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I think your daughters hair just...is what it is...All of my siblings got thick, fast growing luxurious hair...not me, mine is thin, fly-away, straight, and slow growing...but then I got some other characteristics that they might be envious of...it's just the luck of the draw...I wouldn't be concerned...
OK...in a nut-shell, is there ANYTHING that can be done? Shaving? Supplements? ...
This is way past the stage of "oh, it's just baby hair, it will grow more and thicker eventually".
It certainly doesn't look like it.
This is what I have been hearing during all of her 4+ years of life so far, while other little girls her age have grown waves of hair all the way down to their waists, cut their hair off, and then grew some more.
I have given her trims to refresh the ends but never gave her an actual hair-cut to make it significantly shorter - and yet it still barely touches her shoulders. It grows extremely slowly. In four years of only trims she should have had it way past her waistline...and yet it is hardly shoulder-length.
The hair also has no volume and she needs to have it washed almost every day to not look like it is greasy, sticky and unkept. We don't wash it every day as it would be too much but she simply goes some days when it hardly looks clean.
In addition, she has been losing some lately...so this was the last straw.
I do not want to sound ungrateful as she is a healthy, adorable, gorgeous little girl and at the end of the day, we ARE talking about a frivolous matter - so yes, I am aware of that.
But one thing I know is that she certainly did not hit the gene jackpot when it comes to hair. I have extremely thick, strong, dark hair but she takes after my husband's side of the family where everyone has baby-fine, light, English-type hair.
I did want to shave her head when she was a baby but my husband would not hear of it and kept saying that this is all genetics, that nothing will change the kind of hair she has inherited, leats of all some old wives' tale like head shaving, and that I should just get over it.
Maybe he is right - but if there is anything I have been missing in terms of being able to do something about it, I would appreciate any advice.
Thank you so much.
When your daughter's older her hair may become more like yours...she is pretty young right now to tell if her hair will be permanently fine and thin. Ask her pediatrician if there are some volumizing shampoos, conditioners and leave in conditions that are safe for use on young children's hair. Otherwise, wait it out, keep it clean in a neat braid with a pretty ribbon if it's long enough for that.
A shampoo and rince containing biotan will help. I leave in the conditioner and give it a chance to penatrate. It won't make it thicker hair, but will make it stronger and less likely to break off. You can take supliments too, but ask your doctor about that for a four year old. I find the supliments do help. When I was taking a med that seriously effected my already fine hair, the suppliment made a huge difference.
Her hair may just be fine. There are ways to style and trim which avoid making it look thinner, like not ever layering. But you can make the hair itself grow in stronger and be more substantial since it breaks less. If her hair remains baby fine, do NOT chemically curl or straighten...it will just weaken it to the point it breaks in batches.
I have colored my hair for years, and at this point, I'm sick of the mess of having to trim off the weak ends and am going to try henna color, which does not damage but does make the hair stronger. There is a non-color henna rince which doesn't color but thickens and strenthens too, thought I have only read about it.
I get it my 41/2 yr old is always can fix my hair like this or how come my hair isnt long i want long hair and all i can say is sorry u got bad genetics or imagine if u had cancer and no hair at all cause she dont know what either of those mean nor does she need to shes 4 im looking to be able to tell her we can try this to get it to grow not to bad
I have colored my hair for years, and at this point, I'm sick of the mess of having to trim off the weak ends and am going to try henna color, which does not damage but does make the hair stronger. There is a non-color henna rince which doesn't color but thickens and strenthens too, thought I have only read about it.
There is no such thing as a "non-color" henna anything. Henna is red. Period . The intensity of the color will depend on the percentage of lawsone, which is the dye molecule.
Sounds like you are referring to cassia obovata, which is an entirely different plant. The dye molecule only shows up when applied to blonde hair.
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