When you decided to buy a wig or hair extension, you can find that there are two kind of hair raw material in the market, that is human hair and synthetic hair. What’s the different between them, and how to distinguish?
- Synthetic hair: The synthetic hair is made of good quality plastic, usually polyester, acrylic, or poluvinyl. All of these fibers are engineered to give the synthetic hair extension or wig the most natural look. It’s not a secret, in fact, the synthetic hair cost is much less than human hair. The syethic hair normally can use 3-6 months.
- Human hair: The human hair extension or wig, the raw material of human hair all cut from one young donor, the hair need unprocessed and with good quality before cut down, this can make sure when made to hair extension or wigs still with good quality. And the these hairs have hair follicles arranged in the same direction, this can make sure the human hairr extension or wigs more silky. The human hair normally can use years, if good take card, can use more long time.
How to distinguish the synthetic hair and human hair?
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The reflection of synthetic will be strong, and it is obvious that there is a plastic feeling. The human hair with better hair quality looks no different from our own hair, and it also shows natural reflection under the light source.
- Burn Test: Cut a small piece of hair you bought and burn it directly on the small flame. If the hair is flammable, produces a large flame, and smells of tar, it’s synthetic hair. As for human hair, when it burns, there is very little smoke and a characteristic burning smell.
- Bleached Test: The human hair can be bleached and dyed, the synthetic hair will not.