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Extensions
without the myths
The explanations we normally give at a consultation: how the techniques work, how bond sizes differ, how long the result lasts and what to do with it at home. No marketing promises — just what thirty years of work has shown.
Italian hair extensions
Italian hair extensions are a bonded method built on hot keratin. The stylist joins a donor strand to your own with a keratin bond, melted with heated pliers at around 180 °C.
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Keratin for extensions
Keratin for extensions is a protein-based polymer adhesive that melts at 150–180 °C and sets into a flexible bond. Its quality decides whether the attachment survives two months of washing, styling and temperature swings.
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How long extensions last
Bonded extensions are worn for two to four months, after which they need a correction. The limit is not the strength of the bond but how fast your hair grows: the bond travels down from the root with the hair, and once it has moved 3–4 cm the strands start tangling with each other at the base..
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Caring for your extensions
Extension hair gets no sebum from your scalp, so it dries out faster than your own and needs moisture along the length. At the same time, anything reaching the bond itself shortens the wear.
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Standard, micro and nano bonds
Three bond sizes solve the same problem in different ways. The smaller the bond, the less visible the attachment and the lighter the load on each hair — but the more bonds you need and the more the work costs.
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Wig or extensions
Both give you length and density, but they live very differently. Extensions are a permanent hairstyle you sleep, shower and train in.
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