Hair integration or hair intensification is the act of adding hair to the scalp. This is done by braiding or weaving hair, real human hair or synthetic, to the root area of a person’s hair so that it grows naturally with the existing hair. One drawback to this is that the process adds stress to the real hair and may cause it to fall out.

This process of partial hair additions has become an alternative for people who experience pattern hair loss. It is an option for people suffering from a wide range of hair and scalp conditions such as alopecia totalis, alopecia universalis, ectodermal dysplasia, etc. Some people, who can’t be bothered undergoing such process switch to choosing wigs instead.