LOL @ Xeon!

Rod Wrote:JRob, can you grow you real side burns out and have them come down a little more from where the piece ends now, then thin the piece down to blend into yours. I think that would make the sideburns look better. Overall, that looks great though.

Rod

Absolutely.

I actually HAD growing sideburns up until Halloween, when I shaved them off so I could be Mr. Clean.

The real sideburns give the ultimate effect. The only problem there is the fact that mine are a bit too thin on one side and sometimes require a touch of concealer for proper effect.

Here's the secret though. If you want to incorporate the sideburns of the piece, you have to keep them SMALL.

There are two reasons for this. The first is that they ventilate the exact same hair into the sideburn area that they tie into the rest of the piece. This one even had highlites in the sideburns! I don't know about you, but if I grow a beard it doesn't look anything like my head hair. So shaved down to sideburn length it looks like a "carpet" patch, as you can kind of see from the pics. I suppose you could specify "afro" hair to be ventilated in that area, but I'm not sure if I would want to chance it. you might end up with afro curl halfway up the side of your head, hehe

The second reason is that since we genrally build the base in the back to be SHORTER than where our normal hair grows (we stop it at the base of the skull) longer sideburns don't help with the overall illusion of the piece. By keeping the sideburns to a minimum it helps to make the piece look more properly proportioned in the back.

Ultimately this is going to be an easy fix. I will start out today by cutting the base of the sideburns up 1/4-1/2". There should be enough length of hair on the piece to make it look good. I want to try to avoid using any of my real hair just so I have the option of going out without a piece, but if push comes to shove all I have to do is grow a little of my own hair there and the problem will be solved.