The answer is human hair. It's the most popular choice for hair replacement systems because it moves and styles like a client's own hair.
Paired with modern base construction, human hair gives a result that's hard to spot as a piece at all. Pure synthetic fiber and synthetic-human blends are cheaper options, but they don't hold up to styling and heat the way real human hair does, which is why most clients pay up for it.
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