Abstract: A system having a sleeve, a rod, a microtube, a transitional member, and an acceptance member. The rod is sized and shaped to have an outer diameter that is smaller than a width of an existing hair and configured to accept the sleeve. The transitional member is sized and shaped to enable the sleeve to be slid from the rod and stretched onto the microtube. The microtube is sized and shaped to accept the existing hair and the sleeve. The acceptance member is sized and shaped to enable the existing hair to be positioned into the microtube. When the sleeve is slid off the microtube and onto the existing hair, the sleeve constricts towards its original diameter, thus gripping the existing hair.