Hair Extensions do they really hurt?

I am going to have them put in this weekend and have heard mixed opinions. My black girlfriends say do it. My white female friends say it hurts. I am going either way, but I am nervous on how real this is going to feel. I have short hair now and I know everyone will notice 100%, but I want it to feel like real hair.

I had super cheapo extensions put in when I had braids, but I didn't keep them long enough to ever have them tightened... how is that done?Jennifer> I had extensions put in almost a year ago. They don't> really hurt, it's just that the first couple of days> it feels a little tight due to the braiding of the> hair which you will get used to. As far as them> feeling like real hair, as long as you have a very> good quality hair extension put in, and you take very> good care of the extensions, I think you will really> enjoy them. I really like them. I go about every 10> weeks and have them tightened.

>Dear Debbie,I SO sympathise with you, 1 year ago I had Humanhair extensions I won't say the name or I may offend someoneas extensions are ok for some!, but NOT ME!! I had 160 strands put in (i'm still trying to re-save the wasted cash of $2,000.00 AU) I looked after them exactly as the company that distributes them & the extension artist that put them in, after 3 nights of hell I washed my new hair I nearly went crazy!!, they had knotted so badly I used a whole bottle of frizz ease(that was after half a bottle of cond, as they were 27inches long!,well needless to say 4 weeks of hell later they were removed by another salon as the salon I went to would'nt take them out, so after 6 hours of feeling like my head was about detach from my scalp(the removers felt so sorry they only charged $20.00!!), after at least 4 extension artists checked my poor head with a migraine for 1 week I will add they told me my hair was simply too fine that was why I ended up with a headful of dreads(my natural hair dreaded) this was the most painful hair experience I've ever had, I had to go and have deep intence oil massages(gentle) before I could bear to brush my hair, I had this done for 2 weeks(OUCH!) if you have a great friend get them to give you a gentle warm oil massage or try leaving in a slimy treatment(K-Pack by Joico)& gently massage as your scalp is probably Traumatised as well,also Nioxin's scalp therapy saved me a lot of pain, it is a botanical scalp& hairtherapy product it has an amazing cooling effect on the scalp plus it is supposed to relieve tightness & dryness while delivering moisture, this really helped me , here is how it is titled on the bottle,"Scalp Therapy.",Revitalisant Botanique Acondicionador Vegetal, (under Nioxin Scalp Therapy) they have a site-www.nioxin.comtells you everthing, ok I'll finish this mini novel now!Best of luck& hope you are feelig better soon,Simone.(C).I had them (three rows of them, two would have been> plenty!) and had a hard time sleeping the first couple> of nights. Then one night I washed my hair in the> bathtub - just sank under the water - and developed a> KNOT the size of a fist! (Real hair) It took HOURS to> get the knot out and I almost had to call my> hairdresser for help! Needless to say, I had them> removed when they began to loosen and that was it for> me!!!! I have fine hair anyway and I felt as though I> lost more hair due to the tight little braids. But> that was because I hadn't brushed my REAL hair in> weeks. I say... go at your own risk! I still have the> little 'scalps' lying in a drawer somewhere!

Dear Simone,I made a mistake on the SUAVE shampoo. It's actually Alberto VO5! It's a thickening shampoo for fine hair and it seems to plump my hair up just fine. I don't know why I said SUAVE!Take care!Deb