Lately my posts have had a pretty negative tone. This is probably due to the fact that I have witnessed some pretty negative things happen to unsuspecting clients that were paying big money to have their hair ripped from their head, insuring the establishments that they would have returning patrons.
Fortunately there is another side of everything and as I did my own hair this morning I thanked God that what I did not receive genetically I could aquire through my own products and ingenuity. I am certain that the motivating factor that got me through school was the fact that I was born with "bad" hair. It is fine, straight as a board and thin, and without lots of work on a daily basis it will do nothing but lay on my head like feathers.
Most of my clients think I have great hair, but little do they know I have much less hair than most of them have. Thankfully for people like me, there are now options that enable us to have easy to manage, good looking hair.
Over the years I have worn wigs, various extensions, a hair integration piece, and other hair additions and I must say there are advantages and disadvantages to all, just like real hair! Right now I am in a wig for several reasons. First, it is so much easier than styling my own hair and it always looks the same. Also, because of a chronic condition I recently lost hair down to the scalp on top and along the right side of my head, and the wig covers these nicely. The hair IS growing back now but will take some time to get complete coverage. And finally, I am wanting my hair to grow longer and the wig makes it possible to leave this fragile hair alone for a while and just grow.
Once the winter is over, and I am outside most of the days, I know the wig will be too hot for my post menopausal body, so I will go back to wearing my extensions or possibly a hair piece that lets me look like I have a ponytail. I love choices but hate change, so time will tell how much different I look this summer.
Wearing hair that is not my own teaches me more about what clients feel than any classroom instruction I have ever had. For example, I never knew how easily hair follicles can be damaged by clip in hair until mine started breaking off at the roots in the 1990's. At the time I thought clip in extensions were the answer to my hair issues and started making them for my clients. Thankfully my timing was off, and people were not in the mood for false hair, so I only sold a limited number of sets. I still like clip ins for occasional use, but caution clients not to wear them too often and to move the clips frequently.
Another method used by many hair replacement studios is weaving wefted hair into tracks make by braiding the existing hair into tracks. Again experience has taught me that this is not safe and any time the hair is pulled tightly off base it can fall out.
I do believe hair wefts can be sewn into hair, but without the tracks used by many African Americans. My own clients say they are comfortable and I have seen no evidence of hair loss to date. If I can develop the coordination to do the sewing on my own hair I may use this method myself this summer. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
Skin wefts and bonding I do like IF the client is patient enough to let the glue start to release naturally. Trying to get glue and tape out of hair too soon causes some hair loss. This type of service is wonderful for the right client.
The bottom line is that if you feel you need additional hair, by all means talk to someone who knows and has worked extensively with hair additions, be sure to listen and follow instructions to keep your own hair safe. It is a big field out there today and many are getting into it just because it can be lucrative. That doesn't assure you that the methods they use are safe. Experience is the best teacher!
http://www.chrisforhair.com/
Fortunately there is another side of everything and as I did my own hair this morning I thanked God that what I did not receive genetically I could aquire through my own products and ingenuity. I am certain that the motivating factor that got me through school was the fact that I was born with "bad" hair. It is fine, straight as a board and thin, and without lots of work on a daily basis it will do nothing but lay on my head like feathers.
Most of my clients think I have great hair, but little do they know I have much less hair than most of them have. Thankfully for people like me, there are now options that enable us to have easy to manage, good looking hair.
Over the years I have worn wigs, various extensions, a hair integration piece, and other hair additions and I must say there are advantages and disadvantages to all, just like real hair! Right now I am in a wig for several reasons. First, it is so much easier than styling my own hair and it always looks the same. Also, because of a chronic condition I recently lost hair down to the scalp on top and along the right side of my head, and the wig covers these nicely. The hair IS growing back now but will take some time to get complete coverage. And finally, I am wanting my hair to grow longer and the wig makes it possible to leave this fragile hair alone for a while and just grow.
Once the winter is over, and I am outside most of the days, I know the wig will be too hot for my post menopausal body, so I will go back to wearing my extensions or possibly a hair piece that lets me look like I have a ponytail. I love choices but hate change, so time will tell how much different I look this summer.
Wearing hair that is not my own teaches me more about what clients feel than any classroom instruction I have ever had. For example, I never knew how easily hair follicles can be damaged by clip in hair until mine started breaking off at the roots in the 1990's. At the time I thought clip in extensions were the answer to my hair issues and started making them for my clients. Thankfully my timing was off, and people were not in the mood for false hair, so I only sold a limited number of sets. I still like clip ins for occasional use, but caution clients not to wear them too often and to move the clips frequently.
Another method used by many hair replacement studios is weaving wefted hair into tracks make by braiding the existing hair into tracks. Again experience has taught me that this is not safe and any time the hair is pulled tightly off base it can fall out.
I do believe hair wefts can be sewn into hair, but without the tracks used by many African Americans. My own clients say they are comfortable and I have seen no evidence of hair loss to date. If I can develop the coordination to do the sewing on my own hair I may use this method myself this summer. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
Skin wefts and bonding I do like IF the client is patient enough to let the glue start to release naturally. Trying to get glue and tape out of hair too soon causes some hair loss. This type of service is wonderful for the right client.
The bottom line is that if you feel you need additional hair, by all means talk to someone who knows and has worked extensively with hair additions, be sure to listen and follow instructions to keep your own hair safe. It is a big field out there today and many are getting into it just because it can be lucrative. That doesn't assure you that the methods they use are safe. Experience is the best teacher!
http://www.chrisforhair.com/
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