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Future of Hair pieces? - folliman - 01-26-2009
Ok.. I've been thinking about the future of hair pieces.
Will hair pieces be made by machine in the future?
Maybe this machine will be computer controlled, were you put in the density entries. This way you will have consistent/accurate density. You enter your dimensions, etc..
The pieces will eventually be cheaper, or at least on par with the prices today.
If the pieces can be made so cheap, even thinner/throw away skin bases can be made so thin that you can make buzz cut hair styles. But, then once peeled off, they rip and therefore are throwaways. You could order them in packs of 10 or 20. And, even the computer machines can cut the hair to certain styles, or you would have to get them cut in.
But, by this time, there may be a cure, or cheap fix for hair loss, and no need for hairpieces.
What are your thoughts on the future of hair pieces?
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - Xeon005 - 01-26-2009
Industries do not like change. My guess is hair systems will keep going the way they are till either someone invests the money to come out with something revolutionary. Or They are satisfied bleeding the market with materials and methods they can produce the cheapest.
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - theunknown - 01-26-2009
My dad has a really far-fetched concept on the future of human hair pieces.
He believes that at some point it will actually be a cosmetic surgery. You will have a plastic surgeon that simply 'peel' your scalp skin back (like they do for a face lift or other procedures), and the base (like the lace ones here) would actually be placed underneath your skin.
At that point a machine (or a team of specialists) would insert the hair through your skin and into the lace base. The hair would obviously totally appear as though it was growing out of your scalp.
For maintenance you would revisit annually to replace hair that is lost, or even replace the system itself.
He thinks it will be laser tools that make this feasible, as well as the technology to create items that our bodies will not reject immediately.
Who knows? That is much more his field than mine. I can't see it happening next year however. lol
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - JRob - 01-26-2009
Tonight I had a business dinner with a girl I know who has been "up close" to my hair in the past. She is involved in the hair products business and learned that I am developing a product line and thought she might be interested in buying from me, so tonight I told her about my hair.
She was absolutely dumbfounded. She couldn't believe that I was wearing. After dinner she asked if she could touch it. Still amazed.
While I was explaining "full caps" to her she kept asking "So what part of it is your hair?" I had to keep telling her "No.....it's ALL fake". She couldn't even fathom the idea that it wasn't my real hair.
So if you ask me, the future is already here. We are pushing limits never before imaginable with toppers and especially full caps. A mohawk topper? A full cap with 1/4" long hair? How about a rock star style?
I don't think it can get much better, but hey, I'd love for them to prove me wrong!
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - Xeon005 - 01-27-2009
I think the future should be a cure. Not a super doooper hair system with gps navigation lol. But the hopeful near future. I would like to see hair systems that solve our current problems. Perhaps its not even so much about the hair systems, but about the adhesives we use. I think a revolutionary step would be one to make wearing hair as simple as possible. Perhaps a new glue that is as strong as the strongest glue, but you can clean it up and remove it with a special compound that chemically dissolves the glue and is safe to use. Perhaps they could make a base material that is invisible and very strong. who knows heh.
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - folliman - 01-27-2009
Good point.. extended wearing glues, solvents, etc.. need to be enhanced/developed. Right now.. I'm not too impressed with any of the glues. Ultrahold and some white glues are good for me. But, there needs to be stronger glues that can only be released by a solvent, and don't start to break down for weeks, instead of days. Now, protective barrier solvents need to be developed to prevent your scalp oils from breaking the glues down, or scalp oil resistant glues that dont' break down as easily. Right now.. around the 6th day I start to get some minor breakdown of the glue.. and if I leave it on for the 8th day, I get some bleed through. This is with Ultrahold back,top,sides, and coolpiece shite oil resistant glue in the front.
If I only had to attach/reattach once or twice a month, instead of 4-5 times a month, I would be extremely happy.
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - IREADEM - 01-27-2009
I think from a business standpoint as long as the workers are only making 50 cents an hour there is little desire to change production methods through costly innovation or otherwise.
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - Bangless - 01-27-2009
I hope your dad is also conceiving of the powerful acting antibiotics to mop up after the raging infections that such a procedure would cause.
You may or may not recall the procedures done in the '80s where synthetic hair was being sutured into the scalps of unfortunate clients. The results were predictably calamitous.
theunknown Wrote:My dad has a really far-fetched concept on the future of human hair pieces.
He believes that at some point it will actually be a cosmetic surgery. You will have a plastic surgeon that simply 'peel' your scalp skin back (like they do for a face lift or other procedures), and the base (like the lace ones here) would actually be placed underneath your skin.
At that point a machine (or a team of specialists) would insert the hair through your skin and into the lace base. The hair would obviously totally appear as though it was growing out of your scalp.
For maintenance you would revisit annually to replace hair that is lost, or even replace the system itself.
He thinks it will be laser tools that make this feasible, as well as the technology to create items that our bodies will not reject immediately.
Who knows? That is much more his field than mine. I can't see it happening next year however. lol
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - theunknown - 01-27-2009
LOL. I don't think he intends to be the enabler to all this wondrous technological advancement.
That actually spawned from a conversation we had where he had commented that one day the technology would be far advanced and I had asked him what direction could it take that would be entirely different. That was his answer, which basically boiled down to that it would one day be a cosmetic procedure.
For me, I agree that the best short term advancements will be in the adhesives. Guys have it better than the women at this point because ya'll will shave the areas where the piece rests (I assume), whereas women are seldom willing to do that.
In women, they typically call these 'toppers' and do a lot of hair integration techniques. Bonded topper wearers are considered the brave ones because they shave that part of their scalp. They do the same thing, where they go to clubs once a month and pay a fee to reapply it.
Also they have a lot of clip in toppers, and 'falls' which are partial wigs and wefts that are meant to be incorporated in the natural hairline.
Re: Future of Hair pieces? - Madbull - 01-29-2009
I do believe the Japanese had something similar to grafting using synthetic hair embedded in the scalp. The infections and the pain and the general hassle made it not worth the effort and expense.