QuoteReplyTopic: Methods for short/damaged hair Posted: December 22 2004 at 5:12pm
I was a great lengths extension user up until a few weeks ago, when I had them removed after 9 weeks. Many of the bonds formed dreadlocks, and had to be chopped off, which left me with very little hair. I have a a thin layer of longer hair, but almost everything underneath in the back is only an inch or so. I NEED extensions, I am tired of the clip-on hair pieces required to cover the damage from my GL. I realize this is only a bandaid solution, but it is also what would make me feel most confident. I plan on caring for them exceptionally well (brushing often to avoid the dreads) and wearing them until my shorter hair has grown out.
Now, can you guys enlighten me on methods which would be possible for my solution? Thanks so much!
I had Great Lengths and it did the same thing to me. I thought most of the problem was due to a medication I was taking, however the hair thinning and breaking problem actually started before I had the extensions put in, but after everything I've read on this website, I might be wrong. I lost an overall total of about 60 bonds within the first 5 weeks, had more put in and lost some of those, and with every bond I lost, came every piece of hair that the bond was attached to. Needless to say I had many many bald spots when I had them removed, after only having them in for about 7 weeks. $2400.00 down the drain. It felt so good to have them out (due to the matting) but I could hardly stand to look at myself in the mirror, so I had to check into another type of extension. This is really hard for me because I have always had beautiful thick long hair and now I'm paying big bucks to have it look just like it used to. I currently have Hairlocs and I know there is alot of bad information out there concerning these extensions but they aren't doing the damage that the Great Length's did. When I do loose a bond, I loose maybe a couple strands of my own hair (unlike the GL's where I would loose all the hair attached). I also started taking hair vitamins and got off the medication that was thinning my hair. The cost is pretty much the same as the GL's but it must be worth it because I keep going back. Do your research on WHO you choose to go to. I just went to a new place today and had to purchase more hair because the last person I went to DID NOT put in the correct length. I now have to pay another $400.00 for longer hair, plus the cost to have it installed and it infuriates me because I just paid $225.00 for extra hair that should have been longer. The girl I saw today told me that my own hair is almost as long as my extensions. Oh well, we won't go there again.
Hope this helps and good luck to ya. Let me know if you have any questions.
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In my opinion, even if you brush religiously up near the bonds (and I've done this), there will always be a little dreading after three months or so with any extensions method (and I've had about five of them now). The fact is, you shed hair into the bonds, and those shedded hairs get caught in the bonds, etc.
That said, the matting shouldn't be so bad that you need to cut the extensions out. If that's the case, the bonds are probably not coming out easily enough with the remover, or you hair's simply not strong enough to endure that method. A little matting in itself isn't necessarily such a big deal; the problem with fusion is that it adds glue/"keratin" glue to the equation, and getting the glue out can be a nightmare.
Without knowing more about your hair, I would recommend pinchbraids, Shrinkies (which you can order from Doc Locks), or possibly extentubes (which you can get from hairpiece.com). If Great Lengths killed your hair, don't use it again--and don't use any other fusion method (the damage may even be worse).
Do you want to get them done at a salon, or do you want to do them yourself? Where are you located? And what's your hair like (texture; color; what length do you want?; is it color treated, permed or straightened?)?
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