i started the same route you did, via a one lady salon, down a discreet backstreet,lol
sounds like the 1950's gay scene(im straight)
yeah anyway onto the point, i stayed with the salon for 2-3 months,i know how you feel having a new hair system on,the new feeling on youre head, but you forget t after a while or you get used to it.
i was terrified to do anything to my new hair, i remember the first day.
but as they say ts easy once you know how,
i went back to the salon for the first 5 touch ups then started doing it myself.
i'll only need the salon for cut ins i will never do that myself.
as for bonding debonding, maintainence i can do that myself, a huge saving.
credit to my hairdresser she never charged me for touch ups.

anyway,it turns the clock back like nothing can,
best souloution i ever tried,
like they say,you get most satisfaction from difficult things, and hell my frst weeks were difficult,
but i was braVE,saw it through, and now its paying me back, and in loving it.
14 months and still on my first peice.

need any advice m8 keep posting.