General
Hair Extensions And Hair Weaves
By Marquetta Breslin
Aug 6, 2005, 15:11

"Fashion" is a term which usually refers to clothes, makeup, and hair. As the world keeps changing, so do the latest styles, and making the best impression often means keeping up with the latest hair trends. If last season the style was short ... this season long hair could be in. Hair extensions and hair weaving are great solutions for making sure you're always in style.

Hair extensions allow you to achieve long, lustrous hair without having to wait for your own hair to grow. There are two methods of hair extensions - individual strands and wefts. The individual strand method involves the weaving, sticking, fusing, clamping of synthetic or natural hair extensions to the existing hair. This process usually requires the use of chemicals. A drawback of this method is that the removal of the extensions can potentially lead to damaged hair.

Hair weaving is a method which involves the braiding and/or sewing of synthetic hair to a person's natural hair. The advantage of this method is that there is no need for the use of chemicals. As a result, in most cases it does not harm hair. Hair weaving is a common solution for thinning hair. Many patients undergoing chemotherapy opt for hair weaving since they often lose their natural hair in the process. The process of hair weaving uses a weft of hair as the anchor. Needle and thread is then used to attach the synthetic hair to the weft of hair.

Though human hair is the best choice for extensions and weaves, it tends to be quite expensive. To solve this problem, many companies are producing synthetic hair that bears close resemblance to natural hair.




© Copyright by Braids by Breslin