Are great lengths really that bad??

Edited by Balenciaga - May 04 2008 at 8:08pm

I thought I was having a disaster when I got mone at first, but now Im so happy with them.  My hair with the GL is like Reese Witherspoon, the pics you see of her in the yellow awards dress. and honestly I love them.  Im going on over a month with NO problems whatsoever.  I use Aveda and Bumble and Bumble~

I took extremly good care of my GL and the damage was way beyond anything I could have imagined. I put them in for length to have my real hair grow out, and I ended up after the removal of cuttin off almost 3 inches beacause of the damage and my hair was shorter then how it was with the install. The only healthy method I have had with extensions ( for me ) was the hair locs. I recently took out my install completly and my hair was healthy and longer the goal I wanted to acheive in the first place. 

The difference for me with a sew in is the weft laying horizontally across my scalp instead of many small, hard bonds. I personally did not care for that feeling on my head near the roots of my hair. For the money, I did not like GL, nor the over priced hair which did not match my texture, nor last. I have had much better results using other, less expensive attachment methods and hair that was a superior match to my own. That was my personal experience with GL that I was expressing as opinions were solicited.

Edited by krimsa - May 03 2008 at 10:00am

Hi there. We sound like we have very similar hair textures and types. I’m also fine but have been told I have a fair amount of hair.

I did wear GL for about 3 months and was not thrilled with them. Primarily in my case it was due to cost which would not be a problem for you. I also did not like the GL hair (Indian temple) and found that it was too rough and the texture did not match my own. It was also tangling and becoming worse and worse and that was in the first month of wear. I did not have excessive damage once they were removed, yet a little bit around my ears appeared to have broken off. I also really HATED the way GL felt in my hair. Imagine a bunch of rice up near your scalp. It’s like that. It’s not visually detectible but man; don’t plan on hiding it if someone touches your hair near the bonds.

I am now wearing a sew in with virgin hair that matches my texture completely and have never been happier.

I personally looooved Great Lengths.  I go back and forth between highlights and lowlights and took very good care of the hair (Terrax Crema, Biosilk before I flatiron, etc).  When the extensions came out it was a bit of a shock because I was used to a really thick pony tail and healthy looking strands with no spilt ends (think Faith Hills hair - circa 2000) but that is the reason I paid for INDIAN hair - it is stronger than my fine hair.  After a good trim I my hair looked nice and healthy again.  I'm not sure I would use any sort of fusion if you want to acheive healthy, long, natural hair because after having extensions I will never think my regular hair is that fab and my hair will never grow as that long (18"-22") without split ends.  In a nutshell, I loooved Great Lengths - I never had so many people literally stop me on the street and compliment my hair but if your goal is to have healthy, long, natural hair without extensions, I would just get some awesome clip ins (I personally would make my own with Bohyme wefts) and pop Biotin like it was goin out of style (your hair will grow like a weed - no joke) and wait it out.  My hair is fine when I get the GL taken out but anything hanging on to your strands for months every 1/2 cm or so will take its toll on your head.