How to Choose the Perfect Hair System: Custom Made Hair Systems

Looking for a hair system that fits you like a glove? Discover the benefits of custom-made hair systems tailored to your exact needs.

When it comes to selecting the ideal hair replacement solution, custom-made hair systems offer the ultimate in personalization. These hairpieces are crafted from scratch to suit your unique scalp measurements, hair type, density, color, and base material. The result? A natural-looking hair system with a flawless fit.

Why Choose a Custom Hair System?

Premium Quality: Our custom units are made with top-grade materials and craftsmanship.

Tailored to Your Measurements: Accurate sizing ensures the system blends seamlessly with your scalp and existing hair.

Fully Personalized Design: Select from a wide range of options including base material, hair color, hair type, hair density, curl pattern, and hair direction.

Natural Look & Feel: With features like bleached knots and under hair, custom systems achieve a realistic hairline and appearance.

How to Order Your Custom Hair System 5 Key Steps

Before placing your order, make sure to follow these essential steps to ensure a perfect match for your client or yourself:

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Step 1: Accurate Measurement
Take precise measurements of the hair loss area or provide a head template to determine the correct size and contour.
Step 2: Choose the Right Base Type
Each base design offers different benefits—some prioritize realism and breathability, others focus on durability and cost-efficiency.
Step 3: Select the Right Hair Color
Achieve a seamless blend by:
Referring to a color ring
Sending a hair sample (recommended)
Sending a used unit (helpful for color comparison)
Step 4: Choose the Hair Type, Density & Style
Options include:
Hair type: Choose from several options, including customer-supplied hair.
Length & density: Men typically prefer 5–6” lengths; women may opt for longer, fuller looks.
Curl/Wave: Match the system’s curl pattern to your natural hair.
Hair direction: Pick your preferred parting or crown orientation.
Step 5: Extra Custom Features (Optional)
Bleached Knots: For an ultra-natural look at the hairline.
Under Hair: Helps conceal the base edge for better realism.

Step 1: Accurate measurement

Get an accurate measurement of the hair loss area or make a head template for your customer to calculate the size and front contour of the hair system. An accurate measurement helps find the ideal size for your customer’s hair system.

Different Hair Loss Areas

Frontal

Crown

Full top of head

Full head

Alopecia Areata

Base reference

Partial
< 4″x4

Full wig
10″x10″ or more

Oversize
8″x10″ – 10″x10″

Normal size
< 7″ x 10″

Full size
7″ – 8″ x10

Front Contour Reference

Scallop Size Chart

Step 2: Choose the right base type

Different types of base designs come with their own characteristics. When recommending a base design to your customers, it is very important to be aware of what their needs are. Some customers really care about how natural their hair systems appear while some place a great deal of emphasis on the lifespan and affordability of their hair systems. Things like comfort level and ease of use can be important to many users as well.

After learning more about your customer’s priorities, it will be very easy for you to figure out the right fit for them.

	Lace	Skin	Mono
Breathability	*****	***	****
Lifespan	About 3 months (Swiss lace 1 month)	1-3 months; 3-6 months for knotted skin	3-6 months
Knots	Yes	No (if use V-looped hair or injected hair)	Yes
Price	****	***	****
Features	Breathable and natural. The best option for hot climates.	Realistic, knotless, easy to wear and take care of. Both skin thickness and knotting method affect the lifespan – the thinner the base, the shorter the lifespan, e.g., 0.03mm base can last only a month.	Strong, durable and cost-effective.

Choose By Base Type

Women’s wig

Other

Custom base

Mono base

Skin base

Lace base

Step 3: Select the right hair color

Hair color is another important thing that affects the naturalness of your customers’ hair systems. Choosing the right color guarantees a realistic blending of their own hair and the hairpiece. There are typically 3 ways to select the hair color of a hair system.

Refer to the color ring
Send us the hair sample (best option)
Send us the old unit. (It is recommended to send us the hair sample in the case of a color change happening to the old unit.)

Step 4: Select the right hair type

Hair Type

We have a few options of hair type to choose from. Each comes with its own characteristics so the ideal choice will depend on the customer’s needs and preferences. We can also use hair provided by you or your customers.

Human hair	Indian hair	The most common and popular choice we have as it’s very soft and smooth, highly adaptable to color and texture processing. Excellent value for money.
	Indian remy hair	Top-class human hair, super soft and silky. All the hair runs in the same direction, usually used in producing high-end hair systems.
	Chinese virgin hair	Super strong and straight, can withstand heavy processing without degrading the hair quality. Very sleek with low luster.
	European hair	The finest and softest hair material available. Non-processed virgin hair with all cuticles intact and hair heading the same direction. Vulnerable to breakage though.
Synthetic hair		The most common type of artificial hair as it is extremely resistant to oxidation and color change. The best option for gray colors. Very sensitive to friction though.
Yak		Stronger and harder than human hair with shinier color tone.

Hair Length

For men’s hair systems, the most common hair length is 5”-6”, while women have much more varied needs for hair length. The following picture offers an illustration of the most common hair lengths among women.

Hair Density

Hair density is a measurement of the number of hair strands on the head. The higher the hair density, the more hair there is on the head.

Women’s hair densities

Men’s hair densities

Wave & Curl

It is important to select the correct wave/curl to guarantee a perfect and seamless blend with your customers’ existing hair. At New Times Hair, we have a wide range of curl options available to specifically meet your customers’ needs and preferences as shown below.

Women’s hair curls

Silky straight

Natural straight

Kinky straight

Body wave

Loose curl

Deep wave

Deep curl

Kinky curl

Men’s hair curls

Straight

30mm

25mm

19mm

4mm afro curl

Hair Direction

We have many hair direction options for you to choose from to cater to your customers’ personal preferences as shown below:

Step 5: In case you have extra needs:

Bleached Knots

Knot bleaching is one of the latest innovations that is done by putting the hair through a delicate root bleaching process after being knotted to the hair system base. It removes most of the dark color pigment from the hair to create an appearance of hair growing out of the scalp. It is meant to improve the natural appearance of the hair system.

Under Hair

Just as its name suggests, under hair is hair ventilated on the edge of a hair system from the underside of the base to cover the edge, so that the edge of the base becomes invisible. It achieves the goal of presenting a more natural front hairline.

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Delivery Time

Custom systems take around 11–12 weeks to manufacture. The wait is worth it for a truly bespoke hairpiece.

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