Two East Bay women are bringing comfort and confidence to women who've lost hair due to cancer treatment and alopecia.Morgan ...

Not all wigs are created equal. Due to lack of regulation, there are often chemicals in even the most expensive wigs. We investigate, inside.

Korab explains that the human hair used in wigs and extensions is mainly sourced from regions like India, China, Eastern Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia.

One wig retailer told Priceonomics that one woman from Indiana got that sum for her hair, which was then turned into a wig priced at $8,000. 7. Short hair also gets collected and sold.

But as the wig market has expanded, so has the confusion: synthetic wigs, human hair blends, and 100% human hair…what’s really worth investing in long-term? Let’s break it all down.

Master wigmaker Rachel Walker can spend up to 450 hours painstakingly attaching human hair, strand by strand, to a Swiss lace base to create a single wig. The time-consuming process has become a ...