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Hair Extensions and Enhancements

Hair Extensions and Hair Enhancements have gained tremendous popularity recently thanks to the likes of celebrities and models. Because most are semi-permanently attached, and remain in place for up to 4 months, they are most desired by women who want something that they can treat like their own hair.

The primary purpose of hair extensions is to lengthen the appearance of hair. When a woman desires longer hair, additional hair is added in some manner to her own existing hair in a longer length, thus giving a longer all over look to the style.

If a woman is happy with the length of her own naturally growing hair but wants it to be thicker, the additional hair is added in a length the same as her own, and is referred to as Hair Enhancements.

The additional hair can be attached in a number of different ways. The most popular are classified as ‘strand attachments’. This means that a small amount of additional hair is attached to your own by a specially formulated bonder manufactured especially for hair to hair attachments. These small bonds are either melted and/or disintegrated with a solvent for removal.

They may also be attached by a very tiny metal microcylinder, usually made of copper, silver or aluminum. These Microcylinder Attachments are gently ‘crimped’ around a small amount of your own naturally growing hair, and the cylinders are expanded for removal, (microcylinders are not reusable, however, sometimes part of the additional hair is).

A popular attachment for black women has always been the ‘track and sew’ method, where the clients naturally kinky textured hair is braided or woven into tracks onto which strips of additional hair are sewn. Hence…the WEAVE. This method of attachment is fine for black women whose hair is textured enough to hold in the tracks, however ineffective for caucasian women whose hair is way too silky to hold the tracks in adequately without the addition of a filler fiber or track stabilizer. Thus making this attachment method too bulky and visible for Caucasian hair. Now black women also want the small comfortable strand attachments, making tracking almost obsolete in this day and age.

There are also temporary methods of attachment for hair extensions; these methods always involve the additional hair being added in strips, and either attached by small comb clips or double-sided tape. They remain in your own hair for several hours to a few weeks. Some situations that a woman might want temporarily attached extensions include short term travel, special events, weddings, modeling jobs, or when you just want longer hair for a short time. **also see Cosmetic Hair Additions