Hair Extensions: Types and Procedures

Hair extension is the procedure of adding extra hair to your natural hair. Hair used for hair extension may be human or synthetic. There are many means of hair extension like weaving, braiding, bonding or strand-by-strand extension. After hair extension, extended hair gets mixed with natural hair and if procedure is properly done, no one can distinguish between natural and extended hair. You can treat them as you treat your natural hair; you can wash them as your own hair, you can sleep with them. Hair extension provides volume, length and brings highlights in your hair without coloring your own hairs.

Hair extensions cannot be done by yourself; you need services of competent and professional hair extensionist. Hair extensions are available in various hair shades, styles, textures and length. You can choose a hair extension according to your hair type. Hair extension professional first examine your hair and then decides, which type of hair extension will suit your hairs and which type of hair extension procedure is to be used. Availing the services of a inexperienced hair extensionist may damage your hairs. Before any hair extension, professional should test your hairs for its strength as weak hairs cannot withstand the procedure of hair extension. For more natural look, after hair extension, proper cutting and styling of hairs is must.

Advantages Of Hair Extensions:

For last ten years, hair extensions have become extremely popular because some popular celebrities are going for it. These celebrities instantly increase volume and length of their hair. Now many ordinary women also prefer this method of instantly increasing length of their hairs.

Some people may face loss of their hairs due to any reason like long illness, chemotherapy, alopecia areata or heredity. In the case of severe hair fall, hair extensions are a boon for these people. Hairs are the crowning glory of a person. Appearance of women is greatly affected by looks of her hairs. Hair extensions are the result of research in the field of medicine and cosmetics.

Natural and Artificial Hair extensions

As I told above hair extension may be natural or artificial. Natural or human hairs can be treated, colored, styled or curled. These hair extensions are more expensive than artificial hairs. For increasing length of hairs instantly, hair extensions are glued to your own hairs but this glue is for short term use. To remove this bonding heat and oil are used; if not done carefully, it can pull your own hairs.

Various types of Hair Extensions

There are various types of hair extensions for you to choose from.

Different kinds of hair extensions are prepared and then attached to natural hairs by different methods.

One of the popular methods of hair extension is bonding hairs by using glue. A chemical or adhesive is used on your actual hairs to which hair extension is attached. If you want to remove hair extension, professional use some chemicals to strip off glue. But before any use of glue, have complete information about the chemicals used as some chemicals may be harmful for your skin.

Then another method is clip on extension. These clip-on-extensions are clipped to your natural hair and they instantly give you fuller and thicker hairs.

The main benefit of these hair extensions is that you can yourself attach and remove them. They can give you instant dramatic effect. Also you need not apply any chemical on your hairs. You can use this extension on any special occasion.

Weaving hair extension is another method of hair extension. It is attached to hairs by weaving. These hair extensions are sewed into your actual hairs. In this procedure, natural hairs are woven around various threads. Various tracks are created by these threads and hair extensions are sewn into them. But while swimming or washing hairs, this method creates tension on your natural hairs. It takes more time to dry beneath the tiny braids.

Braids, twists, Locks and cornrows are attached to blend with the hair style but attachments are visible.

In Metal tubing method, a metal tube is used over the actual hair to attach hair extensions but this method is not recommended for fine hairs.

Heat-Shrink Tubing method is safe but does not have holding power; it may get loose after few washings.