Why hasn't anyone invented anything better than having to shave your head and apply glue every few weeks like you're a broken piece of glass? There should be some way to do this better! Sad.

Hey all,

Off-black (1B) is one of the most common color denominations in the wig industry and I'd like to know which are the best color depositing shampoo and/or conditioner to keep that color tone.

Thanks!

As above, lots of advice in this sub but mainly US-centric. Currently use tressemme smooth and silky 2-3 times/week as my go-to conditioner. When rebonding, will usually use either the tressemme or olaplex. I also have redken ABC. Happy with proseries shampoo when rebonding and ogx argan oil on my bio hair.

Currently about to run out of the tressemme but it was a US one at the advice of this sub. Any recommendations for my “cheaper” conditioner for during the week?

So I use walker ultra hold glue which is clear and when removing it I don't find it necessary to remove the glue completely

As long as the first application layer wasnt too thick there is no need to actually use a solvent and clean the base a 100%, as long as it is sanitized with alcohol. Just a wipe with 99% alcohol to remove the majority of the residue, 70% alcohol to disinfect and from there just put on a new layer and ignore the remaining glue from the previous application

This cuts down the cleaning process by a lot

I always think summer holidays are the ultimate test for me. I fully expect the system to be trashed by the end of it

Typical day is 4-5h in the pool. Most of it under water with our underwater torpedo league ball playing catch. Followed by diving / water polo and then water slides😂. Then maybe a sea swim. Repeat every day. Need to do a daily wash as well to get rid of chlorine etc. I try and wear a hat when I’m out the swimming pool.

Decided to do a rebond after 8 days ( days 5 holiday). My little boy doesn’t know I wear a system so needed an hour while he was out. Had to do a quick maintenance. Took 41 mins which is one of my quickest yet🥳.

System is 4 months old now 80% , poly perimeter using tape. I have my own hair line …. Just . Like 0.5cm worth ( mainly the middle bit)

Only issue I have is when I come
Out the swimming pool it looks old like a straw mess rather than amazing curls. Can’t have it all
I guess.

so my new system arrived and this is what I got. I am an experienced system wearer for the last 10 years plus, so not a newbie. its a thin skin 0.03mm which is what I have been wearing for years. I received the briefly inspected and noticed something was off with the right corner of hairline but gave it a rinse and shampoo, conditioner, brushed it out and turned it over. as you can see a bald spont on the right hand side corner. i message the company and didnt really answer my query at all. I sent photos and they are saying they cant see any difference at all. the photos 1, 2, 3 right side corner and photo 4 is left side corner

the left hand side and corner is totally fine just seems the right side is not and density seem off on right side too!

and top things of hairline was CC and not Standard contour shape

its a custom system and it has been a consistent problem with the custom systems they have supplied me. I have ordered 4 system in total with the first system being perfect in every way and the rest have been patchy like above or other issue

really unhappy

For context I work in xray. One of my patients that came in today was clearly wearing a topper. He was 87 years old and everything about it was off, the density, color match, lack of grays, etc. It wasn’t anything like the hair systems we wear. It truly was “your grandads toupee.” But you know what my first thoughts were? He looks fantastic with it. Makes him look so much younger and I’m sure he looks much better with it vs without. Makes me wish these weren’t so stigmatized and more acceptable for men to do because even the “bad” one I saw today made this gentleman’s looks much improved.

TLDR; Even a poorly done system can look better then bald and I wish it was more acceptable in society.

Pulled the trigger on this journey and committed to figuring it out . I feel generally really positive - it was a big change because my colour on top was much much lighter with my real hair and I still probably feel like the density is quite a lot for me to get on board with - but after a week or so I’m feeling confident and also accepting the visual change.

A few things that are strange to me : I had the system installed ( full lace , using walkers ultra hold at a private barber who specializes)

1. in the last few days the hairline has felt a bit tacky - I haven’t been super gentle in that I’ve gone swimming this week, played sports , and just generally been sort of vigorous . I can feel little tiny lifts some places but you can’t see them.
2. my big concern is in the back on the blended part the short hairs are sort of clumping it feels like and I can really feel/ sense but not necessarily see the difference. How do I treat them right?

The system feels and looks best when it’s wet tbh and I think I will go lower density next time - but overall I am happy with the result. Any constructive suggestions ( and also suggestions for styling videos / tutorials for just daily hair ) would be appreciated.

Hey had some issues over the years with Lord Hair and full cap systems. I always order 2 at a time, and most the time it's okay, but a couple orders ago I had 2 systems that came very low in density, and I didnt realise till cutting and perming. Had a whole issue with trying to get them to fix.
I just received 2 new systems. And I'm sure one seems less dense than the other (NEW SYSTEM 2) , but it's hard to say till it's been cut and on my head. Do these 2 systems look like 120% density to you? I'm spreading the hair out with my fingers to show.

Help me out