Guys With A Hairpiece What Do You Do About The Back And Sides?

[Carl Rogerson]

Hey Guys!

Guys with a a hairpIece how do you maintain your sides and back of hair? Getting the back and sides trimmed/blended only takes 10 minutes and shouldn't cost most then £10 but I'm too embarrassed to ask a barber also they may accidentally trim the hair piece!

 

[Noah]

I keep my back and sides trimmed pretty short, and I usually just use a vacuum haircutter - Flowbie. You could think about that if you don't like disclosing the piece to your barber. Obviously it does limit the kind of cuts you can have.

Have to say, though, telling a barber you wear a piece is like taking your pants off at the doctors - they have seen it all before, and they won't judge you or gossip about it.

 

[Carl Rogerson]

Thanks for the response you have been really helpful .

The only problem for me with the Flowbie is that I would like my sides to be blended to give a more modern look but obviously with the flowbie it would be very hard to blend the sides.

 

[Noah]

Well the blending bit is really done on the piece itself, at the cut-in stage, and it is mostly a matter of fading the edges of the piece out gently rather than with a hard straight line. The cut on your biohair shouldn't really matter that much provided you don't cut it too short. It has to be that way, because your biohair grows out, so the blend can't be dependent on that.

Having said all that, I have increasingly moved away from a blended look to an undercut style where blending is much less important. Undercut styles are great for a guy who wears a system, and they are still pretty trendy.

 

[grincher]

I cut my own now but before that I would just return to the same barber after I had told him I was wearing. He was impressed and never knew I was wearing. He just asked a lot of questions about it which was pretty cool.

 

[Carl Rogerson]

At the moment I got a fair bit of actual hair on my head and I don't want it to be obvious once I get the hair piece. I want the same hairstyle. If I have a totally new undercut hair style people are more likely to notice that I will be wearing a hairpIece.

 

[TEG]

I bring the piece in a bag and tell them to cut it around the same length. I stopped caring what salons think anymore, besides they are getting paid and I am sure appreciate your business. Tip well if they do a good job though

 

[Carl Rogerson]

I bring the piece in a bag and tell them to cut it around the same length. I stopped caring what salons think anymore, besides they are getting paid and I am sure appreciate your business. Tip well if they do a good job though

I wouldn't know what's Salon to go to and if they would do a good job. I don't think I would be able to buy a hair piece until a figure out a way to sort out my sides and back :-(

 

[Noah]

Then the only option is to go to a salon which specialises in men's hair replacement. Most will only cut in systems that they have sold you themselves, but a few will cut in systems bought independently. Where are you based?

 

[Carl Rogerson]

Then the only option is to go to a salon which specialises in men's hair replacement. Most will only cut in systems that they have sold you themselves, but a few will cut in systems bought independently. Where are you based?

I looked into this and asked a specialist how much it would cost do do back and sides and they said £30 which s way to much for a ten minute job. I am based in London.

 

[Noah]

In summary: can't go to an ordinary barber, won't pay from a hair system place, don't want to do it yourself. Sounds like you're snookered then really.

 

[chrisforhair]

I keep my back and sides trimmed pretty short, and I usually just use a vacuum haircutter - Flowbie. You could think about that if you don't like disclosing the piece to your barber. Obviously it does limit the kind of cuts you can have.

Have to say, though, telling a barber you wear a piece is like taking your pants off at the doctors - they have seen it all before, and they won't judge you or gossip about it.

Oh yes they will gossip, and not know what to do. Been a barber 40 years, don't believe this.

 

[Carl Rogerson]

Oh yes they will gossip, and not know what to do. Been a barber 40 years, don't believe this.

Do you live in London by any chance?

I'm clutching at straws here haha

 

[HairlessWhisper]

Obviously, you need to keep your growing hair trimmed around the sides so that it does not get to be visibly longer than the system hair on top. The shorter your haircut is, the more often you will need to have it trimmed and maintained. Longer hairstyles afford some advantage of needing to be cut less frequently. So there's that.

But it might help to clear up what is meant by "blending". when you talk about cutting in hair systems, "blending" can refer to removal of density or weight from the system to match your growing hair more closely than it does out of the box, especially around the perimeter. As Noah said, you only need to do this once.

Whereas when you say "blending" I assume you refer to a gradation in the length of your growing hair, e.g. a haircut that is tapered around the sides rather than cut to a uniform length? It would probably help if you could post some pictures of the kind of haircut you want to achieve, otherwise we're all sort of clutching at straws here tbh. I'm under some impression that you've got a pretty short haircut currently.

Ideally you would be confident trimming your own hair when you start wearing hair systems, though it isn't necessary. My suggestion would probably be to put this time toward developing that skill, it's not too hard but you probably won't get it perfect the first few times. If you still have a lot of hair you can also experiment with concealers like toppik and derrmmatch (which can also be used to mask flaws in DIY haircuts gone wrong).

 

[Carl Rogerson]

Obviously, you need to keep your growing hair trimmed around the sides so that it does not get to be visibly longer than the system hair on top. The shorter your haircut is, the more often you will need to have it trimmed and maintained. Longer hairstyles afford some advantage of needing to be cut less frequently. So there's that.

But it might help to clear up what is meant by "blending". when you talk about cutting in hair systems, "blending" can refer to removal of density or weight from the system to match your growing hair more closely than it does out of the box, especially around the perimeter. As Noah said, you only need to do this once.

Whereas when you say "blending" I assume you refer to a gradation in the length of your growing hair, e.g. a haircut that is tapered around the sides rather than cut to a uniform length? It would probably help if you could post some pictures of the kind of haircut you want to achieve, otherwise we're all sort of clutching at straws here tbh. I'm under some impression that you've got a pretty short haircut currently.

Ideally you would be confident trimming your own hair when you start wearing hair systems, though it isn't necessary. My suggestion would probably be to put this time toward developing that skill, it's not too hard but you probably won't get it perfect the first few times. If you still have a lot of hair you can also experiment with concealers like toppik and derrmmatch (which can also be used to mask flaws in DIY haircuts gone wrong).

Sorry for late reply been working non stop.

What I meant when I wrote blending is the sides of your hair getting gradually longer to merge with the top of your hair. It is a style a lot of people use at the moment.

I do not think I am talented enough to trim my own hair

Any London hair dressers/barbers out there willing to make a few extra £?

 

[Wispy]

No full cap users here?