Let’s go over one by one (tell me if I give the correct reason why they suck):
Bill:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/bill.aspx
Pic #7 - shows bad color match and bad density match.
Chris:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... chris.aspx
Pic #7 – what the hell is all this “white soup†at his hairline ???
Tim:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/tim.aspx
Pic #2 – the hairline seems too symmetrical, like a doll’s, plus hair color doesn’t match.
Anthony:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... thony.aspx
Pic #2 – sorry, looks like a wig.
Jeff:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/jeff.aspx
Pic #2,4 – OMG, what is this ???
Lamar:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... lamar.aspx
Pic #2 – colors don’t match.
I simply don’t understand why in a before/after section of a respectable company like HD, fiascos like these need to appear. What is the conclusion from this, that not anyone can have an undetectable system (even though he is treated by the best hands) ?, how can a newbie like me spot all these troubles, and the inspecting eyes of the respectable company are totaly oblivious ?
On the other hand, there are some very few which look simply superb, I couldn’t tell it’s a wig in a million years:
Frank:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... frank.aspx
Amazing !!!, color match is perfect, his scalp is seen so beautifully through the piece. A true masterpiece !!!
Joe:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/joe.aspx
I like it, very good color match, hairline looks believable. The guy looks really good.
Jim:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/jim.aspx
Very very good, very nice color match, couldn’t tell it’s a wig.
Now, from all these pics (the good and the bad), it seems to me that in order to get a flawless result, it seems that:
1. Color match should be perfect, or at least very very close to perfect. It is such an easy give away otherwise... I think the only way to ensure this would be to dye both the wig and your hair using the same color...
2. If the hair at the sides of the head goes up very high to the top, it is important to keep the density of the wig, more or less similar to the density of the real hair near it (and not insanely thinner, as many of the presenters show).
3. Gel must be used. The slight wet look just seem to make things "click" better together.
4. The more “natural flaws†the wig is intentionally built to show, the higher the authenticity level. For example, the thinness of Frank’s hair and how you can see his scalp, the somewhat diffused hairline of Joe (that doesn’t look like a hairline of a doll like so many other presenters there), and the receding hairline of Jim. All these make the presentation much much more believable.
Bill:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/bill.aspx
Pic #7 - shows bad color match and bad density match.
Chris:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... chris.aspx
Pic #7 – what the hell is all this “white soup†at his hairline ???
Tim:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/tim.aspx
Pic #2 – the hairline seems too symmetrical, like a doll’s, plus hair color doesn’t match.
Anthony:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... thony.aspx
Pic #2 – sorry, looks like a wig.
Jeff:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/jeff.aspx
Pic #2,4 – OMG, what is this ???
Lamar:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... lamar.aspx
Pic #2 – colors don’t match.
I simply don’t understand why in a before/after section of a respectable company like HD, fiascos like these need to appear. What is the conclusion from this, that not anyone can have an undetectable system (even though he is treated by the best hands) ?, how can a newbie like me spot all these troubles, and the inspecting eyes of the respectable company are totaly oblivious ?
On the other hand, there are some very few which look simply superb, I couldn’t tell it’s a wig in a million years:
Frank:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before ... frank.aspx
Amazing !!!, color match is perfect, his scalp is seen so beautifully through the piece. A true masterpiece !!!
Joe:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/joe.aspx
I like it, very good color match, hairline looks believable. The guy looks really good.
Jim:
http://www.hairdirect.com/photos/before-after/jim.aspx
Very very good, very nice color match, couldn’t tell it’s a wig.
Now, from all these pics (the good and the bad), it seems to me that in order to get a flawless result, it seems that:
1. Color match should be perfect, or at least very very close to perfect. It is such an easy give away otherwise... I think the only way to ensure this would be to dye both the wig and your hair using the same color...
2. If the hair at the sides of the head goes up very high to the top, it is important to keep the density of the wig, more or less similar to the density of the real hair near it (and not insanely thinner, as many of the presenters show).
3. Gel must be used. The slight wet look just seem to make things "click" better together.
4. The more “natural flaws†the wig is intentionally built to show, the higher the authenticity level. For example, the thinness of Frank’s hair and how you can see his scalp, the somewhat diffused hairline of Joe (that doesn’t look like a hairline of a doll like so many other presenters there), and the receding hairline of Jim. All these make the presentation much much more believable.