Custom Hair Pieces: Are You Really Getting What You Pay For?

ent">custom, they are vastly increasing the odds that the
In the world of hair replacement, there are manyhair piece will not be a 100% match. When a
faithful hair wearers out there wearing custom haircustomer orders a custom hair piece, it should always
pieces. One thing that many people may not know isbe a 100% perfect match, and look 100% natural.
that what they’ve purchased as a custom hairThat’s the whole point of ordering a custom
piece is actually nothing more than a stock hair piece.piece. While many people fit perfectly into stock hair
Often times, hair replacement companies will sellpieces, others are willing to make small concessions
customers “custom hair”, then take a hair pieceto allow for the less expensive price and increased
out of their own inventory and modify it to theconvenience of order a stock piece. A custom piece
clients specifications. Now, there is nothing wrongmeans that the consumer is paying full price for a
with doing this at all, in fact, it makes a lot of sensecustom made hair pieces, and under no circumstances
if you think about it. The only thing that’sshould they have to make any concessions about
wrong with this picture is that the consumer is beingthe appearance or comfortability of the hair piece.
misled by the hair replacement company to believeUnfortunately many unscrupulous hair replacement
that they are being sold a custom hair piece, when itcompanies simply do not care that much about the
is simply not true.satisfaction of 1 individual customer, and they are
What does this mean? It means if you’ve hadperfectly willing to sacrifice quality in order to save
doubts that your custom hair piece is really custom,money. On the good side, there of course many hair
you’re probably right. This practice is rampantreplacement companies that do provide 100% <a
in the industry and unfortunately many faithfulhref=" hair pieces</a>, and are not disguising
customers are unknowingly being duped.stock hair as custom hair.
When you purchase a custom piece, it is custom forSometimes it can be difficult to tell, but there are a
a reason. Most people fit into stock hair very well,few things for consumers to take note of. Most
and have no need for the extra expense of aimportantly, look for a customer satisfaction policy. If
custom hair piece. A consumer would need a customyour hair replacement company isn’t willing to
hair piece because they have an uncommon headmake sure your custom hair is made 100% correctly,
size, need an uncommon color, use an uncommonit simply isn’t in your best interest to do
base construction, or an uncommon type of hair.business with them. Production time is another factor.
When any of the above is the case, the consumerIt should always take a good 4-6 weeks for a
really does need a custom hair piece, and that is whycustom hair piece to be produced. If your production
it is all the more important that the hair piece istime is significantly less than that, it should be a red
actually custom made. If a hair replacement companyflag.
simply modifies a hair piece for a client needing a