The answer is to keep the hair from turning brittle. Reconditioning treatments prevent dryness and brittleness on a hair replacement system.
A replacement system isn't attached to a living scalp feeding it natural oil, so without regular reconditioning the hair dries out and gets brittle fast. Fading, matting, and yellowing are all real maintenance concerns for hair systems too, just not the specific problem reconditioning treatments are built to solve.
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