What about the little clip-on extensions?   They have a little comb-like thing that just sits in your hair.  Are they bad as well? 

Jim

The half wigs have a zig-zag looking stretchy comb on the inside of it to secure the wig to your hair. So, if those extensions have that type of attachment, it should be okay. But, if they're like the EZ Weft extensions which have these tiny metal hoops that are to be clamped down on the tiny strands of your hair, then those should be avoided. They feel great in your hair, and much more manageble and simply removeable or attachable, but the EZ Weft design will still do a lot of damage to the hair. I thought when I had those in, that I could just leave that type of extension on my hair while my hair grew in not thinking anything of it, until I removed it one month and realized I had lost like 3 inches length of my hair. My hair was shoulder length, but after I took out those extensions, my hair was a short crop just below my ears. NEVER AGAIN! Stick to the comb attachments or ponytails.

What a bummer, Peachygirl.  I hope you'll find lots of good hair care advice here-there's a lot to read.

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Hi La Diosa!! I'm still trying to figure out how to use this site!! I am not exactly sure how to post responses quite yet. I think you click quote?? and then what..hmmm, maybe i got it right. Anyway, for me..the braids caused my scalp to itch and get flaky..but you are right, it was definitely those tiny clips that did the worst damage. I have had both just the braids as well as the ones with the clips, the the clips were worse. They only put a few in, per track, but I think she uses them instead of doing tight strips of braids across your head, for the trakcs to be swen into. Mine had the clips, and then she sewd the tracks onto my scalp..there was a braid, but not as tight. You know what, it is hard to explain because I didn't really understand exactly how she did it. The first time I had extensions, it was with glue to a strip. which went directly onto my scalp. I got an allergic reaction to the latex in the glue, and that night, I had to shower them off..well, I didn't have the right shampoo to dissolove the glue, so I used tons of conditioner, and just eventually pulled them all out..it was painful, and I am very sure I pulled out lots of hair in the process..because my hair was never the same. The second time I had the extensions was with the tight braids only..and then the third time was with the tiny clips and trakcs sewn in..I still think there was some braiding invloved. Anyway, I am totally sure that any kind of extensions are damaging..although, it totally depends on your hair to start with too. The African American type of hair is so much stronger and can stand up to the tight braids..mine was already damaged and weak..so there was no chance. For some stupid reason, I thought..this time it would be different, since my girlfriend had them and she had no complaints..I guess I should've taken better notice..as she has some baldness and alopecia!! She said she got that from all the years of her glued in hair extensions..as well as a thyroid condition.

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My girlfriend told me she is keeping them in, because her hair is so damaged she figures it doesn't matter at this point to try and have healthy hair. I am thanking God each minute that I decided to take mine out, and will never put them in again!! Not in any form..the braids are just as bad in my opinion..I see the proof by looking at what it did to my own hair!!
I totally know what you mean about saying "African American"..I was thinking the same thing when I wrote that..but, I didn't want to sound weird saying black girls..but, that sounds much better and more real to me anywayz!!  haha;)
Her hair is soooo bad, that it looks like a baby's hair, but missing it spots..I feel so bad for her.  She actually just had a top piece made for her, so now, she has the tracks with the braids and the clips..as well as a piece fitted on top!!
When I took mine out, my head hurt soooo bad for days..my scalp was trying to get back to normal..I can only imagine how much her head must hurt at time, especially when she goes in to have them tightened..and taken in and off..the areas where they put them get sooo sore!! it's a nightmare..really.
Not sure why I had to try them one more time, but I've learned my lesson now..and I only hope that if other's are reading this, that they can benefit from my experiences and not go down the wrong path and damage their hair.. I am truly grateful that somehow I realized to take them off in time..I did not get the alopecia..but I did get weak, thinner and broken hair. I hope my hair grows back stronger and thicker..I want to take the best care of it possible!!

Yeah Peachgirl, I'm so sorry about your bad experiences too with hair extension.  When I got my first extension put into my hair which was back in 1995 I didn't have any problems at all.  I got the sewd in process, and the beautician that sewd them in did a really good job!!!!!  She braided my hair first, and then she sewd the wefted extension onto my own hair.  They lasted a good three months.  They were very easy to maintain, and manage.  They were also very easy to remove or come out as well!!!!  I had no problems.  I remember a girlfriend of mine that had her experience with sewd in extensions told me years ago that in order for me to remove them I would've had to cut them out.  Well, I learned and found out that to be very fulse.  I didn't lose any hair at all.  In fact, I  gained more hair than I thought!!!!  I thought that I was going to have damaged hairs but I didn't.  My hair ended being the healthiest it had ever been, and it really grew very fast!!!  It grew from chin length to shoulder length in a three month period!!!!  I was really shocked!!!!  I really enjoyed and had lots of fun maintaining and wearing my 18" extensions!!!  I enjoyed wearing them, and washing them in the shower, and keeping them oled, combed, and brushed.  To me, it felt like I had a head full of braids rather than a weave.

I haven't gotten a good weave like that in a long time.  I'm thinking about getting it done like that again.  I already have the hair.  All I need to do is get the money to pay for it, and make the appointment.  I know a really good hairdresser that is going to do it for me at a really reasonable price.  She said that she would charge me $170 for the full head of hair.  I think that's a dog-on good deal!!!!  Especially from when the last time I paid a beautician to do a weave for me.  She charged me $250 for the full head job.   I felt at the time that was entirely too much money for her to just put 7 or 8 tracks into my hair!!!!!  I think a beautician should charge you $25.00 per track.  Whether he/she knows you or not.  I mean, if I was a beautician that's how much I would charge you if you came into my salon or shop and wanted a weave put into your hair.

Hey yall, in about a couple of months from now I'm planning on getting 30 inches of hair being sewd into my hair!!!!  I've never worn hair that long, and I can't until it is put in.  I have already measured i to see how it reaches on me, and I'm a short person, and 30" on me reaches down to my thighs or almost to my knees!!!!!!  Now, I experience and see what it's like to have knee length hair!!!!!  I've always wanted to see what it was like having classic length and beyond hair!!!!!  Since that is how long I am trying to grow out my real hair.  I am trying to grow it out floor length.