Anyone had cold fusion done?

And while I'm at it (ranting....), I really would suggest that first-time extension wearers try to keep the costs down. I really wouldn't recommend paying any more than $1000 (and if you can keep it to $500 or under, better yet).

It's one thing if you've been wearing extensions for awhile, you know the pros and cons, and you want to upgrade, but it's quite another to drop $2500 to $4000 on something you've never tried before and really have no basis for comparison with. It's an enormous financial risk to take.

I'm in NYC, too, and the prices Purrmachine paid were about the same that I paid and was quoted by everyone. Unlike Purrmachine, I had a lot of damage, but like I've said, my stylist sucked, so that may have had a lot to do with it. Those bonds are damned big, too, you're right.

One thing I will say about the GLs bonds is I think they're less damaging than the "gummier," softer bonds, like Cinderella. I don't think the harder GLs shell "melts" into the hair as much. I acutally removed them fairly easily with oil and pliers by myself. Of course, at that point my hair was alreasy wrecked because my stylist had given me Cinderella--when he said it was GLs, a big lie--and literally yanked each one out of my hair. It got so bad, at the end I told him to cut some of them out--no joke. Maybe GLs remover isn't what you're supposed to use to remove Cinderella bonds? I am still so furious about what this stylist did to me.

That contract sounds like total bull****. What a scam! Every method has its advantages and disadvantages, but it's stylists like these who really give the methods a bad name.

I also think Purrmachine has a good point about the visibility of the bonds. My hair doesn't even grow fast, and after two months or so, they're fairly visibile. Ideally, I feel like my extensions (any method) should be switched out every two months at least. :)

Oly - I don't remember exactly what I paid but I believe it was somewhere in the $2500 range. It was at a salon in the NY metro area that specialized in great lengths and hair replacement. Around the time when I was getting my last set removed, they were just starting to implement the cold fusion system. The owner of the salon was all excited about this brand new "high tech" system and they were charging about $4000 for them.

So yes the technicians he had working there were excellent, while the owner was a money grubbing #$%*. He made me sign some contract that I stupidly agreed to sign, for 3 sets of extenions in a 1 year period. I was having problems with hiding the bonds after they were grown out for 2 months, which he insisted I would not have this problem, and he refused to let me out of the contract.

purrmachine-can i ask how much you paid and for what amount/ did you actually see damage where the bond was? seems to me like you had a real tech

because the amount of the keratin bond is a lot. they give you a lot of hair in ine strand.therefor it is a lot of weight being added to your parting causing pulling and breakage.
those strands are meant to be cut at least once if not twice.i have even cut them 4 times. its also much better to remove because the alcohol hits and breaks up the bond nicer.

why does cutting the great lengths bond mean less damage? anyone?

Oly,

I think you misunderstood the post. "Cold Fusion" is not the traditional Great Lengths method that you use; it's a product the GLs company debuted awhile ago. There's a link to the press release in this thread: http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/viewthread.asp?forum=AMB_AP934431446&id=3029

I'm sure there are many techs that don't apply or remove GLs correctly, which can lead to damage. That said, I also think a lot of people's hair simply isn't suitable for fusion (my own hair, for example). Have you never seen any damage after removing GLs?

:)

I really doubt it, based on the reviews I saw. Why don't you try a "cold process" (extentubes, pinchbraids, or shrinkies) instead of Cold Fusion? The price for Cold Fusion is outrageous, and no one seems to have anything good to say about it.... :)

Please see this thread: http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/viewthread.asp?forum=AMB_AP934431446&id=3029

:)

I'm very curious as to the method called "cold fusion" The only time I've heard of it was from GL. I think it's done with a special tool from GL. Anyone had this done, or know anything about this "cold fusion" method from GL?