Toupees, Wigs and Nonsurgical Hair Systems: Synthetic Versus Natural Hair With both materials offering different advantages for those with hair loss, it might make sense for the wearer to have one or more of both synthetic and natural human hair systems and wigs for different occasions and purposes.   People […]

Max Factor, Wigs, Toupees, Hair Systems and Hollywood Max Factor became the king of Hollywood cosmetology. Always innovating, he figured out how to reformulate wigs and toupees – now called “hair systems” – for evolving film technologies.   “Max Factor” sounds like a branding invention, as if from a roomful […]

Chemotherapy and Hair Loss: Why and How Hair Falls Out The loss of hair is a disheartening cancer treatment side effect. But hair loss a temporary problem on the path to recovery – with a surprise ending.   It’s well understood that undergoing treatment for cancer – and in some […]

“Medical Hair Loss” Is Real – All Hair Loss Conditions Have a Basis In Health 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 […]