Need some advice

I have to mention that I am also wearing a sew in weave (as Mint Mocha is) and no problems with it at all. In fact my fine, thin hair has been able to grow substantially while wearing a weave over the past year. It’s been the healthiest method I have worn thus far. That’s not to say that it could possibly be sewn in too tight or have some other problem develop. There is always the potential for other situations to arise since we don’t all have the same hair texture or issues to contend with. For me, I simply wanted length and not a lot of volume and it’s worked out splendidly. I am also wearing virgin Russian hair which I have had installed over a year now with little to no change in hair quality.

Edited by krimsa - July 19 2008 at 11:30am

Thanks Metalgirl.   I think I am actually if I jump in and do it will do the custom ones this salon does.  I cam to that conclusion only because So-Cap examples I saw there is so much hair on one bond and I have very fine hair.  So with the custom they will  blend 3 colors and make smaller bonds for me.

mintmocha- have you seen your hair after having the braids removed? How did your hair hold up?
 I recently tried a sewin (based on the feedback here) and found it wasn't for me. While I had it in, I loved the look, the ease, and how great my hair looked. But when I had it removed, I felt I lost a ton more hair than I ever did with individual strand by strand method (GL or hairlocs). the tension and weight for the wefts on my braids was too much for my thin/fine hair....

WOWOOWOW....my advice to you is to have the stylist do a few sample strands in your hair...so you can try it out. Pay for it if you have too ( i never had too...most stylists were super nice and willing to put in 3-4 strands in my hair) this allowed me to see how the weight held up on my hair and if I felt comfortable with the method (you can do this with any strand by strand method....hairlocs/links, GL or keratin bonds, or shrinkies/mark barrington style). Unfortunately, you can't really do a small try out for sewins.

I agree with Tangles...it's all a form of "glue".  Ive done Great Lengths, as well as other fusion with keratin bonds, etc. No matter how careful the stylist or I have been, I have never felt that my hair didn't suffer any damage.  (And my stylist is the West Coast educator for GL)

Have you considered doing a sew in?  I just had my first one and I'm hooked.  I always thought Great Lengths/fusion was "the best" and least detectable but I LOVE this sew in.  I have 3 tiny braids on theback of my head (ear to ear basically) and the wefts are just sewn into the braid - the rest of my hair is left out.  My hair was to my chin and I had 6oz of 18" Bohyme sewn in and razor cut to blend and it looks flawless....and I can reuse the hair if I want, which I never could with fusion.  I paid around $300 for the hair and $180 for the sew in and I love love love it! I can wear it up, down, everything and its totally undetectable (sp?),

 

Just throwing that out there if you are looking for a method that looks really natural and you can reuse the hair and it doesn't damage your hair, because to be honest I LOVED my Great Lengths but this way looks just as awesome, more cost effective for me, and I can reuse the hair. yay.

Anyways, good luck!! :)

Edited by MintMocha - July 15 2008 at 6:29pm

looking at getting ext. I have been looking more towards So-cap because it doesn't use heat to bond. Today when I went for a consult the stylist wants to do keratin bonds.  I thought those were worse for the hair since they are applied via heat.