Extensive hair helps girls, and sometimes men to achieve the length and density of hair that you like. However, in order to always look fresh and beautiful, as well as to preserve the quality of natural hair, it is necessary to periodically carry out the correction procedure and change the accreted strands.
How often to spend?
The correction procedure is that the donor strands in the head of hair are removed and then attached again to natural hair. This is done because in 2-3 months, during which there were accrued curls on your head, your hair grows, and the distance between the scalp and the “donor” locks increases.
Capsules are tangled in the hair, hairstyle takes on a sloppy look. To avoid such trouble and carry out a corrective procedure.
How often does it have to be done? Of course, you can focus on personal characteristics: for example, all hair grows at different speeds, if one girl may need correction after a month and a half, the other calmly walks with curls and 3. But there are other nuances that are worth paying attention to, namely:
- extension technology;
- features of the care procedures.
If you have hair extensions using one of the capsule methods, it is recommended to make a correction every 3 months. When using tape building - once in 1.5 months. But again, these are all recommendations, not rules.
Look at the state of hair after a month, two, three and build your own schedule for the procedure of correction.
How is the correction?
The nuances of performing remedial work entirely depend on the method of extension. Therefore, we consider each of them separately.
Italian technique
To begin with, each microcapsule is processed by a softener - a remuver, for its destruction. Next, the stylist takes the forceps, squeezes the microcapsule and splits it. The donor strands are disconnected from the hair, and keratin particles are removed from them. After this, the preparation of hair begins to build. Natural curls are combed, cleaned of keratin particles, thoroughly washed with shampoo-degreaser.
If necessary or desired by the client, carry out painting or cutting.
By the way, at this stage, the specialist may advise for some time to refrain from building up to restore the quality of natural hair. If the correction procedure is still carried out, keratin “droplets” are applied to the donor locks and fixed to the head of hair by heating and pressing with special forceps. By the time of removal of the microcapsules can last about an hour, and holding the second procedure of building - 2 hours or more.
English technique
All adjustment steps are almost identical to the previous method. The only difference is that not keratin, but resin is applied on the basis of the “donor” order.
Spanish technique
This hair extension without heat exposure: strands are attached to the hair on a special glue. The correction is done like this: with a solvent-remover, the joints of all the “donor” curls with natural hair are processed. When the glue dissolves, its remains are combed out of the head of hair, washed thoroughly, dried, glued again. This procedure lasts about 60 minutes.
Tape technique
If you increased your hair with ribbons, then the procedure will be as follows: a spray containing alcohol, a specialist sprinkles the ribbons and gently removes them; removes from all strands of "donors" the remnants of the old tape and glues a new one. The hair is washed and dried, and then it is curled with new adhesive tapes. As a result, they are removed for about 30 minutes, increased anew in an hour and a half.
African technique (tress)
Hair extension by this technology involves weaving a braid “basket” of natural curls and stitching to it in a circle of tresses. The correction procedure consists in detaching the old material from the head, unraveling the scythe, washing and drying the hair. Then a new “basket” is woven, to which the master sews new tresses. This whole process lasts about 2 hours.
Brazilian method
It is similar to the African one, but it consists in weaving the strands, and not in sewing them. When carrying out corrective procedures, the curls just interlace closer to the hair roots. By the time it takes 2-2.5 hours.
Japanese (clip) technique
The correction is that the specialist with the help of forceps pushes the “clip” ring and moves the “donor” locks to the roots. The whole process usually takes about 3 hours.
Professional Tips
In order to prolong the life of your hair extensions, do not neglect the advice of professional hairdressers and stylists.
- Never go to bed with undressed hair. This contributes to the appearance of tangles and pulling out curls when combing.
By the way, you should comb only dry hair.
- When carrying out the shampooing procedure, do not keep the products (shampoo, mask, conditioner) on the hair for more than a minute. Microcapsules under their influence are softened and the strands “donors” can simply “slip”.
- When blotting your hair with a towel, move from top to bottom, do not pull the curls, do not rub hard or twist.
- Brush gently 2-3 times a day, from the ends of the hair to the roots. This will avoid the appearance of nodules and mats in the future.
On the correction of hair extensions, see the following video.
