5 Problems Only Women With Long Hair Extensions Will Understand

by Les Marjan social

Thanks to hair extensions, you can now have the long, luscious, beautiful hair you have been dreaming of in a blink of an eye! They are an instant solution to all your hair problems. Wearing them might seem easy because you don’t have to take care of it like your own natural hair, right? Well, sorry to say this, but you’d be wrong. While wearing extensions is a great way to enhance your natural locks, they have many drawbacks and require a huge commitment. Here are 5 struggles only girls with extensions will understand.

1. Human hair extensions are great but come with a hefty price tag.

Since they are made of real human hair, you can do everything with them just like your own hair, like heat style, wash, dry, etc., and blend well with your hair. So it’s always better to go for real human hair extensions, as synthetic hair extensions do not look as authentic and do not last as long. Therefore human hair, as a general rule, is more expensive than synthetic hair because of its superior quality. Virgin human hair is the highest-quality extension and is made of 100% human hair that has not been treated with chemicals. This is also the most expensive.

Apart from purchasing the hair and getting them installed, you also need to invest in tools, accessories, products, and timely visits to the salon to now take care of the hair.

2. They keep tangling

One of the most frustrating things regarding having hair extensions is having to constantly deal with knots and tangles, especially if they are long. It is time-consuming and painful as you can’t fully brush your hair when you have extensions. The only best solution is to be careful on windy days, to avoid tossing your head around too much, braiding your hair when you go to bed, and use hair sprays while styling.

3. Extensions can make your scalp itchy.

You would experience itchiness after you wear extensions. This could result from the weft or glue-in piece attached to your hair rubbing against your scalp. Also, as a hair product takes longer to drop down the hair shaft when you have extensions, the suds can become trapped between the tapes, causing itchiness. And when you scratch, be careful that you don’t pull out the extensions.

4. You cannot wear your extensions up in a ponytail.

Your extensions are arranged, so they lie flat, so putting your hair in a ponytail might cause the wefts to appear. Instead, please choose straight hair extensions.

5. Washing your hair is a real challenge.

While washing your extensions, you need to take extra care to ensure you don’t damage the extensions or make them slip. You can only wash your hair no more than two times a week, and when washing, you cannot scrub your scalp vigorously as you would normally do, so you don’t pull out the extensions. Likewise, even while shampooing, you must start from the middle of your strands and to the ends to avoid wefts from coming off. When conditioning, pass over the scalp and bonds of the extensions and condition only beyond the wefts. If you’ve exposed your hair to chlorine water, you must wash it immediately to ensure the chemicals or salt don’t have time to mess with the adhesive.