The 10 Best Shampoos for Thinning Hair

This Men’s Health Grooming Awards winner contains biotin, which strengthens and plumps hair from the inside out. The shampoo itself cleanses without stripping or leaving hair brittle, and the addition of the biotin helps make hair fuller over time.

Most shampoos focus so much on cleaning that they can leave your hair feeling dry and brittle, which is especially problematic if you’re trying to thicken it up. This multi-use product, which is specifically designed for dry-prone hair, has enough conditioner to leave hair smooth and soft. Best of all, it’s packed with vitamins and nutrients to help facilitate hair growth and fullness.

The paste formula seems odd at first, but it transforms to foam once you massage it into your scalp. Clay and algae help to cleanse the skin and build up hair follicles for a thicker, healthier appearance to your hair.

This naturally-derived product promises to do double the work as it removes excess oil and build-up on the scalp while also conditioning your strands. “The shea butter and coconut oil in Jack’s helps to smooth the hair out and give it more fullness,” Craig says. For an added bonus, you can pair the shampoo with Jack’s thickening cream.

Male pattern baldness is linked to a hormone called DHT. If you’ve noticed your hair falling out, try a DHT-blocking shampoo which uses ingredients specifically to prevent the hormone from attacking follicles. It cleans as well as any shampoo and leaves hair looking shinier and fuller.

Thickening shampoos aren’t a new concept, but Craig the Barber says they’ve stepped it up a notch over the past few years. The first shampoo he recommended to us was this one by GO247. Ingredients like menthol and vitamin E work together to boost circulation in the scalp and also promote hair growth, giving your hair a fuller look (and feel) afterward.

Natural ingredients set this sulfate-free shampoo apart with clean ingredients and botanicals to wash all types of hair, without stripping protective natural oils. Ginseng stimulates hair follicles and increases circulation to the scalp (which helps with growth), biotin helps plump hair immediately, and Vitamin B5 helps keep hair strong.

This shampoo’s selling point is that it’s formulated with biotin. “People ask about biotin a lot because they hear so much about it,” Craig says. Biotin is a vitamin that has been linked to improved hair health, and when used in shampoo, it can help to strengthen the hair follicle.

The salon brand’s thickening formula uses an ingredient called Panthenol to help hair shafts retain moisture and stay thicker, longer. It’s free of damaging ingredients like parabens and phthalates so will give you a good, healthy clean while building up volume in thin hair.

This 2-in-1 wash and conditioner uses caffeine to stimulate the scalp and hair follicles (like your morning coffee,) and calcium to help fortify and strengthen the hair fiber. The result is an immediate thickening effect that only gets better over time.