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Is it worth doing such a procedure?
Hair extensions are becoming an increasingly popular procedure. After all, many believe that long hair is associated with femininity and beauty. And to grow your “waist-length braid”, it will take more than one month or even a year.
Hair extension: pros and cons
An expert helped to figure out the pros and cons of this procedure on Wday.ru.
– First of all, let’s figure out what building is. This is the addition of additional strands to the native hair to add length or volume. There are many methods of building up, but not all of them have taken root and become popular in Russia.
Top most popular types of extensions among Russian beauties
Capsule hair extension technologies (a donor strand is attached to the native hair strand, and the place of their connection can be called a capsule).
Hot method (it includes Italian, English, keratin technologies). A hot melt polymer is used to fix the strands. After heating with a special apparatus, the polymer (keratin) becomes soft, and the master easily forms a capsule, connecting the native and donor strands. Delicate keratin can be degraded by various treatments and chemical influences, but at the same time it gives excellent adhesion to fine European hair.
Cold build-up. The technology is based on two-component glue, which is alternately applied to the junction of the native and donor strands. By reacting, these components solidify, and a solid capsule forms at the site of their adhesion. Chemical influences, be it oil, mask, wax or hair styling paste, are not afraid of these capsules.
Iron rings Ring Star. The strands are fastened with the help of special metal-ceramic rings with a silicone layer inside, which protects the hair from chafing. Rings are available in different sizes and shades, this helps to make the fastening of the strands the most invisible.
Capsule techniques are suitable for long-term wearing of hair extensions.
They can be extended even on very short hair.
Strands are worn for 2-4 months.
During the correction, the capsule collapses, then it is cut off from the donor strands. Therefore, the client, correcting hair, each time loses up to 2 cm of the length of the hair extensions.
Tape hair extension technologies (additional hair is attached to a horizontally selected native strand in various ways).
Tape extension. This technology uses rectangular donor strands 2-4 cm long, on which polymer glue is applied. These strands are attached to the client’s hair in a special pattern. On sale there are sets with the amount of 20-24 tapes (depending on the manufacturer).
Royal build-up. Long thin hair mono-ribbons with polymer glue applied to them are used. This donor tape attaches very quickly and easily to the client’s hair.
Hollywood build-up. Hair that is pre-prepared in color and structure is used. Then the weft is sewn to the braids pre-formed on the back of the client’s head. This hair set can last for many years.
Tape technologies are extended to medium hair length.
They are worn for up to 2 months and are corrected without losing the length of the donor hair.
These technologies can be called express build-up, the process takes a minimum of time.
These technologies are suitable for girls who dream of increasing their natural hair volume, but do not want to go “with capsules in their heads.”
Are there any disadvantages to these techniques?
There is only one drawback: disappointment and disappointment due to the wrong technology. If the technology is selected individually by a professional master, taking into account the structure and length of your hair, the effect you want to get and the purpose of the extension, the result will surely please you.