips and here are a few others that might help. I've struggled with it a long time. I don't wash my hair unless I really need to help reduce fall out in the shower. If it's starting to look oily, but otherwise I don't overwash it. I gently brush it, I use heat protectant if I curl or straighten my hair. I use hair fibers too and I use a brown spray like Not Your Mother's Clean Freak Shampoo with dark pigment or Loreal has a spray for roots. I love how they say for root cover but I think it means for thinning hair. If air drying I use small silver styling clips to raise and clip hair so that it dries in a lifted shape away from the head. If I blow it out I use a large round brush to lift hair as it dries. Using a volumizing shampoo and condition and root lifting and volumizing products and blowing out always gives the best result imo. I always check my head in a mirror from the back so I don't miss a thin patch on top that I can't see from the front. If I put my hair up in a clip, pony tail or updo then again I check the back and sides of my head to make sure there aren't any black patches. If there are then I use a little dark spray to fill in a shooze the hair around the make it look nice and covered up. Lasty, I will probably never go swimming and get my hair wet around others. In pictures, to my horror I saw that my wet scalp was completely white in some places. Sadly I didn't enjoy looking at these vacation pics lol. Lastly, I give my hair a break as often as I can when I'm at home. I also wear sunglasses on my head when I run errands cuz I think it looks cool and covers thinning in the front in a pinch. If I'm out and my hair looks sad then I take my fingers and massage my scalp above the ears, back of head, top of head and repeat. If I keep doing this it literally kind of teases the hair and I can' make it pretty full looking and then I smooth it into a shape I like. Good luck my sisters!

[SYO]

Thank you so much for sharing <33 I started losing my hair since the age of 14, and i have lost a lot of confidence but seeing how positive you are makes me happy and give me courage. You and your baby are SO beautiful thank you again :)

[robinmaddy]

My hair dresser amazed me one day by using a bit of dark brown eye shadow to disguise the thin area around my face and on my part. 30 seconds and I was blown away! Absolutely undetectable too.

[sandygrimes]

Back in my younger days during my 3 pregnancies my hair got super thick and long as soon as my kids turned 1 my hair started thinning out, my husband passed away 2 months ago and the stress was so bad I noticed my hair got worse, I’m taking vitamins, changing my diet, using L’Oréal color spray and even buying hats to cover my hair up..but I know what your going through it’s tough, hope your hair grows back, your still so young ❤️

[meganballard]

Thank you so much for making this video! I have such thin hair on the top of my head and it’s getting to a point where it’s too bad to hide.

[gj]

I think you and your hair look great. Even with the hair loss you mentioned, your hair still looks really nice. I’ll take it over mine any day!

[aicee.spicee]

Thank you so much for posting this! I have really thin hair that seems to thin more and more each year.. your so beautiful! Inside and out 💖

[cslaue]

My daughter had a full head of hair too. Took a lot of mine. Great tips!

[vegancherry]

1. Don't let toxic tap water hit your scalp. Use bottled water. AND COOL. Not hot!

2. Hair powder makes the scalp even more fragile long term. Creating a weak environment for strong hair.

3. End all caffeine drinks.

4. Do a nasal cleanse. Get that head free of mucus.

5. Fix your digestion. Fix your stool issues.

[msmagpie]

I use brown powder eye shadow and a medium thick make up brush to can on where my scalp shows, give it a try.

[lizzyrabbai]

Bumble and bumble dry shampoo in brown!! Lifesaver!! I have hair like yours, maybe a little worse. I am SO self conscious. This helps a ton. I use biotin and collagen and rogan for women. We gotta do what we gotta do girl!

[fossil]

Thank you so much. I went through post partum hair loss about 1.5 years ago but I had surgery 4 months ago and I’m losing so much more hair compared to the pp one 😞
Your baby is so cute 😍

[anushasinha]

Post partum hair loss.. i already have the way your hair is ..and i am just 23. I am scared.

[marieneu]

Great video. Toppik is the best thing that’s happened to me and my hair. It works wonders.

[HorrorBiscuit]

The half up hairdo you did at the end is such a great trick and is such a pretty style on you 😌 I like to add some small hair flower clips over the Bobby pins and it looks like I made an effort when it just took 60 seconds ♥️

[amandac]

Those baby hands! 😍😍😍

Thank you! My youngest is 13 months and I'm losing my mind with my thinning hair! It was never thick and voluminous, so I'm not working with much 😂

[Katie-pvqx]

Loved the last tip with bobby I really need to try that. The powder was good too.

[Ydce]

These are great! I have clip in extensions. I bought them extra long and had my hair stylist trim them to blend into my hair.