I had micros 3-4 times a few years ago while my hair was natural and about 14-16" in length, which made me far more nervous than if I had had shorter hair. There's a pic of them in album. The problem the first time was that no one wanted to braid all of my hair. So they left my ends exposed, so my ends were toasted the first time, the braids slipped out and all sorts of stuff (very low skill braider). I found a new braider and told her I need all of my hair braided and she did it. So it wasn't a problem. The only thing I noticed was knotting after I had the braids. I'm not sure if it was something I did removing them, then trying to blow dry and flat iron. It was weird b/c they were 3-4 inches from my ends. I waited from them to grow down. I think some hair knots more than others, but I never had had that problem until the braids. Other than that it was fine. My hair was less "trained" than before, it was impossible to flat iron it completely straight for at least a month.
I loved them though. The versatility was wonderful. I had wavy human hair, so I could wear it straight or curly. My braider would always put big curls in it when it was fresh or re-touched. If I wanted it straight I would flat iron the extention and roll it w/spiral rods or reg. rollers, or just use the curling iron. I rinsed them a few times a week. Used shampoo every other week and conditioned them like I would my own hair (b/c most of it was!). I was told to be careful w/that b/c the conditioner or shampoo could get stuck in the roots and cause the hair to basically dry rot. I never had that happen though.
