Human Hair Extensions

Now that hair extensions are so easily available, theretangled. This not only results in your extension looking
is no reason for ladies to feel despondent if their hairnatural, it lasts a longer time because it doesn't get all
does not match up to the standards of fashiontangled up like non-Remy hair. And we must also
models and film stars. They can add on hair of anywarn you here about unscrupulous "extensionists"
color and any length and style it as they want sowho try to pass off horse hair as human. So take
that their image is radically enhanced. However, athe trouble of finding out about the salon where you
choice has to be made between the two types ofare planning your extension and check their
hair extensions that are available for use in theantecedents.
process - human hair and hair made of syntheticHuman Hair Extensions can be attached to the scalp
fibers.in two different ways. It can be attached in the
There is really one feature that synthetic hair has informs of strands or wefts. The strand method
its favor and that is the cost. Human hair is decidedlyinvolves selecting between 30-40 strands of the hair
more expensive than the other variety but, havingyou have chosen and applying these to small sections
said that, there are so many other plus points toof your real hair by differing methods such as hot or
human hair that it would be unwise to reject it oncold fusing, gluing, weaving or clamping. This process
the basis of cost alone. It is widely accepted thatwill go on till the area you want covered is
human hair extensions look the most natural andcompleted. Before we explain the Weft Method, it
there are so many different varieties of human hairwould help if we told you what Wefts are. They are
available that your "extensionist" would have nosmall batches of hair which are held together at one
trouble in finding the right match for your own hair.end and flow freely at the other. They can be
When discussing human hair, we should also tell youmachine-made or hand-made but the best Wefts are
about the two varieties in which this is available.definitely those made by hand. These Wefts are
There is the Remy human hair and there is theattached to your head by methods such as weaving,
non-Remy hair. The specialty of Remy hair is that itattaching with adhesives or using them as clip-ons.
includes the cuticle that is present on the hair shaft.If the human hair extension process is carried out
Care is taken to maintain the direction of the cuticlewell, you will be blessed with a full head of hair which
before cutting it and, this way, because all thenobody can detect as not being your own.
cuticles run in the same direction, the hair doesn't get