Hairenough,It`s just the way the digital camera makes it look -- it seems to almost ` see through` the hair-----in reality it looks thicker [ it is !] I normally get anywhere up to 7 or 8 months from a system with minimal shedding [touch wood ! ] I like a bit of scalp show-through -- I`m over 50 yrs old so thicker hair would not look normal on me.