what's the longest time you've wore a weave?

[rrolle234]

Cheap as in $10? I'm getting a sewn-in weave tomorrow and i was seriously contemplating buying some cheap hair.

I know for a fact they have hair for about 7 dollars for a 12 inch or lower if you get it on sale, one time i see it for 2 dallors + tax

 

[Proudpiscean]

3 months is the longest I've worn a weave (micro braids) I had major growth, but I wouldn't go that long again. Two months will be my new max.

 

[cicilypayne]

11-13 weeks Tore up my natural hair loss about 6 inches

 

[silvergirl]

1 week,, i hated it..

an will never wear one again

 

[Maycoco]

About 8 weeks - once its starting growing it looks kinda strange to me. but i have to say that I was surprised to read those that kept theirs in for over 3 months as here in the UK they tend to say no longer than 3 months because of the locing up of hair. but I guess it also depends on how many time you are washing etc.

 

[B_Phlyy]

I think I went 10 weeks and was more than ready to take it down at around week 5. I got a about 2 inches of growth, but my hair was so thin afterwards, I though I had went bald.

 

[Qetesh]

i have never gotten a weave, i had no clue you could wear one for 6 months. i remember my mother got one a while back and i helped her take it out. she lost SOOOO much hair, i guess she may not have taken care of it but thats the last and only time she got a weave.

it seems like there is a trick to not pulling out your hair with the weave.

 

[GoingNatural]

11-13 weeks Tore up my natural hair loss about 6 inches

Why do you think it damaged your hair so much?

I am transitioning to natural hair with a weave, I wanted to keep the hair in 3months each time and am hoping this won't damage my hair or mess up my curl pattern

 

[fiasca]

The longest time for me was 7 weeks. I never had any problems with.
I washed 1 or 2 times a week, moisturize every night, and oil my hair 3 times a week.

 

[msdeevee]

Wow, I've never had a weave before . I signed up for the hide your hair til april challenge and I had planned on doing a weave but this thread has me really scared. I've worked too hard on my natural hair to have it all fall out for some weave. I gotta re-think this. erplexed

 

[ShaniKeys]

weave=extensions?

 

[blazingthru]

Well I might be the worst on here. I kept mines in for four months but I never washed it. Never washed it not one time. My hair grew so much I didn't know what to do with it. It did not dread it did not matt up. But it smelled horrible. OH well I thought that was what you were suppose to do. Next time i got a weave I washed it and my hair dreaded up and matted something horrible. No more weaves. I also did that with braids keep them in four months or more and never wash them. Yeah I hated being in the wind. I will never ever do that again. Never. now 6 weeks are less for braids, but I am not feeling the braids or any thing like that right now.

 

[kweenameena]

I find when I don't wash mine too often, I don't lose as much hair. Weird, I know. Plus the weave doesn't tangle and matte

 

[seymone]

The longest I had a weave was for 3 months and it left me with a bald spot.. Never again.

 

[rdm]

I wore a weave for 6 weeks and my hair loved it!!!!

 

[HoneyDew]

I find when I don't wash mine too often, I don't lose as much hair. Weird, I know. Plus the weave doesn't tangle and matte

I think this is how I got more matting. I did leave mine in too long, but it did not matt all over just in certain spots. I think I was wetting it too much and going to sleep with it still a little wet underneath.

 

[asiaticlily]

I wear my weaves for 4 weeks. This way I get good growth and my natural hair does not get matted or tangled.

 

[Amour]

Well I might be the worst on here. I kept mines in for four months but I never washed it. Never washed it not one time. My hair grew so much I didn't know what to do with it. It did not dread it did not matt up. But it smelled horrible. OH well I thought that was what you were suppose to do. Next time i got a weave I washed it and my hair dreaded up and matted something horrible. No more weaves. I also did that with braids keep them in four months or more and never wash them. Yeah I hated being in the wind. I will never ever do that again. Never. now 6 weeks are less for braids, but I am not feeling the braids or any thing like that right now.

Does this seem to be the consenus?

I never really wash my hair underneath my weave, and have never experienced matting or anything, but the longest I probably kept one in for was probably about 6 weeks. I was considering getting a weave and co- washing, not don't think I will be doing this at all now, because thinking about it, when I wash and dry in braids (my hair 9 months post a relaxer) it matts and tangles like crazy so I can only guess what will happen if I do this with a weave for 4-6 weeks

 

[Healthb4Length]

This is my first install ever and I it will be 13 weeks next week when I get it removed. Time is up!

 

[RabiaElaine]

2x before LHCF and my current weave regimen I wore 2 weaves for 8 weeks each...bad idea for my hair.

Now I redo my weaves every 4 weeks, then redo it. I think this is best for maximum retention for me anyway!

 

[HoneyDew]

2x before LHCF and my current weave regimen I wore 2 weaves for 8 weeks each...bad idea for my hair.

Now I redo my weaves every 4 weeks, then redo it. I think this is best for maximum retention for me anyway!

I need to learn how to do my own!!

 

[prettypuff1]

I have worn them for 5 months almost with the same braids, i just change the hair..... I usually dont wash my hair, it is too much hassle and my hair grows in fine

 

[glamazon386]

About 10 weeks. I usually get tired of it around week 4 and take it out around week 5 but that's because I do it myself. When I was getting my weave done at the salon I'd try to go 6-8 weeks so I could get my money's worth.

 

[Covergirl5906]

not longer than 3 weeks....especially with that cheap beauty supply hair....by the end of the second week I am ready to take it out...now I have been wearing one for the past two weeks with synthetic hair.... that surprisingly is doing better than human hair... I see myself taking it out at 4 weeks.

 

[glamazon386]

not longer than 3 weeks....especially with that cheap beauty supply hair....by the end of the second week I am ready to take it out...now I have been wearing one for the past two weeks with synthetic hair.... that surprisingly is doing better than human hair... I see myself taking it out at 4 weeks.

A lot of times that is the case. I usually buy synthetic for that reason. All of my wigs and half wigs are synthetic.

 

[Covergirl5906]

A lot of times that is the case. I usually buy synthetic for that reason. All of my wigs and half wigs are synthetic.

I didn't even know that until this time I decided to try synthetic for a change....I will be sticking to this from now on... and at $8.99 a pack, I have no complaints!

 

[glamazon386]

I didn't even know that until this time I decided to try synthetic for a change....I will be sticking to this from now on... and at $8.99 a pack, I have no complaints!

I know right!! You can't go wrong with that. I just get me some mousse to spruce it back up when it gets a little fuzzy and call it day.

 

[SkinnyMocah]

I'm really rough on hair so it never stayed in long, about 4-6 weeks was my max before it came out.

 

[fattyfatfat]

I keep my sew-in's in for about 3months. It feels like a birds nest in there! Plus im afraid of my hair matting (sp?) underneath.

 

[GoingNatural]

The longest was 3 months. I had vertical braids. I had no matting or breaking when I took my hair out. Just A LOT of shed hair.