I use toppik dark brown for my hair in the front but I have a somewhat pluggy hair transplant. I'd like to know if anyone knows if I used a lighter toppik concealer right at the hairline , about 1/4 inch from scalp if this would help to lighten the dark hair so there wouldn't be such a stark contrast between light skin and very dark hair?
nano-fibers to conceal pluggy hairline?
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I have the same issue. At first I could just use just the Toppiks but as the regular fine hairs between my transplants fell out, I started getting bare spots between the plugs. I had to use Couvre and then Toppiks on top of it. I use the medium brown and then the light brown, however the light brown is more like blond so it doesn't work as well as I like.
Still, I have that sharp contrast you are talking about and sometimes I catch people looking at it as I am talking to them, but it is still better than the plug look.
I use the sprayer thing to put the Toppiks at the hairline and the Couvre seems to help it stick.
Still, I have that sharp contrast you are talking about and sometimes I catch people looking at it as I am talking to them, but it is still better than the plug look.
I use the sprayer thing to put the Toppiks at the hairline and the Couvre seems to help it stick.
Vinton Harper
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Hmmm. I never used a lighter concealer on the hairline. I did use a free sample of gray Kerasome fibers once to try to break up my dark brown concealers on top, but it didn't work out very well and was a pain in the butt to try to blend it realistically. What I have been doing on my hairline is I spray on some hairspray after I am done putting on my concealers(Spray-on concealer: Prothik, at the moment, and then some Toppik fibers, both dark brown), then I "sculpt" some of my smaller transplanted hairline hairs downward and back to cover any pluggy look. Works quite well.
Quantum Cat
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do you think locking mists are just overpriced hairsprays?
ie. will hairspray work just as well for holding the fibres in place?
Vinton Harper
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I think so. I actually think hairspray works better. Well, I should say "some" hairspray. I have used enough hairsprays that made my hair so hard that if something was "off" with my concealer job, there was no going back because I couldn't comb through my hair at all. I have been sticking with(pardon the pun) Nexxus Maxximum finishing mist(superior hold) for now because it is the best I have tried so far. It is fairly pricey for hairspray at almost $10 at Walmart, but I have tried $20 and yes even $30 hairsprays that didn't work as well. But then, the Toppik locking mist is about the same price as my hairspray.
I also am not a fan of the "pump" type containers that the "locking spray" typically comes in(and yes, I did buy some of the Toppik locking mist just to check it out, and was not impressed). It does smell nice though. But I will take function over scent anytime.
Quantum Cat
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do you mean pump type as oppose to the pressurised (metal) containers?
I'm currently using Biothik locking mist - it's a pump action one. I guess most fibre-specific locking mists are the pump type.
My problem with locking mists (well at least the one I'm using) is that it tends to clump/stick the hairs together, which kind of negates the whole point of using fibres in the first place. Maybe I'm spraying too much on.
I'm currently using Biothik locking mist - it's a pump action one. I guess most fibre-specific locking mists are the pump type.
My problem with locking mists (well at least the one I'm using) is that it tends to clump/stick the hairs together, which kind of negates the whole point of using fibres in the first place. Maybe I'm spraying too much on.
Vinton Harper
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Yes, the aerosol can kind. I just find them easier to work with, getting a continuous spray and all. And with the kind I am using now, it is more pressure-sensitive so I can put just how much hairspray on that I want. That's another reason I like it.
As for the clumping with the locking mists, I don't know what causes that. It could be they are wetter than regular sprays, and/or the fact that you don't really have much control about how much comes out of the sprayer, so maybe yeah, you are putting too much on inadvertently.
Yes. locking mists are overpriced hair sprays. I use Consort for Men Hair Spray. Walmart sells it for like $3.30 for an 8.3 oz can. Get the "unscented Extra Hold". Walgreens has it too but it is like $4.50 there.
I agree with getting the spray can version. The pump sprays water dropletts all over the place. The spray is a nice fine spray the covers well without the large water droplettes.
benjifrank
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Really great discussion....Keep it up.