It's official. My hair is getting thicker

[jivete]

Now, it'll never be super thick, but when I first joined LHC about 18 months ago, my pony tail was just over 2". Then it slowly creeped up to 2.25" then 2.5". I just measured and it's about 2.7". This place is great!

:cheese:

[lindaton]

Congratulations, youre on your way!

[brigettefogle]

That's great:)

[frodolaughs]

Great! Have you made a lot of changes in your routine?

[ChrissieM]

Awesome! I hope to have some thickening too in the next couple of years and your results give me hope.

[Newniepg]

Hurrah for you! :) what do you think has made the most difference in gaining thickness? You must be so pleased.

[RancheroTheBee]

:eek: That's wonderful! That's quite an increase in thickness. What have you been doing?

[Sammybunny711]

Hooray! YAY for you! That is so exciting!

[Deborah]

Yay! :cheer: You are certainly doing something right to have such a wonderful result! Keep it up. :)

[FaeryTails]

That's great! You must be really happy with your progress.

[thankyousir74]

That *IS* awesome progress! What changes did you make?

[Fractalsofhair]

Congrats!!!

[Konstifik]

Congrats! And as many other asked - What's your magic? :D

[Garnet66]

Congrats on getting such great thickness.

[krissykins]

Congrats! I'm super jealous. You must tell us your secret!

[kumar.lovely4u]

Congrats.... and keep it up...

how did you improved that ?

can you tell me the precautions for that ?

how long your hair ? can i see those pics ?

if it possible send me to this Email removed. Please do not request pictures from other members be sent to you by email.

can you share ur longhair pics with me ?

[Aisha25]

Kumar we do not do that here so please not to ask :)

[Eboshi]

can you share ur longhair pics with me ?

Kumar, just to let you know in case you missed it in the community guidelines: TLHC is a place for people to discuss growing out healthy, long hair in a friendly and safe environment. Newbies who sign up and immediately start asking for pictures tend to find themselves NOT welcomed. :flower:

[jivete]

The changes I made to my routine were basic LHC guidelines. I used to wash with S&C daily, box dyed every 6-8 weeks and heat styled at least once per week. In Feb 08, I discovered no poo and quit box dye, daily shampoos and heat. Currently I "wash" about 3 to 4x per week using different methods. It was CO for a while and Indian herbs for a while, then soapnuts. Right now I'm using diluted, non-SLS poo for CWC and then sometimes CO. I really like diluted poo because I can stretch my washes longer without looking as greasy. I've also turned down the temperature of the water that I wash with. But I just started that a couple of months ago, so besides less frizz, I can't tell what the long term results will be.

I really think the biggest change is the dye. After I stopped dying, I noticed a ton of baby hairs start popping up. I think they're all finally reaching my pony tail. I don't expect my hair to get much if any thicker than it is, but I'm pretty happy with what I have. Plus, my virgin hair is substantially hardier than the dyed, damaged hair.

It was/is really neat to watch the line of breakage move down my head. It will be even better when it all finally gets trimmed off.

[Bianca]

That's great :thumbsup:

[sorraia]

Yea!!! Congratulations!
I am very happy for you and hope to follow suit.
Thank you for sharing your hair regime and the changes made.
I am going to go measure the thickness of my hair now and try not to get depressed.

[Sunshine69]

I really think the biggest change is the dye. After I stopped dying, I noticed a ton of baby hairs start popping up.

The way hair dyes and bleaches smell so horrible, it should be a warning that they could be harming the hair follicles. Congratulations on your progress :)

[jivete]

The way hair dyes and bleaches smell so horrible, it should be a warning that they could be harming the hair follicles. Congratulations on your progress :)

Yeah, that and the burning scalp. I hated dying and often rinsed before my time was completely up because my scalp hurt so badly. You think I would have figured it wasn't good for me or my hair. :rolleyes:

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I'm so glad I found this place.

[amnicare]

congrats :)

[Tressie]

Congratulation! That's amazing news! To what particular change in your old routine to you attribute your increased thickness?

[LaurenH]

Wow, that's wonderful improvement!! :)

[maria_asa]

Congrats, that's wonderful news! I wish I could have the same thing happening to me.

[jivete]

Congratulation! That's amazing news! To what particular change in your old routine to you attribute your increased thickness?

A combo of things, but giving up dye and heat probably did the most good. Daily S&C with hot water is a close second.

[jivete]

Oh and thanks again everyone for all the encouraging words. It's very exciting watching my braid get thicker and then watching that thickness travel down.

[Amara]

What an awesome difference!

[JamieLeigh]

My ponytail circumference has definitely improved and my hair looks much fuller. But I attribute that to stopping the cones. The coney conditioners always tend to weigh my hair down and make it look much thinner. :(

[tangocurl]

This is great news! For me giving up the blowdryer and shampoo has taken me from a ponytail circumference at around 2" to now 2.5" over the last two years. I love it when a fellow fine-haired friend finds a way to thicken up!

[Aditi]

Congratulations!!!! Nice to hear that you are on your way to progress :cheer:

[frizzinator]

My hair has also increased in thickness. 2 years ago my circumference was 2.5", and now it is 3.25". Wearing my hair up everyday is probably the reason. Before LHC, I rarely wore my hair up, and as a result my hair tangled and I broke a lot of hairs everyday.

[jasper]

This thread is certainly inspiring and hopeful. Thanks for posting!

[Marika]

Congratulations!:) I lost a lot of hair last fall and now my ponytail circumference is finally getting bigger again. It's a great feeling!:hollie:

[Rentlle]

congratulations!!
I hope one day, I can say this stuff too :)

[ipickee]

Thanks for giving hope to the rest of us!! :)

[hennaphile]

Wow!! That's awesome, you must be thrilled :cheer: :D :bounce:

[going gray]

What great news, adding my congratulations, thickness makes such a huge difference. Lucky you!

[Ruvie]

Wow..ok, now I HAVE to measure my pony circumference! That's great to hear about getting more thickness, especially when It's also a goal of my own :) Congratulations!

[SheaLynne]

Wow, that is great!

I can see where better treatment of hair would increase thickness (I have whole sections just in front of the ear that I think were broken off from always wearing clips to hold it back from my face. Now that I'm bunning and braiding and being more gentle on my hair, those sections are getting length, so I think my circumference will be going up in the next year, too!)