How does flatback ventilation look like and can you still comb it forward?

Fanjeera · Dec 16, 2020

What is flatback ventilation? Does it mean you can't comb the hair forward or you still somewhat can?

I like to wear the hair forward on working days and when I party, then brushed back. Is flatback ventilation good for a brushed back style that has height? Or is it actually laying flat against your haid?

If it makes the hairline exposed all the time you really have to work hard all the time to keep the hairline clean from dirt.

Noah · Dec 16, 2020

It means the hairs are knotted into the base angled steeply backwards, so the hair naturally wants to lie slicked back, away from the forehead. You can still comb it forward, but you will be combing it against its natural direction, so it will stand up more. I would say flatback ventilation is primarily designed for someone who intends to have a fully-exposed hairline.

There is another ventilation style - 'brushback' - where the hair is angled back, but not as steeply. That is more suited to a pompadour style, where you are trying to create height. That might be better for you.

Smartone84 · Dec 16, 2020

Noah said:
It means the hairs are knotted into the base angled steeply backwards, so the hair naturally wants to lie slicked back, away from the forehead. You can still comb it forward, but you will be combing it against its natural direction, so it will stand up more. I would say flatback ventilation is primarily designed for someone who intends to have a fully-exposed hairline.

There is another ventilation style - 'brushback' - where the hair is angled back, but not as steeply. That is more suited to a pompadour style, where you are trying to create height. That might be better for you.

What is the default angle for stock systems? And also what does "ventilating" a hair system mean. I read in another forum how a user "ventilates" his own systems. ??

Noah · Dec 16, 2020

"Ventilation" is the trade jargon for the process of knotting hair into the lace base.

The default is called "freestyle". The hairs are knotted ("ventilated") into the base at right angles, so you can comb them in any direction. Because they are knotted straight up, the piece is usually a bit bouffant for the first few days. Then the knots gradually relax into the direction you actually comb the hair, and the pouffiness calms down.

The hairs on a lace unit are not fixed into a permanent position - they are tied tightly to a thread in the base mesh, but the hair can move around that thread, and it will do so if you habitually comb it or pull it in a particular direction.

Injected skin pieces are different - there the hairs are permanently embedded at a fixed angle.

AxC123 · Dec 16, 2020

Excellent response Noah. Would you happen to know the direction of vlooped for stock thin skins? Wondering if there's is standard in the industry for stock UTS and ifs specific hairstyle better for uts wearers.
Thanks