Hiding Baldness for Everyone

1. Volumize your hair

Flat hair will lay close to your scalp and will emphasize your bald spots because your hair will separate, and bald spots will shine through. Therefore, styling your hair to maximize volume will help your hair look thicker. Voluminous hair also appears more youthful.

Hiding Baldness for Women

1. Cut your hair in layers

Getting the right hair cut can make your hair look thicker and obscure thinning spots. It will be worth it to go to a hair stylist who will personalize your haircut to conceal your thinning hair and/or bald spots and will teach you how to style it. Ask your stylist to add layers to your hair instead of keeping it all one length. Layers create more volume and add fullness, which will hide thinning spots.

Hiding Baldness for Men

1. Find a good hair stylist

Getting the right hair cut can make your hair look thicker and obscure thinning spots. While barbers are a good option if you just want a short and simple cut, if you are balding, it will be worth it to go to a hair stylist. Although a stylist costs more, he or she will personalize your haircut to conceal your thinning hair and/or bald spots and will teach you how to style it.

Treating the Problem a Bald Spot

1. Conceal it or flaunt it

Most types of hair loss will reverse on their own once the underlying condition — such as infection, stress, medication, or hair-pulling — passes. In the meantime, the best alternative may be to conceal the bald spot(s) with styling or hair volume. Or, you can also just embrace the baldness and perhaps even accentuate it.

Diagnosing the Problem a Bald Spot

1. Determine your baldness pattern

Heredity is most often the cause of hair loss, although factors like stress, medications, hair mistreatment, and a range of others can play roles as well. If you want to deal with a bald spot, it is best to understand what is causing it first.