Hair Solutions for Women Over 50 with Thinning Hair

Many of you have written to me about photos that show long ponytails or fancy hair pieces that I wear for formal occasions. I have been wearing hair extensions since 2017 to add volume to my thinning hair. My hair has thinned considerably since menopause, but I enjoy wearing hair pieces for special events. There are many different hair solutions for women over 50 with thinning hair.

Hair Solutions for Women Over 50

I have written so many posts on hair loss after menopause. The hair products that I use now for my hair and why I cut my thinning hair. However, I miss my long hair and occasionally put on a clip-on ponytail extension or a clip-on curly hairpiece for formal occasions.

So many of us have thinning hair but still want to look and feel beautiful. Wearing hairpieces has been popular for years, but we seldom think of wearing them. Hair pieces have come a long way, baby! The range ranges from affordable synthetic hair pieces to expensive hairpieces made of natural hair.

Clip-On Ponytail Extensions

With my hair thinning (as well as my eyelashes ), I am trying to improve my hair volume with extensions. Jane Fonda got a lot of nasty comments in 2017 when she wore a ponytail extension, but I thought she looked fabulous. She looked so sexy and confident at the Emmys. The ugly words were about her age and trying to look younger. So why shouldn’t an eight-ish woman wear a ponytail?

Something about a long ponytail makes me feel sexy. I even drape my ponytail on my shoulder just like Jane did at the Emmys. Please don’t ask me why I do this, but you will see I do this a lot. I even call my ponytail a name, Cousin It from the Addams Family.

I found my ponytail extension at Ulta Beauty, but I am sure you can find hair extensions online or at your local beauty supply store.

Clip-On Hairpieces

One of the easiest ways to create an updo for a formal occasion is with a clip-on hairpiece. I wear this hairpiece for every formal affair. I will be wearing it again this weekend for my niece’s wedding.

Hair Toppers

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Hair toppers are a great way to conceal hair loss on the top of a woman’s scalp. Whether they are balding due to female pattern baldness or have thinning hair, toppers will instantly cover those spots and blend with a woman’s natural hair, adding volume while providing more thickness and density as a result.

Hair Extensions

Extensions are another hair solution for thinning hair by adding volume. For thin/fine hair, extensions need to be having the minimum to no damage to the natural hair. It is important to consider how much weight, stress and tension is placed on your natural hair by the hair extensions.

Wigs

Wigs are a wonderful solution if you are getting ready to undergo chemotherapy, have suffered androgenic hair loss (thinning) of the hair for years or decades or are losing patches to alopecia areata. Many women start  shopping for wigs while they still have hair.

Wearing wigs, or wearing hair as many wig wearers like to call it, is a personal decision, but making the choice to wear one is better when you do have hair.