While my hair is just as long as it's always been, due to a lovely twisting device, I lost about HALF of it's thickness. The resulting hairdos were pitiful and didn't stay up well at all. This delightful little braided bun closely imitates a style in which I often wear my hear at work at almost the correct thickness and matches very well. I am very pleased! Sometimes the little combs don't attach very close to my scalp and I pin it for greater security. But this is kinda good too, because it looks more realistic as a hairdo pinned on my head. ;)