Thinking About A Quick Weave? Well, The Answer Isn’t So Simple…

Here, the client has suffered from damage to the scalp, taken from a website describing “Quick Weave damage”

 The quick weave has been with us for years, starting back in the nineties when the style referred to Black women who would glue tracks onto their scalp, mostly to thicken and/or lengthen the hair. 

Here it appears the client had the adhesive soak through the cap and get on the natural hair of the client. Something you would want to avoid.

Now, we’ve advanced far into the future using more protective methods like glues, adhesives, and stocking wig caps to cover our hair.

For YOUR protection, of course…

However, these styles aren’t as “protective” as you may first believe. 

Beautiful, completed Quick Weave style…photo undated © 2026 The stylist has achieved a perfect look using the Quick Weave method. If done PROPERLY, the results can last a while and be a great alternative for styling.

1. You CAN’T wear a Quick Weave style over and over again and expect your hair to grow, especially when you have opted for a style where some of your hair is left out to cover the tracks, and to look more natural. 

Here, more adhesive and products collecting onto the hair and not the protective cap that should have prevented this…

2. The SCALP is completely covered in some cases, which means that this isn’t a style that you can maintain for weeks. No, this is a style that you should keep for a week at the most. 

Here, the client is wearing a style where the “leave-out” has reverted while the straight bundles make the difference look pretty stark.  This is why matching better textures would be the better deal than trying to make your hair fit into the mold you’re creating for it. It’s not going to work…

Maybe two weeks if you can stand the itching. The truth is, water is death to a Quick Weave style, so you can’t wash the hair. I actually did watch a video where a woman did wash her tracks while wearing the weave, but HER hair got no love. Just her weave. 

This is a style you don’t want in your hair for weeks. 

If you have opted for leave out, like here in this photograph, the client’s hair and texture of the bundles is a mismatch. 

Some people like the style their hair, using heat, chemicals, gels, pomades, mousse, and creme to “slay” or lay the hair flat so that it achieves a perfect blend, but this will be very difficult the kinkier, or curlier the hair texture. 

If you find yourself using these methods to straighten your hair on a regular basis, you’re looking at heat damage, breakage, and you could sacrifice your length for a temporary hairstyle. 

It simply isn’t worth it.

3. If you’re going to wear your hair out to cover the tracks, then you’re going to need to care for the hair that is left out.  It would be much easier to choose a Perm Yaki or Italian Yaki if your hair type is ‘coily/curly’. 

If your hair is straighter, then you still need to use heat protection. Try to tie the hair down at night with a light, very light touch of oil on top. It helps to lay the hair flat.

Constant use of gels, pomades, heavy cremes, and other products laden with alcohol will continue to dry the hair and it will become thin and start to break off.

You'll soon be posting a video asking where your edges went. 

I suffered from hair loss for many reasons, none tension on my scalp. Hormonal reasons, menopause, medication, disease (lupus/scarring on scalp), chemo, immunosuppressants, and decreased appetite.

 All these things have causes significant shedding and breakage for me. However, growing your hair is a marathon and not a sprint. 

I, too, have had the issue of ‘losing my edges’ because of a wig, but my hair was able to grow back finally.

With some time, love, and care, you’ll get back on the right track. However, it starts with making the best decisions for your hair.