Human Hair Extensions Or Synthetic? Which Is Best?

If you are thinking about wearing hair extensions and you have begun to look around at the various types you will have already noticed that hair extensions can be made from real human hair or they can be synthetic. So what’s the difference?

Apart from the obvious difference, we need to look at performance and cost. Synthetic hair extensions win hands down on cost. If you look on eBay you will see that you can buy clip-in synthetic hair extensions for as little as £8.00! One advantage of that is that you can afford to play around with different styles and colours and change your hair every day of the week if you wish. Real human hair is in a totally different league. This has been grown by someone over a period of two or three years who has then had it all cut off in exchange for money. Even if somebody was treating it as a business they would only make any money perhaps three times in ten years. Depending where you go and what type of hair extensions you buy, you can pay several thousand pounds for human hair extensions, although that is exceptional.

While the quality of synthetic hair extensions can vary, they are generally somewhat stiff and don’t move in the same way as real hair. They can sometimes feel coarse to the touch.

Synthetic hair extensions cannot be dyed or coloured in any way, and you cannot style them using straighteners, a hair dryer, or curling tongs because it will simply melt them. Even sunlight can damage them, as can some harsh hair products.

Then there is the question of how long hair extensions last. Synthetic hair extensions will only last a few months, whereas good human hair extensions can last for a year or more. Human hair can be styled, dyed, washed and dried in exactly the same way as your own hair. So all in all, if you can afford to invest a reasonable amount and are looking to buy clip-in hair extensions London, real human hair is the way to go.