Hair Bonding & Weaving

Bonding is the most common method and the one most people mean by hair fixing. A medical-grade adhesive or tape holds the perimeter of the unit to the scalp. It sits flat, there is nothing to feel at the hairline, and you can shower, swim and train without taking it off. It holds for a few weeks at a time, after which the unit is lifted, both surfaces are cleaned, and it goes back on.

Weaving takes a different route. A thin track of your own hair is braided around the area, and the unit is stitched to that braid. Nothing touches the scalp, which is why it suits people whose skin reacts to adhesives. It needs tightening as your hair grows, and it only works if you still have enough hair at the sides and back to braid.

Clip attachment is the loosest of the three. Small clips grip your existing hair, and the unit comes off whenever you want. It is the right answer for someone who wants to wear a system some days and not others, and the wrong answer for anyone who wants to forget they are wearing one.

Which suits you is decided at the scalp, not by preference. Oily skin breaks down adhesive faster and shortens the interval between services. Sensitive or reactive skin points towards weaving. Very little remaining hair rules weaving out, because there is nothing to braid into. Someone training hard every day in Lahore heat is a different case from someone in an office, and we will say so at the consultation.

The part that matters more than the method is the interval. A bonded system left on too long traps sweat and dead skin underneath, which is what causes irritation — not the adhesive itself. Weaving left untightened pulls on the braid as the hair grows, and sustained pulling is what causes traction damage at the root. Neither happens to someone who comes in when they are due. Both happen to someone who waits until something feels wrong.

We will also tell you when the answer is none of these. A scalp with an active condition needs treating before anything is attached to it, and we would rather say that at the consultation than fit around a problem and watch it get worse.