Why Are Most Human Hair Wigs Made Of Asian Hair?
At first sight the answer seems very obvious they are cheaper. And of course that is true. But in fact Eastern European hair is not that much more expensive the amount necessary to make a good wig is about 30-50 USD in Poland or Czech Republic. That is not a fortune if you are going to spend a few hundred dollars on a wig. So what is the catch?
The problem is on the supply side. There are over 2 billion people in Asia and only 200 million in Eastern Europe. Most of people in Eastern Europe have no need to sell their hair for economic reasons. Moreover, I dont have to emphasize how rare it is in rich Western European countries to sell ones hair. That is what makes European hair rare and explains why local wig-makers purchase only the amount necessary for their own production. Outside of Eastern Europe, due to its rarity, the price of the best European hair (so called raw virgin hair) is skyrocketing.
Hence 99% of human hair wigs are made of Asian hair. This hair is marked by such trade names as human hair or remy hair. If the producer or a sales person does not state directly that the hair is exclusively...