Hair Makeovers by Gia Wood, Hair Extension Artist in Dallas Texas
Damaged hair leads client to get hair extensions

Nicole Youngblood is a well known Dallas photographer who had the unfortunate experience of having her hair break after a chemical straightening service.

Nicole's hair was damaged from chemical straightening.

Her hair was so damaged from the chemicals that her hair started breaking off in the crown area and didn’t stop all the way up to her bangs.

The first time I saw Nicole was when she came in for a hair extension consultation 6 months after her hair started breaking off from a chemical straightening service. She explained to me that her hair was broken off so short that she had to wear a hat from one week after the service up until the point she sat in my chair.

When I examined her hair the entire section above her ears had broken off was about 2 to 3 inches long. It honestly looked as though someone had given her a semi-mullet. There were only a few sparse strands of hair that were not broken from the chemicals.

These few hairs were also straight, unlike the naturally curly hair that was growing in were the hair had broken off. You could tell that Nicole was extremely concerned about doing any kind of service that would possibly damage her hair, but she wasn’t willing to cut her hair to the length of the broken hair.

This is a woman with a successful photography business who has to interact face to face with clients on a daily basis, and her own appearance was an important part of her job. Of course she didn’t  want to cut all of her hair off!

After talking with Nicole in her consultation we decided to move forward with hair extensions to blend her short broken hair in with her long hair in the back until her hair was able to grow out.

Since these extensions were going to be applied to the top section of her hair we used a much smaller bonding than a normal client would use. We also decided that Nicole would get curly extensions to blend in with her own natural curls. This was achieved by perming the extensions before Nicole came in.

Even though Nicole always had the option to blow dry her extensions straight, she needed the ability to wear her hair natural on the days she didn’t have time to style it straight. After we applied the extensions Nicole was finally relieved from her chemical haircut.

The extensions concealed the broken hair, and added body and thickness to her own hair.”

Nicole's Comments:

 “I was finally able to continue on with my life and feel good about the way I looked. Two years later my hair is at a length that I can wear it any style, straight or curly, and not worry about people noticing the chemical damage. Gia saved me from one of the worst experiences I have ever gone through with my hair.”