Since the 1st century BC, the use of wigs and toupees has been known, an alternative that to this day is adopted for different reasons, some of them due to fashion, whim, illness or any other cause of a personal nature; Whatever the reason, there are these items on the market in all types, colors, varieties, some longer than others, in short, for all tastes.
The forerunners in their manufacture were the Egyptians, they wore them on special occasions and to protect themselves from the sun, since men generally shaved their heads; they specialized in making natural wigsaccording to evidence on display in different museums around the world, they could mix palm fibers, black sheep wool and any other type of element.
Currently, its elaboration does not even resemble the old hairpieces of beforebut they are adapted to the necessary thickness, color or texture, the process is industrialized, although there are still professionals capable of carrying out this work manually, regardless of the type of production, It is placed by performing an exfoliation on the scalp, then using a very thin elastic layer, the real hair of the chosen color is glued; this toupee must be replaced every monthOn the other hand, the wig can be placed just like a hat, washed with any shampoo and cold water, easier, impossible.
There are international organizations specially created to receive your hair with the purpose of making wigs or toupees that they deliver free of charge to low-income patients who are kept in treatments that cause hair loss; many more people than you imagine, moved by this situation, come to let their hair grow on more than one occasion to make the donation several times, especially when the operation is performed for children with cancerfor which a kind of festival is prepared where the haircut is also free.
There are models called undetectable which is mostly used by artists and certainly being at a very close distance it is not easy to discover its use, the meshes of the prostheses are made of semi-transparent synthetic material, invisible when joined with the scalp, when they cover the forehead including the entrances , they look completely natural and once it is joined with the hair of the person who will use it, it can be invisible to the naked eye.
That is what makes a difference compared to old wigs, which allow hair to show off spectacularly from any angle, fearlessly showing off the front part; if it is well placed, nobody will notice the joints, just as they are not seen in the extensions.
You can get all kinds of hairpieces on the market: long, short, medium, very long, straight, wavy, afro, black, brown, blonde, blue, white hair, with or without bangs, natural or synthetic, as you like and prefer; some have an anti-slip system which avoids surprises due to storms, sudden movements or unexpected blizzards.