My Extensions are in!!

amm wrote: Oil is used after the shrinkie is removed with the fusion wand. Clamp down on the shrinkie, let it heat up and get soft and then slide it out. Or, let it distort and then cool a bit before sliding out to keep the residue from spreading down the entire hair strand. I suggest using gobs and gobs of conditioner a few days prior to shrinkie removal. You'll be amazed how much looser they get. Don't force them out. Those little shrinkie strands with the hair broken off vibes me. About the oil thing before removal. Does anyone know the temp veg oil has to reach before it starts to smoke? Be careful with that because those wands get scorchin' hot. Wouldn't want you to catch aflame and come back with Troll hair now.

I plan on shampooing again today and loading the conditioner on again.  I agree, it loosens the shrinks.  I won't put the heat clamp on my head with oil on it!  No, don't want troll hair, LOL.  My shrinks are pretty distorted now, that's why they were just sliding right out w/the oil.  I just figured, it can't hurt to add scalp oil to aid in the removal, prior to using the heat clamp.

Fina,

I'm removing the shrinks because of the install.  I think my install was a little faulty.  The shrinks shrunk too inconsistently and I lost a lot the 1st few days.  And, I figure it would be best to go w/hair that has a wave to it. I'm going with the large Extentubes next.  I ordered them 2 days ago from hairpiece.com and still haven't got an order confirmation... hmm better give em' a call.  I'm not totally against shrinkies, just takes a special technique to install them properly, and for me it's really hard to do the back, so I need more practice with them I guess.