How to Wear a Wide Headband Scarf for Hair Loss

Silk – the queen of headscarf fabrics — and once you’ve worn one, it’s easy to see why.

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Folding a wide headband scarf for hair loss into a triangle

Unravel one of our square silk headband scarves and fold the scarf across the diagonal, to form a triangular point. (If the scarf were unwrinkled it would measure 90 x 90 cms, so there is plenty of fabric to stretch out.)

 Place the scarf point towards the nape of your neck and place your head in the middle of the scarf across its width. You can make the scarf as wide, or as narrow as you would like.

Crossing the ends of a silk headband scarf at the back of the head

Once you’re happy with the front, take the scarf ends and cross over at the back.

Front view of silk headband scarf being tied, ends brought round to forehead

View from the front as you bring the ends of the scarf round. Don’t worry too much at this stage about positioning, you can organise later.

Tying a silk headband scarf at the forehead with a small knot to one side

Then tie the ends off on your forehead. I would suggest slightly off to one side. There isn’t a lot of ‘extra’ scarf to either knot or bow. Once you’ve secured the headband with some form of knot you can then adjust it and try opening out the ends. Or simply tuck them away into the headband.

Once secure you can open out the scarf over the front or top of the head, depending on your hair loss coverage needs. It will also hold hair in place at the back.

Silk headband scarf worn with wide coverage and small bow at forehead, hair loss style

These final pictures show the headband with wide coverage, secure and scarf ends slightly opened out in a small bow.

Side view of finished silk headband scarf tied for hair loss, showing coverage and height

Alternative ways of wearing are shown below

Silk headband scarf worn as a bandana with full head coverage for complete hair loss

Worn as a bandana with full head coverage.

Silk headband scarf layered under a summer hat and over a beanie or turban for hair loss

Worn layered under a summer hat

The silk scarves used in this guide are available in our silk headband scarf collection. For an alternative approach to coverage, our wide headbands for hair loss are also worth exploring.