Method and apparatus for securing a hair extension

A method of mounting a hairpiece comprising a hairpiece strip of flexible sheet material having an upwardly opening strip fold and hairpiece strands secured to the strip and extending laterally outward relative to the strip fold using an anchor tube, the method comprising the steps of:

• parting wearer hair along a part line;
• placing the strip against the part line so that the strip fold extends substantially parallel to and over the part line;
• piercing the strip at the strip fold with a piercing hook instrument, to form a first hair port substantially at the fold;
• hooking a first upper hair bundle from wearer hair on an upper side of the part;
• hooking a first lower hair bundle from wearer hair on the lower side of the part;
• drawing the first upper and first lower hair bundles outwardly from the scalp through the first hair port;
• combining the first upper and first lower bundles into a first combined bundle;
• piercing the strip at the strip fold with a piercing hook instrument to form a second hair port substantially at the fold and spaced along the fold from the first hair port;
• hooking a second upper hair bundle from wearer hair on the upper side of the part;
• hooking a second lower hair bundle from wearer hair on the lower side of the part;
• drawing the second upper and lower hair bundles outwardly from the scalp through the first hair port;
• combining the second upper and lower hair bundles into a second combined bundle;
• fitting the first and second combined bundles through the anchor tube and sliding the anchor tube along the first and second combined bundles toward the hairpiece strip;
• looping the free ends of the first and second combined bundles back toward the strip and outward again through the anchor tube;
• tying the first and second combined bundles to the anchor tube;
• and crimping the anchor tube to engagingly grip the first and second combined bundles and thereby secure the strip relative to the wearer scalp.