Top 5 Tips for growing longer, stronger hair!

This is definitely a question I get from almost everyone who finds out that I am in the hair replacement industry.  I have spent years researching hair loss and effective solutions that deal with the different causes of hair loss, as I suffer from hair loss my self.  Contrary to popular belief, hair loss is not mostly found in men.  Women experience hair loss as often as men do, however, due to cultural norms and societies emphasis of the beauty of women, the topic of female hair loss is not as openly spoken about.

So for those of you who are interested, here are my top 10 tips for growing longer stronger hair!  I am not a doctor, but I do have extensive experience with hair loss and I am happy to share with you what I have learned.

1.  Take BIOTIN.  Biotin, otherwise known as Vitamin B7, will not thicken hair, but it will help your hair get longer faster.  This is helpful for women whose hair thinning is primarily due to week hair follicles that only produce shorter finer hairs.  This shows up as many thin broken hairs at the roots or an excessive amount of baby hairs.  This type of hair never seems to grow past a certain length despite the density appearing to be normal at the roots.  If this is the type of hair you have, try biotin.  Maple Holistics manufactures high quality biotin that can be purchase directly online on Amazon.

2.  Get your hormones checked.  Hair loss can be a symptom of thyroid issues and estrogen dominance.

3.  Minimize follicle damage.  Did you know that repeated heat styling and heat on your scalp can damage the integrity of your hair follicles causing permanent damage?  Yup! Keep the blow drier away from your scalp and don't use excessively hot water in the shower.  Warm water is best.

4.  Make sure you're not deficient in any vitamin's, especially vitamin D.  Vitamin D is a precursor to many of your bodies natural process.  Deficiency in vitamin D has been linked to many health issues.  This is why vitamin D is routinely checked at your yearly check up, and given to children living in colder climates from birth.

5. DON'T let harsh chemicals touch your scalp.   Sounds obvious right?  Well actually, there are many salon products you want to avoid if you want to spare your self follicle damage.  You know how the entire world seems to be getting Brazilian Keratin treatments?  Few stylists know what is actually inside the product they are applying to peoples heads, but suffice to say formaldehyde is NOT something you should ever come into contact with.  Besides hair loss, formaldehyde is a KNOWN CARCINOGEN.  Wondering what on earth it's doing in your hair products?  Let me know if you ever figure that one out...

So there you have it.  These 5 tips will help you enhance what nature has given you.  Continue researching and asking questions.  Send me an email at flhairsystems@gmail.com if you find anything new and interesting.  I would love to hear your recommendations!

Why is it so hard to find virgin blonde hair in longer lengths?

In addition to being rare (blonde is a phenotype expressed from a recessive gene and gene sharing), the wholesale hair industry is dominated my extension makers, therefore the majority of longer blond hair never reaches the hair wholesale market. Contrary to popular belief, blond may be more rare, but it is not as rare as we think it is.  It is however in popular demand, which contributes to the higher price and difficulty obtaining it.

FeatherLite Hair Systems specializes in the creation and production of virgin blonde Slavic hair wigs.  Many of our clients contact Isadore Hoffman directly for the specific purpose of sourcing and creating virgin blonde hair pieces that will mimic ones own natural shading pattern as closely as possible.

WHY IS AUTHENTIC VIRGIN HAIR SO HARD TO FIND?

When looking to purchase a hair piece is always best to start with a bit of research.  FeatherLite specializes in collecting virgin Slavic hair for our hair pieces, so we will go over some of the challenges in finding virgin hair, how to know if it's authentic virgin hair, and why wig manufacturers often avoid working with virgin hair.  

Why is virgin hair so hard to find?  Let's start with a little background info.  My name is Isadore Hoffman.  I have been the owner and main wig maker of FeatherLite wigs for 9 years.  When I first started in the industry I was completely perplexed with the terminology used by wig makers and factories concerning types of hair and what it all means.  Even more challenging, was finding the quality of virgin hair that I wanted once I understood how it all worked.  It seemed to me that people who had it were impossible to find unless I was willing of visit Russia myself in search for it.  But I had a dream.  I wanted the perfect hair that I could simply wash, air dry, and leave the house with.  I wanted to be able to flip my hair from side to side, play with it between my fingers, and put it up in a ponytail just like I did with my own hair.  I wanted to make women feel beautiful!  And so, my journey began, and today I'm sharing this information with you in the hope that it will help you make more educated decisions about purchasing hair pieces.

To start with, virgin hair was not always hard to find.  As Slavic countries started to modernize, women stopped growing their hair so long.  They started dying it, cutting it, and adopting more modern hair styles.  Hair collectors had their work cut out for them, having to travel to more remote areas to find women with longer hair who were willing to sell it.  This began the surge in prices that continues today. 

Another road block I ran into, was discovering that the market is saturated with fake virgin hair ponytails fashioned by hair sellers who have perfected the art of chemical processing.  Now, this doesn't mean the hair is not Slavic or that it's cheaper hair sourced in India or China.  The issue for hair sellers is that hair comes mostly in darker colours and requires colour treatment to provide the spectrum of colours hair buyers and wig makers are looking for.  In addition, the hair often needs some chemical processing to make it finer.  This is part of the reason why you are almost never getting the hair you think you are getting.

When I finally started producing hair pieces on a larger scale in around 2010, I quickly found out why wig makers avoid using virgin hair.  That's right, big brand wig makers AVOID using virgin hair!  Why?  It's important to first understand how wigs are produced.  Normally, hair is sent to the factory in large quantity and gets sorted according to texture and general colour.  Any differences in texture are corrected and made uniform by chemical processing (more about this later), and the hair is dyed to meet consumer demands for various popular colours.  This way, they are always producing exactly what clients demand.  Virgin hair wigs are significantly more complicated to make.  Firstly, the hair available for purchase does not reflect consumer demand for colour and texture.  This means more women need light brown and blonde hair than there is hair available to purchase.  Only a small percentage of the hair available is naturally those colours. Secondly, more women are looking for straighter hair than wavy or curly hair, but the majority of the hair available is wavy or curly.  Therefore, if you wanted to produce wigs on mass to meet the demands of your consumers, you would not be able to do so with virgin hair.

I hope this was helpful to you all!  Stay tuned for our next blog post on how virgin hair wigs are made.  Visit FeatherLite by Isadore on Facebook  for information and events or email flhairsystems@gmail.com for inquiries.