Hair extensions come in a few ways.
Cylinder hair extensions are the more traditional ones that are applied to your hair with heat and a handy apparatus that attaches the cylinders of hair to your hair. To take these off, the stylist must use a hand held device that will essentially crack the seal that is holding this on your hair. Often times this results in the hair that the extensions were clipped to to break.
Clip on hair extensions are…just that..they are clipped on and can be taken on and off easily.
Tape hair extensions are becoming more and more popular. They are applied to small strips of hair at the root by taping the pieces to each other with a small strip of your hair in the middle. Removing these is easy. The stylist simply sprays a dissolving solution on the tape, rubs it around and the they slide off. Hair loss is minimal. These take less than 2 hours to apply and typically need to be taken off and put back on about every 5-8 weeks. It is easy to wash, but you have to be careful with brushing and scratching your head. The tape is clear so if you have hair covering it, it’s very difficult to see the tape so it is camouflaged well.
Below you can see the before and afters.
I didn’t actually leave the salon with my hair this long. I mainly got these to add about 4 inches to the length, but also to make my hair fuller since it’s been falling out do to age and stress. I have had the extensions for over a month now and love them. They are a little hard to wash because you can’t really get in to your scalp with your nails and rub, you kind of have to massage it lightly and build up a lot of lather to get your hair clean.
