Hair toppers are an ideal hair solution for people who have thinning hair, partial hair loss or for those who simply want to add some hair volume.
Hair toppers are also a great wig alternative.
But it’s not that easy to choose among a huge variety of pieces.
This article aims to help with this problem.
What Are Hair Toppers?
Hair toppers are meant to cover isolated areas of the front, top, or sides of the head.
By blending with a person’s own hair, they give the appearance of thicker, fuller hair, giving extra coverage right where it’s needed.
Hair toppers are usually attached with easy to use pressure-sensitive clips.
How To Select A Hair Topper
Determine your type of hair loss.
It is easiest to begin shopping for a hair topper or wiglet by determining the type of hair loss that you have.
Hair loss begins at the top of the head and most women with this stage of hair loss need a topper with the smallest base.
At advanced stage of hair loss completely bald areas of the scalp are visible.
To completely conceal such massive hair loss the largest of base sizes should be used.
Measure the area of your hair loss
Hair toppers differ by the coverage they provide – from very little to more.
The smallest hair toppers measure 1″ – 4″ in width.
Such pieces are very lightweight and perfect for covering up pesky root growth or thinning at the part, providing just great result – seamless coverage in this area.
Hair toppers with a monofilament feature have a thinner base than regular top pieces, which makes them almost impossible to detect.
For small toppers, color match is extremely important as mostly your own hair is showing.
Hair toppers with a little more coverage have a base that measures 4″ – 6″ in width.
The wider base of such toppers allows to wear them at the front, top, or crown area.
The biggest hair toppers provide volume and coverage with base widths of 6″ – 10″.
These hair toppers could even replace the need for a full wig, as they provide all over top coverage.
Choose a fiber type, length and color
Toppers come in various fiber types – from synthetic fiber to human hair.
There’re also heat friendly synthetic hair options, which is convenient if you’re planning to use heated styling tools.
Synthetic fiber is usually the cheapest one and very easy to maintaine.
Among the disadvantages of such toppers are shorter life spun and not so much flexibility on customizing colors.
The length of the topper will depends on your current hairstyles.
A gorgeous topper can also be a great way to add the look of layering to your existing style, or you may choose to wear a topper that’s shorter than the length of your own hair and have your stylist cut your hair to make your topper look like it’s layered into the rest of your hair.
There may be some difficulties with choosing colour of your topper, as there is not always a perfect match for every shade.
Sometimes, it is a good idea to find a topper shade that is very close to what you want your hair to look like and then have your existing hair professionally dyed to match the topper.
In this way you can really get you a natural look.
How to wear a hair topper
Open all clips on the underside of the topper, then place the front edge of the topper, positioning it over the area of hair loss, and secure the front clip.
Put light pressure over the top of the hairpiece and run your fingers over the length of the base to secure the back clip(s).
Keep your base pulled tight across the top as you secure any side clips.
When finished, style and blend your hair.