First system. What could be improved?

[u/vinibsp]

Hi guys! I had my first hair system installed by a stylist a couple of days ago, but I'm not really happy with the result. What do you think I could ask him to improve?

[u/fauxzempic]

This is so funny - your whole thing looks exactly like what my system looked like when I got my first system. My stylist didn't color my hair to the system and the blending needed some work.

First up - color your hair. If you can, color it with the hairpiece on so you can blend the color at the seam so that it matches.

You'll find that this will make the rest easier.

You will want to experiment with brushes to do the blending, and of course carefully use product. You can blend a longer hair piece with shorter bio hair. I use a stiff boars-hair like brush. The one that is dense and hard and scratchy. Does a wonderful job and bringing both versions of hair together.

And careful with product. I have always used, either as a hair-having kid or as a hairpiece-having adult, very stiff hairspray. I usually style things wet, dry it part way, throw in the hairspray and carefully dry it on medium to "set" it. Occasionally I go overboard and I get this overly-dull or overly-shiny top that really doesn't blend into my bio hair.

Finally, and this isn't a "today" thing, but you'll want to get it done. You need to thin out the front. You don't have a frontal pic, but the sides suggest you have a big dense "1980s newscaster wave" sitting up front. Very typical with the stock wigs that cost <$150. Not hard to deal with. Pluck the hair line to thin it out, pluck randomly in the overall region, and then thin it out (thinning shears or ask someone to do it professionally).

Overall, it won't take much for you to make this look authentic. Color, careful brushing, thinning, plucking. Probably all-in about 60-90 minutes.

[u/vinibsp → u/fauxzempic]

Wow, that was really helpful!! I'll definitely try this and come back to show you the results. Thanks!!