What Are the Different Types of Cancer Wigs?
There are many different types of cancer wigs available for cancer patients suffering medical hair loss due to chemotherapy. Chemotherapy patients can choose from human hair wigs and synthetic wigs; short and long wigs; wigs, wiglets, and hair pieces; and several types of wig construction. Costs also vary; the price of a cancer wig can vary from relatively inexpensive to thousands of US dollars. The first choice for chemotherapy patients is whether to purchase cancer wigs made of human hair or synthetics. Most chemotherapy patients choose synthetic wigs, which offer a number of advantages. They tend to be far less expensive than human hair wigs, which typically start at 25 times the cost of a basic synthetic wig, and can cost up to 100 times as much. Synthetic wigs also tend to be easier to take care of; they dry faster than human hair wigs, for instance. The styled look of many synthetic wigs can’t be changed as easily as that of human hair wigs, although some synthetic wigs can be re
