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There are two types of hair extensions — the strand and the weft. Strands are supposed to look more natural (though wefts are fine if you can blend them), wefts do attach faster than strands. They are wide strips of hair that is attached at the top and flows down like real hair will do. Handmade wefts are the best kind you can get. They come in all natural hair colors.

The wefts you choose should be made of the best quality of hair you can afford. If you want to look your best, do not use synthetic hair. The “European” hair is good quality but virgin or “raw” hair is even better because it has never been subjected to chemical processing. Virgin hair is also the most expensive as it is harder 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.

How many cornrows there are depends on how many wefts you are going to use. The sizes of both the cornrows and the wefts should vary as does the natural way in which your hair grows. Depending on how long your hair is and how long you would like it to appear, the number of wefts and cornrows will differ. Wefts may also be used to “fill out” your hair rather than lengthen it.

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

Wash and condition your hair as normal but give extra attention to moisturizing the hair in your extensions. Natural hair gets some oil from your scalp but because hair extensions are not growing out of your scalp (even if they appear to be), they are going to need more moisture. Wash carefully where the hair attaches to your cornrows to prevent dirt and bacteria from building up and causing an infection in your skin.

Wefts will not grow back if you damage them, so be extra cautious. Do not color or try to perm your hair extensions and don’t use a hot blow dryer or curling iron. Curlers are fine as long as they are not heated. Be sure to brush out any tangles before you get your hair wet and before you go to bed for the night. To get tangles out of your hair, start brushing from the ends and move upwards until they are all gone.

Depending on how fast your hair grows, hair extensions can “last” as long as a month. Some need to have it redone at in 6 weeks. Make an appointment to have your hair redone. Your stylist will take out the wefts and cornrows, inspect your hair and scalp for damage, and then re-braid and reattach your wefts to make it look brand new.