(04-06-2012, 05:58 AM)Hair Scare Wrote: My main reason for asking, if there is an issue of shedding, has anyone attempted ventilating new hair into the piece? I've looked up tutorials for ventilating hair, and it really doesn't look hard. So I wonder if that could help increase the lifespan of a piece if you gradually added new hair where it is falling out. Just a thought.

I think everyone's experience is different. I get 6 months out of a piece, and it's time for a new one because the hair is getting too dry, or it is starting to discolor, or both. I have been lucky, I have never had a piece shed much at all, and have never ripped the lace. I do handle my pieces like I did my kids when they were babies. For the cost of a new piece I would never spend the time or the money to reventilate or repair a piece.