How To Use Hair Extension Wefts For Beautiful Long Hair

By Alejandra Eisert


Hair extensions come in "strands" and "wefts", while strands are considered the most natural way to go, wefts go in easier and faster. Wefts are wide strips of hair that attach at the top. The best wefts are those that are handmade. They come in every color that can be grown on the human head.

The best hair for these extensions is hair that has not been processed either while the original "grower" was growing it out or afterwards. This is called "virgin" hair. European hair is the next best thing to virgin hair and is less expensive because it is easier to find.

To put in wefts, your hair dresser will lift up the top layer or "crown" of your hair and make corn-rows that traverse around your head, from one side to the other. When the top layer of your hair is pulled back down, you will not be able to see anything different.

The longer you want your hair to be, the more cornrows and wefts you will need. If you are not looking for length so much as volume, two or three wefts will do the job nicely. Either way, cornrows and wefts should vary in size to match the way your hair grows naturally.

When the job is finished, you can comb your hair over the extensions and consider your new extensions as part of your natural head of hair. This includes taking care of the extensions as carefully as you would your own hair.

Hair Maintenance

Your new hair extensions must be taken care of as though they are your actual hair. Because they are (or should be) real hair, you must wash it and moisturize it. In fact, because they do not actually grow from your scalp, they do not have the benefit of being naturally oiled by your sebaceous glands and so they will need more conditioning than your normal hair. When you wash your hair, make sure to give extra attention to the corn-rowed areas to prevent the overgrowth of bacteria and possible problems with a skin infection.

Because hair extensions do not grow back when yanked and damaged, you must be careful with them. This means you cannot color them, subject them to intense heat, or yank a comb through them as you might (but should not) do to your own hair. Brush out your hair carefully before showering or sleeping. As with your own hair, do not yank a comb through tangles. Rather, you should start brushing from the ends of your hair and work your way up to the roots to get rid of the tangles.

Your new look will last for six to eight weeks. You will need to go back to the salon and have the whole thing redone -- your hairdress will take out the wefts and undo the cornrows, then he or she will check for damage or build-up from products used in your hair. Your hair will be rebraided and wefts sewn back in if that is what you want to have done.

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