why dont u go back to the girl that did your hair  she will know best and if there is any problems u should let her know so she can fix it. ive never had fusion and it might jsut be the natural shedding but im sure she will be able to advise you and get it sorted

definitely try to contact her but I had the same experince with my heat seals at 5 weeks and if it is more than four weeks you'll have to pay for the replacement strands, or maybe her policy is different for fusion.  I just ended taking them out at 5 weeks, my hair just didn't work with that method I think.

There are a hundred and one reasons that cause shedding in fusion.  I'm not going to comment on them all, but rather make an observation.   You said that the shedding began on the very first wash.  In my experience, even crappy fusion glues and overall bad fusion jobs last through the first wash. 

That being said, I also have had fusion that sheds at the very first wash.  Then I also had fusion by the same person, with the same brand of glue, using the very same technique, and it didn't shed at all.   So what was the difference?   The only thing I could say was different was the brand of hair.   

What brand of hair was used?

I could be completely wrong, but I have this hypothesis that hair that has been coated with lots of silicone (or whatever other stuff they use to make it look shiny and lusterous) sheds because the glue won't hold the silicone.   That's why I think some brands of hair have held so much better on me than other brands. 

I could be completely wrong though, that's just my guess made from my own observations.

rum? wow I have never heard of that, but I like the sound of it!

you could try some oil to see if it will break it down with out damaging your own hair, like the shrinkie remover, or veggie oil.  Maybe you should try to find out what kind of glue it is first.

That sounds weird! Even some of the worst bonds I've tried lasted at least three weeks before I was shedding badly.

By the sounds of the texture I'm wondering if they could possibly be wax bonds. I had a girl come in with a full head of those done somewhere else and they took forever for me to get them out. They were extremely tacky to the touch also.

How long did you wait to wash your hair after having them installed? I'm just wondering because this can affect the curing process of the bond. Do you use a round brush? I've found that customers who so shed a lot more than average from the constant pulling while the hair and bond is still damp.

I know Boogiemama does a great job with hair so I'm confused as to what may have caused this.

~Kristin

boogi is a great stylist and i am sure she wants to hear from you, in fact i would of contacted her first.

she would want to know and help and fix the issues at hand.

i would hope that if one of my clients had a problem with my work, they would contact me first.

hmmm - well with that said, i hope this can be figured out or fixed for you. good luck. purhaps the glue never set up the way it should??

Kim, you and I have are in the exact same situation.

I also went to Bridget and we used His and Her I-Tipped hair.  I do notice a lot of shedding, tangling, and matting.  But I trully dont think it is Bridget, it is the hair.  The bond of the hair has discolored into an off white color which dont look too pretty.  Right before this install I was also wearing GL.  The GL bonds also discolored but at least it was still black, or off black. 

Now with His and Her and into the 3rd week, I also notice I have glue stuck in my own hair.  And each time I wash at least one will come off.  Like you, I am also afraid to wash my hair.

I know what you mean, for me the $400.00 I spent for heat seal for almost 5 weeks was expensive.  By week 3 there were some coming out every day just at touching my hair, I made it last to four weeks and then took them out on week five because I would have to pay for the replacement pieces.  I just decided that heat seals weren't for me, and went back to shrinkies.

It does sound like it's the glue that is the problem, I would try to find out where it came from so your sure not to use it again.

Kim, yes I agree it is the glue, I was just saying the hair as a whole is the problem, not the installation.  The hair is not so bad, but they did tangle quite a bit for me. 

Well you should feel better that yours lasted 5 weeks, I am only on week 3. 

If we are right and the glue is the problem, do you think coating the tip before putting them on the hair would have helped?

Honestly not sure this has anything to do with your problem ...but, those His & Her I tips are are CRRRRAP. I would NEVER use them on a client.

Well I was just doing a search for "shedding" because my fusion is shedding horribly, and ran into this post again.  I'm very curious, did your stylist purge the bonds with a heat wand?  I'm just trying to figure it out because I'm using the same glue that someone else uses but doesn't have this problem.  So I wonder why I have this problem. 

Shedding happens with most fusion installs.  May times I think it's the glue that breaks down, and sometimes it just wasn't put in properly.

Each strand must be covered with glue or else it will shed.  I myself could never master fusion due to shedding problems, so I don't even bother offering it. 

So I don't get yelled at,  let me say that some people here are very good at doing fusion and apparently it doesn't shed for them, but that's not the experience I have found with myself or with most of the stylists  I have talked to who try to do fusion.

I have redone many installs and even bought  new hair for clients (out of pocket) when something has gone terribly wrong, but thank goodness with shrink links that doesn't happen a lot!

If Boogie won't help you, I guess just chalk it up to experience and move on. It's her bad karma that will come to haunt her.

Try shrinkies or the protubes next time, I think you'll be happier.

GL is fusion Kimbers. 

I don't know.  I'm just baffled and don't want to give up fusion because I have done installs where there was no shedding.  I guess I'll have to keep trying to figure it out (at least until I get so frustrated that I actually do give it up).

As for fusion extensions, I do think that the GL glue is stronger, thus holds better than other glues.

metalgirl wrote: If Boogie won't help you, I guess just chalk it up to experience and move on. It's her bad karma that will come to haunt her.

i dont get it- where has boogie been anyway??? she used to be here all the time

I'm going to have to politely disagree on that one.  I use the pot and still experience shedding.  I make positively sure the entire strand, outside, middle, all the way through is saturated with glue.  I'm convinced it's something else.    I WAS convinced that some hair is too heavily coated with silicone for the glue to stay adhered to.....but I don't know.  Some people experience shedding with the same brand of hair that others don't get shedding from.  Perhaps it's the amount of glue being used. 

I just did a new install because my previous one was shedding like crazy.  This time I did a number of things differently.  I washed the hair (the ends that would be in the bond) with dishsoap and dried, then dipped in alcohol and dried.  I heard this tip from someone else.  I also used a crapload more glue than I have been recently.  I also used my slender flat iron as a heat wand because for some reason I like using that better than using the heat wand made for extensions......go figure.   The last thing I did differently was to make the bonds longer.   So we'll see how well this holds up.  I'll post results soon. 

This is interesting, I had a simular problem after getting synthetics back in October

http://www.boogiemama.com/album/displayimage.php?album=lastu p&cat=0&pos=2

Poose wrote: she did a VERY F#CKIN' good job on the first extensions (blonde), and she's a nice person!

oh My... i never heard that word used in a complimentary way!

i usually never wash anyones hair beofre an install unless their hair is greasy. but i do not do fusion. i typicially dont have any problem with someone loosing a lot of strands eitiher. And if they did, i would certainly fix the problem, or help to  troubleshoot, regardless of the timeframe. I back my work. Thats what i would expect for myself and i try very hard to treat others as i would like to be treated.

honestly, i am dumbfounded that boogie hasnt replied here nor helped you. I AM sorry this has happened to you.