+- Toplace USA (http://forum.toplace.com)
+-- Forum: TopLace Forum (http://forum.toplace.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: General hair replacement discussion (http://forum.toplace.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Thread: Why not Synthetic?? (/showthread.php?tid=829)
Why not Synthetic?? - Closer2Free - 05-21-2009
Why do people go for the natural hair from someone elses head when they order a piece? Isn't synthetic just as good?? Maybe not, I'm just wondering. With synthetic you wouldn't have to worry about the color going reddish, right?
Re: Why not Synthetic?? - Vinton Harper - 05-21-2009
I've wondered that too.
Doesn't synthetic hair last longer?
BA, do you have any photos of a piece with synthetic hair? That would be interesting to see.
Re: Why not Synthetic?? - SassyGal - 05-21-2009
Well, I had a wig that was synthetic and the hair is shinier than 'real' hair. Also, when it gets wet it acts different. It blows in the wind different. It doesn't dry the same.
It's just different. Personally, I think it would be totally obvious to have *both* synthestic and real hair side by side.
Re: Why not Synthetic?? - FredTJ - 05-22-2009
I have "worn hair" for 25+ years and up to a few years ago (when I started wearing the lace units) I used synthetic hair and it was great. There are different types of synthetic hair available and a couple of them are really good.
You can not bleach the knots on synthetic hair so that can be a problem.
On my custom units (I've been wearing lace for a couple of years with a lower density) I always order the gray (I get 25% or so gray now) hair as synthetic. This allows coloring of the non-gray hair (which is human) and doesn't change the gray.
Synthetic, IMO, would be ideal for injected skin bases as there are no knots to worry about.
You are correct in that synthetic does not fade.
It does act a little differently than human hair but, again, I wore it for many years (as a topper) and had no problems at all.
It's ideal for those who want a tight curl as the perm. process really cooks human hair.
Synthetic would be ideal for a full cap made with injected poly or an injected skin.
It last kinda forever. You'll wear the base out before the hair.
Lastly, it's probably a little more important to sleep on a satin pillow case with synthetic because the synthetic tends to get really messed up by pillow rub.
Fred