Men's Custom Hair System - Skin Graft Bases
The skin grafts made their introduction into the men's hair replacement market in the early 2000's with the Folligraft Hair System. It was a monumental change in the industry as it allowed a man to completely bond the unit to his head for a few weeks and it was gorgeous. It felt like a second layer of skin. You could lead an active lifestyle; exercise, swim and sleep in it and it looked fantastic.
This new technology introduced other areas of innovation;
- medical grade bonding adhesives were formulated by companies such as Pro Hair Labs, Max Adhesives and On Rite that permitted the bonding of the skin graft to your scalp for 2+ weeks. No longer did we have to hope that toupee tape would last more than 2 days.
- the introduction of 'program hair'. This provided benefits across the industry, ranging from the Asian factories now being able to churn out 1,000's of stock skin grafts; the salon owner generating a steady monthly cash flow and YOU, the hair wearer who could now get fresh hair as often as he desired.
But, it seems that hair studios got a little greedy during these times and felt that every man should be receiving a new unit every month! Some guys were paying $5,000+ per year for hair.
Granted, as technology improved and the skin bases became thinner and the bonding adhesives became stronger, the durability of the skin grafts decreased. They sure looked incredible! You could add styling creams to your hair to create any style you wanted.
Attaching the skin grafts is usually achieved with the full head bonding technique, whereby several layers of bonding adhesive are applied to the entire scalp. In most cases, the wear time will be 2-4 weeks.
If you love the benefits of the skin graft, but you do not want to wear it for more than a few days, you can choose to attach the perimeter of the system with tape. Clear and Red tape will last 1 day and the No Shine and Euro Flex/Geo-Bond will last about a week. Just be careful when removing the tape so as to not rip the skin.
(If you want to attach with tape, we can add a 2nd layer of poly to the outer sides and back edge, but not the front, that will provide durability for tape attachment.)
Most men should be able to get by on 4 skin grafts per year and for ~ $1,800.
For skin grafts, most hair will be knotted, but we can inject or V-Loop the hair for a very cool realistic look.
See the examples below of the type of skin graft units that we have built for our clients.
