The Guide To Remy Lace Wigs

Here at TCPG all our human hair lace wigs are Remy lace wigs. “What does Remy mean?” We hear you ask. Well read on and all will be revealed.

The term Remy is a description about the type of hair (not the type of hairpiece or its origin).

A bit of quick biology reveals that all human hair has cuticles that point away from the roots.

If the human hair that you buy (whether a weft, wig, pre-tipped extension etc) still has its cuticle layer of all the hair strands all pointing in the same direction is known as Remy hair.

This cuticle layer is critical.

Remy hair is therefore not prone to tangling or matting which for any hairpiece is absolutely essential.

Remy hair is the same as cuticle hair and unprocessed hair (aka, virgin hair or raw hair) – as this is hair where all the strands have cuticle layers pointing in the same direction.

So a Remy lace wig is made from human hair collected directly from hair donors that has undergone a special kind of processing (to clean the hair) that leaves all the cuticles intact so that the hair remains durable and strong as the picture below shows.

Types of Remy Hair Used in Remy Lace Wigs

Remy hair can be processed hair, which means it may have been, permed, relaxed or coloured.

The main issue is that as long as the cuticle remains intact, the hair is still considered Remy. Remy hair is either single drawn, which means hair strands may be different lengths, or double drawn, which means all strands are the same length.

Where does Remy hair come from?

You’ll often see the word Remy in the following context “100% Indian Remy” but as mentioned earlier, Remy is about the condition of the hair not it’s geographical origin or the type of hairpiece.

Oh and just in case you were unsure, the reason why we state it’s “100%” Remy is that there are a number of disreputable outlets that mix non-Remy and Remy hair together and call it Remy hair.

But here at TCPG, we only ever use 100% Remy hair in our Remy lace wigs.
Remy hair comes from many places around the world.

The most popular type is Indian Remy hair as Remy hair from India can effortlessly be transformed into another texture and colour which can be easily matched to the majority of ethnic groups.

Remy hair also originates from South America (you may have seen a lot of Brazilian unprocessed hair whilst perusing perukes online), Europe and East Asia. So if a human hair lace wig is not a Remy (human) hair lace wig, what has happened to the hair?

Non-Remy hair is hair that doesn’t have a cuticle layer. The cuticles will have been stripped by bleaching or an acid bath.

Due to the fact it goes through this harsher but cheaper method of processing, non-Remy hair is often cheaper.

The downside with non-Remy is that it’s prone to tangling and matting and is not as durable as Remy hair.

You can rest assured however that all of our lace wigs made with human hair contain only 100% Remy hair and can therefore be trusted to be Remy lace wigs.

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