| Hair Extensions way to get longer and fuller hair. | | | | up looking not as good as the real thing, Although |
| There are many different types of Hair Extensions | | | | fake hair is unbelievably good, at the end of the day |
| on the market, but for the sake of simplicity we will | | | | it is hard to do better then the real thing. There are |
| focus on two main types of application methods: | | | | several grades of quality in real hair and many |
| Individual Strands and Wefts. Individual method | | | | different methods to attach the hair to your existing |
| involves taking small amounts of extension hair | | | | hair. Other popular uses are for hair thinning or even |
| (natural or synthetic ) and applying to small sections | | | | hair loss situations. There are some methods of hair |
| of your own hair by either weaving in, heat fusing, | | | | extensions that can actually help improve the |
| gluing, clamping with metal rods or using waxes and | | | | condition of your natural hair as it grows out. A |
| polymers. These extensions usually only last a few | | | | heated clamp melts the solution sealing the extension |
| months before they have to be taken out and | | | | around the hair. This is known as "heat sealing. |
| completely re-done. The main problem with this | | | | Human hair grows approximately 1 cm per month on |
| method is taking the Hair Extensions out without | | | | average. The extensions hair most likely has gone |
| damaging your own hair. | | | | through some type of de-colorization process and |
| Hair extensions have been around forever, but | | | | then re-colored to get it the to color that it is now. |
| recently there has been technological advancement in | | | | There are hundreds of methods used to apply hair |
| the industry and modern day hair extensions are | | | | extensions and just as many types of hair. The most |
| becoming readily available and even affordable. Hair | | | | popular system out now is the strand by strand |
| extensions can be done with either human hair or | | | | method made by companies such as Great Lengths, |
| synthetic hair. Small strands of the human or | | | | Hair Dreams and SoCap. These extensions are |
| synthetic hair are attached to your natural hair, | | | | attached to your hair with polymer bonds near the |
| creating a thick natural long flowing hair style. Hair | | | | root in small sections. Hair Dreams and SoCap both |
| extensions can be done with either human hair or | | | | use a heated tool to soften their bonds so they can |
| synthetic hair. Some people love man-made hair for | | | | be rolled around the hair sections forming a round |
| its disposability, and some hate the thought of | | | | seal. Great Lengths offers Cold Fusion; which uses a |
| wearing real human hair extensions. Good-quality | | | | special tool to create an ultra sonic vibration to |
| synthetic hair extension should be light and airy. The | | | | soften the bond. The bond is then is folded around |
| strands of hair should separate in the wind as does | | | | the sections making the individual sealed bonds small, |
| natural hair. | | | | smooth and flat. Most extensions, if applied properly, |
| It should have a natural "flat" shine. Many people | | | | will last up to four months. After this the special |
| prefer natural human hair extensions as they are | | | | glue-like bond attached to your natural hair will begin |
| wary of handmade synthetic hair or fear it may end | | | | to loosen and fall off. |
