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A Guide to Distinguishing Real Human Hair from Synthetic Hair: 4 Quick Tricks to Tell them Apart
May 12, 2025

In the era of pursuing beauty, wigs have become a choice for many people to change their appearance. But
the quality of wig materials on the market varies greatly. How to distinguish the difference between 
real
hair
and synthetic hair? Let's start with the details and uncover the truth between the threads.

A-Guide

1、Look at the appearance

•Human hair:The hair thickness is uneven, with natural scales and a soft and non glaring luster. There may be slight
splitting at the end of the hair.

•Sythetic hair:The hair thickness is consistent, the surface is smooth and shiny like plastic, the luster is stiff and rigid,
and there is no natural branching.


2、Touch the texture

•Human hair:Soft and elastic to the touch, smooth and non sticky to the touch, and can naturally rebound after pulling.

•Sythetic hair:The touch is dry and stiff, prone to tangling and entanglement, with poor elasticity when pulled, and
easy to break with neat fracture surfaces when pulled with force.


3、Burn it

•Human hair:After ignition, white smoke is emitted, emitting a burnt smell similar to burning hair. After combustion,
black and fragile small particles are formed, which can be easily crushed by hand.

•Sythetic hair:When burning, it emits black smoke and has a pungent plastic smell. After burning, it clumps and becomes
hard, forming a black spherical shape that is not easily crushed.


4、Soak in warm water

•Human hair:After soaking, the hair remains soft, with a slight increase in weight but no significant change. After drying,
the luster and elasticity remain unchanged.

•Sythetic hair:After soaking in warm water, there may be slight deformation, rough texture, easy knotting after drying,
and a significant decrease in glossiness.


Tip: Special hair care products are needed for real hair wig care to avoid frequent styling at high temperatures; Although
synthetic hair is cheap, it has a shorter lifespan and is suitable for short-term wear. Learn these tricks to easily avoid
pitfalls!



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