In light of timguyperson's criticism of my comments, I took another look at your pics. I stand by my comments, based on what I saw. Not looking to cause an argument, or steer newbies wrong, just giving the benefit(perhaps dubious) of my experience.

MY experience with DIY hair has been less than perfect. Sending in what I felt were perfect specs still got me less than perfect results (in my opinion) every time. And demanding perfection in color and other issues has also been disappointing. My experience. If get a "pretty damn good" unit, that's as good as it gets. Perfect would probably require a trip to China, and more than $200 a unit.

Those odd black dots I have seen before in a TL unit; they were random, and in the crown and other areas, but not in the hairline. It didn't matter on that unit, as my hair is medium brown. But on a blond unit, it may be a problem if they are numerous. Can't tell from the photo.

Val, let us know the resolution of your problems.