I doubt its any more harsh or worse for my hair than any of the other things that I do to my hair...bleach, highlights, color, blowdrying, flatironing...etc. I have been using acetone for remover for a hella long time and I still have hair on my head! In fact, I have more hair/healthier hair now than I had before I started wearing extensions years ago. I think my (much improved) haircare routine makes a bigger impact on the long term condition of my hair than using acetone for 15 mintues once every 10 weeks.
Just a thought...Fusion removal is done with acetone or with acetone based remover products, yet you never hear questions/concerns about whats in the fusion remover.
I have genetically crappy hair and will never grow (nice) long hair on my own. Anything below shoulder length becomes thin, scraggly looking, frizzy and brittle. I will be wearing hair extensions until I decide I am ready to wear my hair shorter, so my natural hair isnt as much of a concern to me as those who are trying to grow out their own hair with extensions.
Thanks Sherrie...You are right about fusion....it is basically an acetone blend used to remove them. Thanks for the feedback...I guess you are right...all the dying , bleaching, blowdrying..etc does the same amount of damage too.
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I will definitely be soaking my wefts in acetone the next time I take hair out. It sounds like Sherrie gets great results.
That wil be a while as I don't even have any hair glued in right now. But, i will post my experience when I do.
You know, lots of the ladies at Sherries place www.HairExtensions101.com use the tape and lg method and there are a lot of tips on installing and removing.
Hope I'm able to say that on this board. Not trying to promote , just a fact that I have learned a lot about tape and lg from being a lurker on that forum.
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Hey sofia- So sorry about this delayed reply. This is the first time I have logged in in a long time.
The takedown is super easy. I do have to say that I don't get quite the amout of wear from my installs that some of the others do... 3-4 weeks max... but I don't mind taking it down and reinstalling as the entire process takes only about 2 hours and I get perfect hair for 3-4 weeks afterwards.
As Sherrie mentioned, acetone works great! I put 100% acetone in a small spray bottle and work on one row at a time. WHen its all out, I pour a bit of acetone in a heavy ( I say heavy because I used a disposable plastic bowl and the acetone ate right through it) plastic tupperware type bowl and I soak the remaining bits of glue or tape off.
A double shampoo, some heavy conditioner, let it dry and its ready to install again.
Oh yes... I love the supertape/lg combo. And I might add, with my darker hair, I prefer the new lg. It doesn't turn white in my hair like the old lg does.
thanks Krystal for the feedback. I am assuming that you like this better than the clipins....how is your hair holding up with the LG/tape combo vs. clipins.....i have such fragile hair that I am afraid if I do the LG/tape too much that it might pull my delicate hair out.
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