Weave Ons

Hair weaving, when human or synthetic hair is weaved or braided into existing natural hair. It is also known as Hair Integration. The hair extension is woven to cornrowed hair. Not maintaining hair extensions properly can cause breakage.

High quality extension hair, usually hair that has never been processed ("virgin hair"), includes all donated textures of American hair, European hair, Brazilian hair, Indonesian hair, and Indian hair. All high quality extension hair can be chemically altered to make certain that it is the texture one desires.

The benefits of hair weave or hair extensions are that one can wear any texture without worrying about her own hair whether it is chemically processed or unprocessed. Weaves and extensions allow thin hair to have volume, add length to hair, and add texture.

Human Hair

Most human hair used for weaves is derived from the continent of Asia (China, India, and to a very small degree, Southeastern Russia). People in the third world grow their hair for sale to specialty buyers who sell it to manufacturers. Lower-quality "human hair" extensions are often diluted with animal and synthetic hair to lower the price.

Yak hair can be curled, permed, relaxed, and colored. Human hair is, however, more versatile than synthetic hair because it can be colored, relaxed, or curled with heating appliances just as one would do with his or her own hair. But, many people are allergic to yak hair so suppliers are using human hair treated to mimic the African/African American texture.

As the weave wearer would want the hair to match the texture of his/her hair in its present condition (relaxed, curly, or straight), weave hair comes in a variety of textures: yaki (closely resembles relaxed hair texture), silky (resembling very straight Asian hair), European texture hair straight (Europeans do not generally sell their hair, so called "European hair" usually comes from India or China), curly (ranges from tight corkscrew curls to the varying degrees of wavy), and crimped (very small, sharp waves). There are different grades of hair. The highest grade comes from young donors, is gently processed, careful not to damage the cuticles, and of "Remy" designation. Remy means the hair's cuticles are facing the direction in which they grew. Poorly processed hair can also be Remy. Let the buyer beware.

The same maintenance that one would apply to his or her own hair should be applied to the human hair to keep it in good condition.

High quality 100% human hair is more expensive than hair mixed with other materials (synthetic hair is most common).

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