I'm doing some research on ventilating. With my toppers I always had to retire them because the hair would thin on top, and with my first full cap the crown is too thin right out of the gate.
I'm not about to sit down and tie a full cap, but if I add a little hair here and there how much time can it take? how much can the tools and materials cost? I wouldn't mind putting a couple of bucks and a couple of hours into freshening my piece up every month or so.
U know what would be a great idea, or a really foolish idea. IM not sure which it is right now. But if you could or had the ability to make your own knots with hair. Why not use your own hair? Maybe grow your back and side hair long enough to cut off and use at the very front hairline or side/perimeter hair, that requires the best blend. The hair on hair systems is pretty thick hair. From my experience anyway. i mean when i see the hair in the sink from shedding its a lot thicker type hair then i ever had. i think knotting ur own or thinner hair on the perimeter would make for an easier blend if u dont have thick hair
It looks like the materials to do this will cost less than $100. Maybe even less than $50. I'm gonna cut the excess hair off the sides of my other lace piece and I SHOULD have enough length left to use to get my current cap looking right.
For such a small investment I don't see how I could go wrong.
Customers have tried this before and become frustrated with the process--it certainly is not an easy job. It requires concentration and precision--not to mention it's a very tedious process. You'll have a new appreciation for the talents of a skilled ventilator and realize how much work and effort goes into making a quality unit. Please show us some photos of the final result--I'd love to see how it turns out.
I can imagine that it is tedious and time consuming, but even knotting only one or two hairs at a time I can't see it taking THAT much time to do a little fill in here and there.
And I don't mind doing things like that. It's therapeutic to do a repetitive task where I am focusing on one thing, cause that's about the opposite of what I do all day at work, lol.
Eh, if I can't do it I'm not out much....no biggie
I tried doing it so did Debbie, Not for us, It did my swede right in, I will never try it again it was so tedious not to mention very time consuming. Jill the ventilator here can do it easily but like hairwearing this aint for everyone, Very few I would say.
I couldn't imagine doing it for more than an hour or so at a time, but it would be a HUGE benefit to be able to add a little here and there.
I would probably still send it out to get reconditioned after awhile, but I think it would be great to be able to tweak a hairline just the way you want it or fill in a little here and there.
I'm prepared to drop a couple of bucks to at least try it.
I had no idea thats how they were done... I thought they were all done by machine now...I certainly have a lot more appreciation for the work that goes into the pieces I wear...
ventilating needs to all be done under a magnifying glass. hard on the eyes. I honestly just do not have the time as adding just a small amount of hair takes a very long time. I definitely have an appreciation for the ventilators. My mom enjoys it as she is alone and it gives her something to do in the evenings and she can make a little extra money. But I just couldn't get the swing of it...definitely not for me.
DebbieS.
You can find materials and a video teaching you how it is done.
I actually tried doing my own hairpiece about six years ago. I spent a lot of time conversing with the guy on the webpage. At the time he was out in Las Vegas. Nice man. Hairwearer who got tired of being ripped off before there was a Toplace.
It is tedious work. I got about a 1/3 of the way to making a full piece. I guess I put in about 20 hours? The last 10 hours showed VAST improvement in my speed and quality. Finally, I said, heck, I get my pieces for $300. What am I doing?
However, like you, I used to toss hp's when hair fell out of spots on the front hair line, or just behind the line. The spot might be as big as a quarter. Used to drive me crazy. A perfectly good hairpiece useless because hair fell out of one spot.
If you're talking about filling in the space of a quarter or something, then I'd say go for it. Time is minimal and I had pretty good success.
It is amazing how just 25-50 hairs in one spot can make all the difference in the world to a hairpiece.
be careful from ordering products from the company MHRW, i ordered the easy tab compound, the worst product i ever tried, and was shiny and wasnt suppose to be. The owner will not give a refund, like he promised if i didnt like it, he only offered to send me anothetr bottle of the same crap. So if you order from them, make sure you want it, cuase youre stuck with it, from my experience.
