You've been rooting for hours. Things are looking good. Then a glimmer of scalp catches your eye. What is that? Could it be? Yes, it is! Its a bald spot! A BALD SPOT. Hours of rooting mysteriously disappeared. Its enough to make a grown woman cry. Here are things to look out for to ensure bald spots do not happen to you. Stop Messing With It!I am very guilty of over-manipulation. It's looking good. I get excited, and I just want to brush and trim the hair. This is an even bigger temptation when I'm doing progress photos. I want the baby to look cute for mommy, so I'm constantly styling the hair. Just remember this simple phrase: If you didn't glue it, don't do it. The more you play with the hair, the more strands you loose. As much as possible, wait until you've sealed the hair before any hard-core styling. Be FlexibleBut don't grab your yoga mat, I'm talking about the vinyl. Rooting works because vinyl is highly elastic. Your needle makes a small hole, stretches the vinyl and forces the hair down into it. When you pull out the needle, that hole closes back up due to the elasticity of the vinyl. But if you've baked your vinyl too many times, some of that elasticity is lost - leaving you with a hole that doesn't hold hair. Besides trying to avoid over-curing, the best way to keep your vinyl stretchy is to warm the head. Its worth a little sweat to keep every hair you've rooted in place. Check Up from the Neck UpSometimes, you get more information when you look at something upside down. After every rooting session, look up into the head to make sure that your rooting took. If you see a thin or bald spot under an area that you know you rooted, you have a problem - that hair's not going to stay. Possible causes of this issue include:
ConclusionAs I root, I also tend to brush the hair down with my fingers every few strands. Usually if the hair did not root, this process will pull the hair right back out. Then I can see that I've got a problem and look for a solution before the dreaded bald spot happens. How do you check your rooting? Leave a comment!
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chi
9/25/2015 10:43:49 am
Wonderful fyi
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linda
7/8/2017 08:38:28 am
hi Kim, i have just rooted eyebrows on my reborn, trouble is there is now a black line under the hair i have rooted. tried to clean it off but it won't move, have you any tips on how to clean it off please? thanks
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Amanda
3/12/2022 04:21:05 pm
I’m having the same issue. I tryed to clean the needle off with rubbing alcohol and so black stuff came off but the needle it still rooting dark spots in the hole the hair went in
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Anico Jacobs
7/19/2018 02:21:39 am
I bought a reborn but his hair is not micro rooted. There is a bunch of hair in one hole. What type of rooting does my reborn have?
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Joyce Ward
2/8/2020 12:48:40 pm
I have a tiny 18" vinyl doll and I've been following your teaching videos to " reborn" her. I am having trouble keeping the tiny creases in her hands and feet from gathering the paint. It's not noticeable until after it has been baked. Then I started noticing what looks like dirt in the creases which makes her feet and hands look dirty. How do I get that "dirt" out of those very tiny creases (without taking all the paint that's already there) out? Also how do I keep the creases on the toes and fingers from gathering up the paint again? I have spent all morning using every tool I can imagine plus thinner to get the paint back off, for it to get right back into the creases as soon as I reapply it. Thank you.
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Julia
2/17/2020 02:08:58 pm
Hi, Kim thank you for your serie “ Reborn with me” I am reborning with you my first baby. Is going well but, as Joyce Ward mentioned, in her post, After curing I see tiny red lines in the baby’s creases only on the hands and toes. I try to remove it with a q- tips afraid of using paint thinner after curing!.
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Elaine
4/23/2022 02:47:02 pm
How to remove rooted hair. From reborn doll?
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AuthorHi! I am Kim. I've been creating dolls all my life. I started stuffing cotton balls into my mom's pantyhose when I was a little girl. Now I hand-craft dolls that look and feel like real babies. Archives
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