The human hair in your wig might have been pulled out of hair brushes, shower drains, and even the trash. But that's not even the worst part.
“I've been into a shop and bought ’remy’ hair that has synthetic in it,” Dearman says. “They can say it's from anywhere.”
Remy hair that is carefully cut from someone’s head and tied has the distinct advantage of being less likely to tangle, because the cuticles are all facing the same direction: down, away from the scalp. To imitate remy hair, tangled fallen hair is dunked by workers in tubs of chemicals to strip the cuticles. Then it’s combed out and sorted into similar lengths, and coated with silicone for a faux-glossy shine.
Dearman, who also toured human hair factories in China, says the baths smelled like ammonia, and that she saw them using fabric dyes, which are, on the hair. “Who knows where they dump the chemicals,” she says. “I didn't stick around long enough to find any of that out.” Dearman, who hand-ties the hair one-by-one to a lace cap to create her flowing styles, says she still has scars from working with the mystery hair. “I had contact dermatitis. My hands were cracking and bleeding from touching the hair all the time.”
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