A new medical report has linked smoking to significant changes in the skin. The same report indicates that smokers, those most apt to have such skin changes, are also those most likely to experience substantial hair loss. In other words, if you are a heavy smoker, you might well be interested in some type of hair replacement.

Other sections have provided the reader with details on methods that permit surgical hair replacement. In addition, other material on this website has offered information on medicines that can help a man to re-grow lost hair. In this section, the reader will learn about the sort of hair pieces that a man can use in place of a permanent hair replacement.

Few men choose to wear a wig. Some men do elect to wear a toupee, a patch of what looks like hair. In order to enjoy a hairpiece that offers effective hair replacement, a man must weigh carefully numerous characteristics of any one wig or toupee.

Does it have a particular style? If so is the man who hopes to wear that hairpiece comfortable with that style? Has the hairpiece received a "perming," a process that permanently fixes the style of the considered hair piece? Has it received any sort of tinting, a process that gives to a hairpiece a permanent coloring.

How will the selected hairpiece be fastened to the head? Will surgical tape be used to hold the hairpiece onto the scalp of the man who has chosen to wear it? If so, then what type of adhesive will be used by the man who plans to cover a bald spot with that hairpiece?

Will the hairpiece need to be attached to the scalp by using two-sided surgical tape? Will attachment of the hair piece be achieved through use of bonding glue? Will Japanese combs need to be used, in order to hold the hairpiece onto the scalp? Will the hairpiece be able to exhibit an "invisible blending" with the existing hairs on the scalp?

What sort of washing procedure must be used with the considered hairpiece? Will the hairpiece need to undergo a periodic re-grooming? Is the hairpiece made out of real human hair, or is it made from some type of synthetic material? Those are the sort of questions that a man should ask, prior to purchasing any type of hair replacement.

The answers to those questions should guide selection of the optimal type of hair replacement.