Recieved my FreeTress synthetic today!

The thermal fibers are different than other synthetic hair, the thermal fibers are intended to be used with heating tools. They can take it! Although, for long term I would recommend using hot rollers, steam rollers or using velcro rollers with a steamer. And if you do use a curling iron, then you have to WET the hair before curling. Otherwise it wont curl dry.

You definitely have to razor the ends of it or its so heavy and bunchy and doesnt look natural. Just make sure you have a few really sharp blades because synthetic will dull the blades QUICK.

If you can get ADs thermal fiber that gets really great reviews too...I havent used that but would love to try it!

I did find that the wawa needed to be brushed out frequently throughout the day or it got 'bunchy'. Not so much tangly but it bunches up together. Once I razored the ends it helped with that to an extent. But Ive also used HH that got quite tangly and had to be brushed out ALOT too.

I wore the wawa for 4 weeks, the takedown was not due to the hair getting bad though, it was the bonds, so I think the hair could have lasted a few more weeks, just needed a little trim on the ends.

remilover here is that thread on the Wawa install. You might find some useful info in this thread!

http://www.hairboutique.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34223& amp;KW=wawa+install

remilover...Ive tried several of the thermal fibers and so far I like Wawa the best. Although Id love to try AD's thermofiber. Yes the hair can take the heat from curling iron at its hottest settings, it does not melt or fry. But long term I think the best option for keeping the thermal fiber looking nice is hot rollers. Or, I used velcro rollers with a steamer. I kept the wawa in for 4 weeks, the hair held up fine, it was the bonds that wore out. But I have no doubt that the wawa would have held up for 6/7 weeks easily.

If you check back a few pages I did a detailed thread on my Wawa install with weekly pictures and updates