Human Hair Wigs For Women are usually made of Asian or European hair to serve medical, religious, or cosmetic purposes. Due to foreign exchange rates, in the Western world female hair from Asia tends to be substantially less expensive than that from Europe. 100% human hair wigs for women that are sourced from Europe tend to come from the eastern part of the continent, where again favorable exchange rates make it a very profitable business to engage in. Eastern European women's hair does not have to be dyed or otherwise treated for color and texture, as is often the case with Asian hair. They are called "virgin" hair for this reason, being one hundred percent "natural."

No matter the geographical origin, Human Hair Wigs For Women are preferred over synthetic ones, though man-made samples do exist which almost rival the all-natural ones in cost. Natural ones are easy to cut and to style and some women even swear that they can feel the difference, claiming that natural hair is more comfortable. Whatever the case, Human Hair Wigs For Women, like all hairpieces, are used to enhance a woman's sense of her own appearance. For some, it is simply a convenient way to quickly and effortlessly change their appearance for fun. Then there are those who use them for special social occasions like weddings and other commemorative events. Actresses, of course, use them for roles that demand a radically different look than their own. And there are those who even use them for job interviews. Unfortunately, many women experience hair loss, especially with advanced age, and want the comfort they are used to getting from a full head of hair.

Hair loss from cancer treatment such as chemotherapy is another situation where wigs are welcome. Indeed, they often form an important part of the patient's full recovery, psychological as well as physical. Chemotherapies almost always result in complete baldness, and many women find it not just embarrassing but outright painful to be bald. Finally, wigs are also widely used for religious reasons, and this last case is especially interesting.

Those women that use wigs on religious grounds are most likely married Jewish Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox women, the vast majority of whom follow their rabbis' teachings on the matter of head covering as a sign of modesty in dress. The theory goes that a married woman's beauty ought to be reserved for her husband alone, and nothing is so exquisitely linked to femininity as a woman's hair. It is also felt that a woman's head should be always covered when out-of-doors just as a man's head should be as a sign of respect to God. But because wigs cover the head while giving the appearance of an uncovered head, many rabbis find them insufficiently modest and that they violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. Scarves, snoods, or other headgear are recommended instead. Then there is the matter of religious purity, where nothing associated with idol worship may be used, with controversies erupting over whether certain hair from India shorn during pagan ceremonies was kosher.