BN 004: Janet Miller, Hair Replacements and Hair Extensions Expert - a podcast by Teri Hausman Struck

Teri talks to an expert in hair replacement, hair extensions, custom hairpieces and wigs. Janet Miller of Hair Replacements by Janet is a leading hair specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Teri asks her all the ins and outs of getting extensions.
Extensions can be used on fine thin hair and short hair as well as to fill out longer shapes. Hair extensions are safe for the hair as they are a keratin protein attached to your own hair. The keratin is warmed up, melts and bonds right to your hair. They are put in strand by strand -- between 50-100 bonds – with custom blended hair for every application. You get a beautiful harmony of hues to integrate into your own color. Extensions are available in synthetic and human hair, and human hair, though most expensive, still look and feels the best. The hair is bought in the temples of India and/or comes from Europe. European hair typically comes from Russian and Italy and then processed into the range of shades available. A full set of extensions can last 2-3 months and then will need to be touched up. The costs of extensions run from $800-$2,500.In addition to the extensions that are melted onto your own hair, there are also extensions that can be “double-sided sticky taped” to strands of your own hair and layered in like shingles. These also work well and look really natural.
Both kinds of extensions can be worn 24/7 and washed like normal, albeit carefully. You can even swim in these hair extensions. They are transforming.For men, there is Virtual Reality, which is the highest technology available today. It’s a breathable human hair cap that is glued directly on to a man’s scalp as a semi-permanent attachment that is slept in and looks totally natural. It is custom-fitted to each individual’s head and changed each month. Men’s hair systems range between $4,00-$7,000 for a 1 year program. This is NOT the old toupee days!

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