What are wigs generally made of?

Wigs are divided into chemical fiber and human hair according to their materials. Synthetic fiber wigs are made of chemical fibers and have poor lifelikeness. They may feel itchy after wearing them and may easily react with the scalp.

But the price is cheap and the styling effect is long-lasting; human hair wigs are made of processed pure human hair. They are highly realistic, not easy to knot, and can be baked, dyed, and permed, which is convenient. Changing your hair style is expensive and the qualitative effect is not very good.

Extended information;

The accessory of wigs appeared very early. As early as the ancient Egyptian era, ancient Egyptian men at that time had to shave their heads, shave their faces and wear wigs. Later, the ancient Romans were also influenced by the Egyptians and were also keen on wearing wigs.

But the most impressive thing is the wig that was popular in modern Europe. Its origin is also quite interesting. It is said that in France in the early seventeenth century, the reigning king at that time was named Louis XIII. Although he is the king of a country, he is bald.

In order to cover up this flaw, he began to wear a wig that was as long as his shoulders. As the saying goes, if something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom. Suddenly the whole of France became popular with this latest ornament. Since France was the vane of fashion trends in European countries at that time, this wig style quickly became popular throughout Europe.

Early wigs were made from human hair, such as the hair of debtors and the hair of dead people. This situation ended in 1822 when Humphrey Ravenscroft invented the process of making wigs from ponytails.

For a long time, most of the raw material horsehair used in this kind of wig came from China, because the mane of European horses is not easy to spin and easy to break, and the mane needs to be produced during the production process. Continuous bleaching and cleaning, only the mane produced by Chinese horses can survive these tests.

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