As a shaitel macher for over 18 years I can say with certainty that the incredibly beautiful and well constructed wigs of today look nothing like the wigs of the 1930’s! We are fooling ourselves if we believe that a wig which looks “similar” to hair is the same as a wig which looks “exactly” like hair. Each story I hear about a woman who is wearing such a beautifully natural wig that has stirred up some talk or rumors because she appeared as if she wasn’t covering her hair ( as in the Mishpacha magazine article last week, or as the previous poster mentioned about the woman in prewar Europe) is clearly proving the concern about a natural hair wig possibly being problematic. When has it gone too far when we go out of our way to look as if we aren’t doing the mitzvah at all?! To some this may be more of a Hashkafic discussion rather than Halachik one. Just something to ponder….
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