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Why Might You Wear An Enhancer or Topper?
Synthetic and human hair toppers and hairpieces are becoming everyday fashion accessories for many women. They provide additional length or volume to their hair. These can also be particularly beneficial for conditions like Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia (FFA), which leads to scarring and affects the hairline and sideburns. They are also helpful for those with Telogen Effluvium. This is a condition where an increased number of hair follicles enter the resting phase, often triggered by stress or significant life events. It is typically temporary, resolving within 6-9 months.
For Androgenic Alopecia, which involves follicle miniaturization and hair thinning, enhancers offer a valuable solution. Besides, they serve to boost volume, extend length, conceal roots, or provide fuller coverage for a thinning crown.
Human hair toppers are favoured for their natural movement and feel. We also offer synthetic and heat-friendly options. Our customers throughout the North East, including Newcastle and Durham, are delighted to have discovered our tranquil retreat. They explore a range of options to find a style and colour of a synthetic or human hair topper or hairpiece that is perfect for them.
Human Hair vs Synthetic Enhancers
Advantages of human hair toppers and enhancers are their heat tolerance, ability to be coloured, soft texture, and versatile styling options. Disadvantages include colour fading over time, higher cost, and for some, they are more challenging to manage. They behave just like bio hair. Regardless of your choice, our convenient location ensures we’re always within reach for those in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, and Durham. Synthetic hair boasts colour consistency, a permanent wave, no styling necessity, ease of maintenance, affordability, and a wide range of colours. However, it is prone to friction frizz, cannot be coloured or dyed, and heat application is not possible unless it is heat-friendly. The model wears a different colour topper to her bio hair so we can see what is her bio hair and what is the topper.
Our Services – What Will Happen During Your Consultation?
Our boutique in County Durham offers a range of synthetic and human hair toppers and enhancers. We cater to various stages of hair loss, available in diverse sizes and cap styles. Upon your visit, we first determine the stage of hair loss or your specific needs for volume or root concealment. If hair loss is present, we enquire if it has stabilised before proceeding. Next, we measure the affected area and examine clip placement. This is crucial as attaching clips to unstable hair can be harmful. We then explore different fibres, from natural human hair to synthetic options. This helps you find your preferred choice and use colour rings to closely match your hair colour.
Our commitment extends beyond selling wigs; we empathise with our customers’ emotions and queries, having experienced them firsthand. Ultimately, our satisfaction comes from guiding others on their journey, regardless of a sale.
Please note, as we are not an online store, we do not have all our products listed on our website for sale. We are competitively priced. The basis for our business is that we take away the hours spent online looking for an ideal hairpiece or topper. We know the brands, can assess the area of coverage and have colour samples to match your bio hair. We also show you how to maintain the products, sharing our experience. Some businesses charge between £50 and £100 for this service, but ours are complimentary.
None of the online pieces or toppers cover my area of hair loss but I don’t want a full wig. Can you help?
Our customers often find there is a limited range of size, length and colour in ready-made synthetic and human hair toppers and pieces. So, when hair loss is not only at the crown and of a size available ready-made, they feel their only option is a full wig. Recently, we attended customising toppers and hairpieces training hosted by the well-respected and established Aderans brand. This enables us to adapt wigs into hairpieces unique to each client’s needs. It also allows a vast range of colours and sizes to come into the equation.
Custom Made Hairpieces
We also supply custom-made pieces. In effect, when we adapt a wig, it becomes a custom-made piece and is a shorter process than creating a new template and piece. For example, many of our clients require a topper to cover a receding hairline. Most pieces available online will not cover the side areas and only cover the top. Therefore, it is often still a case of disguising these areas with hair from the top of the head. Our clients would still be left with limited styling options. By creating a piece which runs ear to ear and is attached at the top in the same way as a traditional topper, these challenges are overcome.
Do you supply integrated systems, synthetic and human hair toppers and hairpieces or hair extensions which are either glued, taped or woven into my bio hair?
Starting this business posed a real dilemma regarding this question for me. Having experienced hair loss myself, I understand that hair can become stressed. This may lead to traction alopecia due to attachments or constant pulling. When providing a topper with clips, I ensure it’s attached to strong hair. I often advise customers to rest their hair or rotate the clips. Initially, I decided against supplying integrated systems. My experiences with customers who have had these systems have affirmed this choice.
Integrated systems require frequent maintenance to prevent hair damage and keep the scalp healthy. This process can be expensive. In the same way as wearing the same clothes for 4-6 weeks might not be the best for my skin, personally, I have never considered having one of these applied. However, I understand why some people feel more comfortable with something integrated. Most importantly for me, I would never want to contribute to someone’s hair loss.
Changes in Fashion Trends
Noticing fashion trends in America, there’s a move towards wigs, enhancers and hairpieces over extensions and integrated systems. This approach seems healthier for hair follicles. I expect this trend to take hold in the UK as wigs and hairpieces become fashion statements. They offer versatility, akin to changing a favourite outfit, and non-integrated wigs and pieces make this easy. There’s also a shift from clips to halo wires. Considering extensions often reveal joins and wefts, and so become very obvious, wigs and clip-on pieces seem a logical choice.
Some of my clients come for a topper or wig having had an integrated piece or extensions. They want to move away from the cycle of costly maintenance. Also, with long-term use, their hair may have become even finer than it was before they started using extensions or integrated pieces. This situation arises due to breakages and stress caused by these products. They sometimes feel they are tied into the cycle of replacing them. Without the extensions, their hair is finer than it was before.
Therefore, they may go for a topper or wig to give their bio hair a rest and allow it to regrow.