You May Be Stomached: Where Does the Hair in Wigs Come From?

If you have ever researched hair for extensions or wigs, you know; Indian hair has a natural shine, Brazilian hair is full, Chinese hair is the coarsest hair and Filipino hair is similar to Chinese hair but shinier.

So, where does this hair come from, how does it come, what kind of story does it have, and what processes does it go through? Simply put, Who does the hair you wear on your head belong to? Have you ever thought? There is much more than you think.

Before coming to the present, it is useful to take a brief look at the history of wigs.

In France in the 1800s, peasant women were forced to be sheared like poor sheep. The hair sold in the early 1900s was also sold in China. from sewers and corpses was coming.

Today, it is still a matter of curiosity where these hairs come from. Be sure, backgrounds worth wondering about there is.

The story of the hair coming from China may raise your stomach a little.

Women collect the hair balls that come out of their combs or accumulate in the bathroom drain and sell them to villagers and street vendors. Some are collected from the streets and mixed with dirt and plastic. It is about dissolving, classifying and processing the waste from the dredger. a huge procedure is being implemented.

Hair transferred from merchant to merchant; Bangladesh, India and parts of Myanmar where wages are low but people need to work hair detangling workshops is being taken away.

The real shocking labor begins here.

Dozens of women sit on the ground trying to unravel hairballs from other people. unraveled hair, They are divided into bundles according to their length and color. It requires so much effort that it takes approximately 80 hours to dissolve 1.5 kg of hair.

When we come to the processing stage, a chemical bath is required because The cuticle, which is the outer layer of the hair, becomes dysfunctional. Like caticula and fish scales, they all have scales that point in the same direction, but since the hair gets tangled in the comb waste, it causes the hair to get tangled and knotted. Chemical baths remove this residue. The quality of the hair also decreases during the bath.

India may be the most ethical and reliable place to buy hair.

Hindu temples are an important part of the hair industry. Every year, millions of religious people visit temples and shave their hair here. as an offering to the gods He shaves. This generates more than $7 million in revenue annually for the temple.

Always cheap and high quality hair supply is also provided. In other words, a “win-win situation” emerges.

Let’s come to Vietnam…

Vietnam regarding the hair industry the most exploited from places. Women are forced to sell their hair for very little money. In fact, because there are so many frauds, sometimes they are left bald before they get their money.

A man named Dan started running his own business to transform this industry driven by fraud and exploitation. rural areas where having long hair is still considered an important sign of femininity. focused. Here, women sell their beautiful and long hair to Dan and earn enough income to support the household for at least 1 month.

If you want to see Dan’s story in more detail, you can click here.

Could you guess that these were the background of the hair?

As you can see, unfortunately, there has been women’s labor, exploitation or obligation in the hair industry from past to present. Before the man named Dan we mentioned, women in the countryside wore all their hair. for 1-2 dollars He was selling. Consider the gravity of the situation.

In the new world order, where everything quickly gets bored, there are many people who want to wear blue and short hair one day, and prefer pink and long hair the next day. It seems that the hair industry will continue to grow unabated, but we hope ethical ways increases.

Note: Of course, not all hair is real. The 100 lira wigs or fake hair we buy from places like Izmir Kemeraltı are synthetic. You need to pay a minimum of around 500 TL for 100 grams of natural hair called “Remy”. Of course, it’s up to you to believe whether that hair is really natural or not.

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