QuoteReplyTopic: Help! Is this bad? Posted: January 20 2006 at 12:05am
I have had socap hair extensions in my hair since 5/05. These are the type where they bond them to your real hair. How much real hair should I be losing when these fall out. Sometimes I lose like the whole piece and just a little is left. If I see them falling out I carefully pull them down while supporting the root. Does anyone have expereince with this hair? My regular hair sems to be thinning but it's so hard to tell cause the indian hair is so overpowering to my own hair. I always wanted long hair so I did this cause I heard it was the safest. Any info would be appreciated.
welcome to our little community of hair addicts, lol
ok let me get this clear, you have had the same set of socap since May? have they been maintanced or replaced?
depending on how much of your own hair is attached to each strand, could mean alot. If they installed using a small amount of your hair there could be a possibility that it could be pulling out some of your hair with the weight of the extension hair. If they installed equal amounts of your hair with the extension hair, then it very well may just be natural shedding of your own hair.
Again, welcome and hope we can offer help to you!
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They have been filled since then. Probably about 4 times or so. When I loose the pieces ometimes a big strand of my own hair comes out.Liike more than 6 strands. I really love them and want to keep them in you know.
I hope that they are taking them all out and doing a whole new set each time. It's important to comb out all the shed hairs in order to prevent matting. Also I agree with what Tangles said on the weight on your natural hair. That's part of the problem of keeping them in over 12 weeks, is that when you shed your own hair naturally, the weight of the extension is supported by less and less of your hair, thus creating the perfect situation for 'root pull' or breakage.
No this company does not do that. I paid a big amount to have them put in them I pay a smaller price and they fill where it's needed. Mine fall out enough so that when I go in they put like 1.5 bundles in. Im thinking of taking them out. How much hair shoud come out with each extension?????
Ideally, none of your extensions should come out at all! (in an ideal world...)
Most of my clients only lose between 5-20 pieces in a 3 month period. If I see a lot of the client's natural hair still attached to an extension that has fallen out, I get kind of concerned.
If you look at your hair extensions (the ones that are still attached) and see a lot of your natural hairs that are not attached to your head any longer with 'white bulbs' at the root, that's a good indicator that you have some root pull going on.
It doesn't have to feel like a lot of pulling to have your roots being pulled out.
Some people's hair just isn't as anchored into the scalp as well as others. It's a genetic thing. Therefore just a small amount of tension will pull the hair out by the root.
Just a little tension, over a time period, is enough for some people to experience root pull.
Have any of you ever seen any real damage from the extensions. I don't know what to do. Should I take them out and risk losing the money Ive invested? I just get nervous when I cant see as much as my hair as I was used to seeing. It's hard cause the fake hair just over powers my own hair. I have alot of bulk to my hair, its thin and curly.
You are recieving great advice and troubleshooting from all the stylists. As a So.Cap.USA educator, I'd like to contribute futher into possibilities as to why:
an average of 75-150 strands of hair is the average hair loss, yours is a concerning matter
your stylist may be licensed but not certified; our courses goes over the subject of comprehensive problem solving; many stylists out there opt for knowledge through back-door training (works kinda like a bad gossip-never is retold accurately)
the same amount of hair was not support by same amount in clients
the extension was placed against direction of growth
the sectioning was not clean and precise so hair from other areas were attached
you may have not been diagnosed properly in your consultation, and might not been a proper candidate being that you have weak follicles
you may not have recieved the overview of the client maintenance program (a form that the stylist should have provided)
your stylist friends here are also accurate when they say that your hair should have been completely removed after 3-6months and the refilled with new one for a more precise attachment
SoCapUSA has a couple of imitation companies which has the SoCap name in it, so who knows where the training has come from unless you see our new logo. Please research www.socapusa.com
These are only some of the few things I can think of on the top of my head. These are some of the things So.Cap.USA battles on a daily basis. Please check out our salon's website and see how happy clients are when the system is done accurately and precisely. Also call me (# in site below) if you would like for me to recommend some products to strengthen and regrow your hair or to search in your area for a So.Cap.USA Certified Extensionist.
your stylist may be licensed but not certified; our courses goes over the subject of comprehensive problem solving; many stylists out there opt for knowledge through back-door training (works kinda like a bad gossip-never is retold accurately)
Scary, that is why research in product as well as the extensionist is so vital!
I couldnt agree with u more, that is the biggest problem i see everyday- people learning without proper training and we as pros who actually have been trained and do care, get to fix the hair diasters.
My answer for the question regarding if it was pulled from the roots is in order to strenghten the follicles, start from your health within. Good vitamins, supplements and a good diet is your internal maintenance. Externally, you should stimulate that scalp for healthy circulation, and finally use good products such as Nioxin, etc to rid DHT hormones that may effect hair loss.
I also agree and thank you, Tangles for stating and respecting the professionalism in our career. I can only wish more stylists were like this and thus less clean-up jobs.
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