I was looking for something after seeing a recent story on Grumpy cat.

The hair could be the same quality, but if the technician screws up the cuticle alignment, it could be the most beautiful hair in the world but still act and look like a rat's nest.

 

I only deal with certain AVs when buying wefts like I only deal with certain CVs when buying LWs.  I know the quality and the limitations of each vendor. 

 

Other than that I like the ability to choose my own hair for upart but the same amount of effort is required to make the hairline and part look realistic for both

Since I decided to go natural recently, I do think that if the u-part closure wig doesn't look right with the closure, I may just save up for a lw. I'm getting the closure because the u-part wasn't kind to my leave out at all from having to blend it all the time.

How come the quality of hair is so much better for u parts? All the vids I've seen on youtube have featured really nice looking hair and I never understand why the flw vids I see never look like that.

When you use a u-part without a closure, and you have leave out on top, are there blending issues that happen after moisture or sweat? I just have an image of the tiniest bit of moisture causing the leave out to poof up and become obviously seperate from the rest of the wig.

 

Pros for Uparts:

*better quality hair

*daily use:  you can change your look as often as you'll like easily (the TM can also be used with upart wigs)

*easier to change the length (i.e. you originally have a 16" wig, all you have to do is change the last few rows of wefts to make it into an 18")

*density:  I create my own density; be it thick/full or thin/natural

 

Pros for FLWs:

*for people like me who should not be touching their hair at all, I can keep a FLW on for weeks at a time

*parting:  you have more options

 

There are obvious cons to both

This makes a lot of sense I guess. I'd have to see it being done to fully understand the benefit I gues because I have no real frame of reference. It makes sense that the pieces being seperate make it easier to control, the lash analogy made a lot of sense. 

Its easier to control the installation of a Upart+ Closure if your comparing it to actually installing a LFW.
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Its easier to control the installation of a Upart+ Closure if your comparing it to actually installing a LFW.

If the quality was the same though, I still can't see why someone would choose a u-part + closure over a full lace. Are u parts with closures a lot cheaper?

 

Any hooo, I have a question. I just bought my first lace front. It'll be here in a couple of days. If I'm not feeling it, I can very easily change it into a u part can't I?

Yes, I am sorry 

I've never heard of this silicone sheets method for a natural part, what does it entail?

 

I for one wear both FLW and Uparts (with and without closures). I'm partial to U Parts because they are custom made exactly how I want them without the need to depend  on the vendor to get it right. I also have a wierd shaped head and I've ordered a custom unit before that still had too much "room" near the crown of my head and gave me a "conehead look." (Advice?)

 

Also, for ladies who are transitioning from or are used to havings sew ins, UParts with closures is sometimes a gateway to lace wigs to allow them to get accustomed to lace color, parting, natural part methods, etc.

 

Also, U Parts are not as delicate as lace wigs. I'm just being honest, I ripped quite a few holes in some wigs not realizing how gently to treat them. So some ladies are scared to mess up an expensive unit and because of that,  prefer U Parts. 

 

hth.