So far I've had this hair in for about 3 weeks and its holding up pretty well. It has a nice natural curl pattern when wet but I must say that it takes a while to get it strait again...took me several passes with the flat iron after blown drying on low. I used infusium 23 leave in treatment when I rock the curly look and it looks great! By the way this hair does not shed much at all (two or three strands here and there), but it does get tangled a little at the nape which easily detangles with a few passes of the comb. Overall great buy!