TOUPEES, WIGS & HAIR SYSTEMS: SYNTHETIC VERSUS NATURAL HAIR With both materials offering different advantages, it might make sense for the wearer to have one or more of both synthetic and natural human hair wigs for different occasions and purposes.   People have all kinds of reasons to purchase and […]

MAX FACTOR, WIGS, AND HOLLYWOOD He beautified Russian royalty and became the king of Hollywood cosmetology. Always innovating, he figured out how to reformulate for evolving film technologies.   “Max Factor” sounds like a branding invention, as if from a roomful of marketing wizards sometime back in the Mad Men […]

CHEMOTHERAPY AND HAIR LOSS: WHY AND HOW HAIR FALLS OUT The loss of hair is a disheartening cancer treatment side effect. But it’s a temporary problem on the path to recovery – with a surprise ending.   It’s well understood that undergoing treatment for cancer – and in some cases, […]

“MEDICAL HAIR LOSS” IS REAL – ALWAYS More and more celebrities and public officials are coming out about their hair loss, shunning wigs for the natural bald look. We always want to know what caused it, of course.  The term “medical hair loss” is a redundancy. All hair loss has […]