The fringe of my hair has gone very thin, I have used many products but feel I have been wasting my money, the more I am worrying about it, the worse it is getting!

The first thing to do is stop worrying- the thinning of your hair can be easily remedied, without going to drastic measures. Aside from taking supplements and maintaining a health balanced lifestyle, just follow my 4 easy steps to doubling the volume of your hair instantly- no expensive treatments needed.

1. After washing your hair rub a generous amount (about a tennis ball size amount) of Lee Stafford Ddouble Blow Mousse into your hair, which should help give you that root lift and movement that you need in your fringe and the main body of your hair to create added volume and thickness.
2. Then as you blow dry you fringe be careful not to use too high a heat setting as this can dry out and damage your hair thus adding to the thinning problem.
3. Be sure to vary the heat and wave of the dryer so that you don’t concentrate the air flow on one section for too long.
4. Why not also try using my Lee Stafford Hair Growth Treatment in between shampooing and conditioning your hair. This product has a soothing formulation which reduces irritation caused to the hair by day to day products and moisturises the scalp. Massage a generous scoop of the treatment into your roots and leave for 5 minutes. Rinse out and condition as normal.

I am 23 and have very thick wavy hair, which is also frizzy. I really want to get a short cut a bit like Frankie from the Saturdays but am worried that it will be really puffy or it won’t straighten as well. I have it just above my shoulders at the moment and it styles fine but I want something that is easier and quicker to style. Do you think the short style would be suitable?

Often, if you have hair that is prone to frizz and fly-aways- going for a really short cut isn’t a great idea- simply because the weight in the cut, which keeps the hair from frizzing outwards and upwards, is removed. If your hair is already shoulder length I would suggest sticking with a mid-length cut with shorter layers. This will take some of the bulk out of your hair, making you cut look sleeker and lighter, but maintaining enough length to keep the frizz level under control.

Why not also try my brand new Climate Control range. Especially at this time of year, the weather can wreak havoc on short hair. The Lee Stafford Climate Control Protection Spray is designed with innovative “liquid umbrella technology” to help ward of the damaging effects of the winter climate so that your hair can remain its frizz-free silky-smooth self come rain, come shine. Simply smooth a small amount of the serum through wet hair and then again after blow-drying.

I hope this is not taken the wrong way but .. you always advise to visit a professional hair salon. I may just be the unluckiest person on earth but I never got good advice from salons visited. I paid full fee every-time and we are talking 7 - 8 different salons.. None have covered grey fully, they apologise and I needed to go back for second application.

My hair is curly and frizz prone. When I asked what I can do for a softer look I was told there was nothing.. I went into a salon on holiday and they relaxed it for me. Magic! Please do consider this as visiting salon is not cheap and I am sorry to say I found incompetence throughout. I am still compromising and not happy but gave up and learnt to live with it. As lighter shades never covered my resistant grey, I end up (at salon!) using close to black colour. As I had highlights at some point, there is a difference between the dark roots area and lighter rest of long curly hair. Quite unsightly. As for keeping hair in good shape, its sites like yours where I found the best advice.

Hope this is cool and that you can help. All I want is my natural warm, golden brown hair throughout with greys covered. I would also like to reduce volume overall. Can long curly, thick frizzy hair be thinned?

Ok let’s hopefully answer your questions for you.

Firstly long curly/frizzy hair can be thinned, either by having long layers cut in (but this can create more volume if the layers are cut too short) or you could have your hair thinned using either thinning scissors or a feather blade. Both of these will help reduce the weight in your hair and hopefully reduce the volume and frizz.
I also would strongly advise investing in some Sebastian Potion 9 which is a leave in conditioner/ styling product which is fantastic and calming frizzy and curly hair.

Right onto the colour.

This is a little more tricky, as it sounds like the problem your hair is VERY resistant to colour. Unfortunately lighter shades are going to have little or no effect on your colour which is why they end up having to use darker colours.

These are only suggestions and are not guaranteed to work but firstly I would advise an appointment with an Wella MCA/MCE graduate, who is an expert in colour, and also perhaps they may suggest ’pre softening’ your hair to help with the resistance and there is also a specific range of Wella colours that are for resistant hair which should be worth a try.

Hope this helps.

I am a Chinese Asian with thick long black wavy hair. Since coming to UK, I found it difficult to have reasonable price for permanent hair straightening. A friend of mine recommended me a salon which expertise is to straighten afro hair. Is there a different technique to straightening afro than a normal permanent straightening? Can I opt for the service for my hair?

In my opinion the best result is a process called Yuko there are salons who specialise in this however there are relaxers but I think the Yuko is far by the best.

Turned 60 and have short hair noticed top thinning and sides plus greys are taking over roots. Tried layered look seems to show scalp more what about perm I need some fullness.

Try introducing a colour to your hair to reduce the grey first as this should help thicken up your hair a little.

I’m an Indian guy with black, very thick and frizzy hair. Whenever it grew it would just grow into kind of an afro into all different kinds of directions. My hairdresser recommended that I try shaving it all off and seeing how if it grew back differently. Unfortunately it now grows back even worse as it’s kind of a flat afro. Is there anything you can recommend for me? It’s currently shaved to grade 1 all over but I really want to grow it back again.

Try using an afro comb to comb through, this will help lift the hair and with a little practice you should be able to control your hair a little better

How long does it take hair to grow back thick after getting it thinned out

This will all depend on how quick your hair tends to grow, everybody’s hair will be different.

I have thick hair and I don’t like it. For years now I have wanted to grow my hair. I usually get a 2 on the back and sides, and have the top short but messy so I can spike it. However, I’m getting to the stage now where I want to grow my hair. Not too long. I have a problem though, it always gets about 6-8cm long on the top and 2-3 cm long on the side, and I go get it cut because when I look in the mirror it just seems to be all over the place, I would like to know the best way to avoid this happening so I can grow my hair.

The best way to manage while growing your hair is to have it razored. Razoring will create internal layers and texture that allow you to style your hair while growing it.

Scissors leave your hair solid which makes it very hard to grow out and hard to manage.

You may have to grow the length at the sides and back to at least 1" in length for razoring to have effect.

At 55 my coarse hair is now limp and unmanageable but just as thick. Even my daughter who is a Hairdresser cannot do anything with it. Can you suggest anything?

I would suggest (if you have not already tried) firstly investing in an intensive conditioning treatment at least every fortnight to try and reduce the coarseness.

Secondly perhaps try having your hair thinned out with either thinning scissors or a feather blade. This will help reduce the thickness in your hair but at the same time retaining the style and length.

Hope this helps.

I want a low maintenance cut for thick coarse hair with natural wave. I don’t like to spend a lot of time or use a lot of product. I’m a 50 year old tom boy with sass and still want to look good. Any ideas?

For me with your type of hair texture I would go with a gorgeous little crop. A great example of this is someone like Judy Dench. This style is very low maintenance and at the same time can be made to look glamorous or easily turned into an every day look.