HAIR RESTORATION INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA provides a variety of options for men, women and children experiencing medically related hair loss as a result of Chemotherapy, Thyroid, or other medical disorders and treatments.

Chemotherapy, and other cancer treatments such as radiation, works because they kill rapidly dividing cells. Because hair grows relatively fast, these cells are attacked and the one's hair growth temporarily is stopped. Now that new anti-nausiant drugs are available to patients, many people living with cancer treatment are able to work and play almost like normal, except for the hair loss.

The hair loss brings a loss of privacy and self-image that many find harder to deal with than the actual treatment. For this situation we recommend that you choose a wig from a selection of full cap wigs.

Human Hair Wigs

For the very ultimate in comfort and style there is nothing like a high quality human hair wig. Contrary to popular belief, not all human hair wigs are hard to maintain. In fact, because you can use hot blowers, rollers and curling (straightening) irons you have a lot more styling options.

All our human hair wigs are 100% hand knotted and use the very finest processed human hair or virgin European human hair. This gives you a look that cannot be surpassed. We have clients from all over the world that come to us for these wigs.

Human hair wigs start off with no style. They are cut and customized to the look that you want. For this reason we do not have set styles like with the synthetic wigs. Below are some examples of our work.
 

European Human Hair Wigs

In making wigs and hair systems there are different types of hair used for various reasons.

Most human hair that is used in hair replacements is processed hair. It comes from India or China where women sell it to hair merchants. It is then stripped of its cuticle so it feels finer, then it is bleached and dyed. The result of this process is that you have hair that should not tangle, but has been damaged and does not feel like natural growing hair.

In our wigs, we use virgin, or unprocessed hair. We purchase our hair from European hair merchants that buy it from women in eastern Europe. It is washed, blended and sorted to our needs. The natural beauty of the hair is intact. It also lasts much longer since the hair has not been through a chemical soup. The reason we are one of the few hair replacement companies in the world that use this hair is the expertise and the expense that goes into making them.

The hair must be knotted by hand by experienced wigmakers especially trained in using this type of hair.

The result of all this is a great reputation for our wigs all over the country.
 

Synthetic Wigs

The synthetic hair that we choose is of a higher quality that you would see in a department store or catalogue.

We make our wigs to what we call 'medical quality', leaving others to provide what we call 'fashion wigs'.

Medical wigs, especially made with synthetic hair, are a huge improvement over machine made fashion wigs. The cap of our wigs fits the shape of a head that has little or no hair, even the materials used in the construction of our medical quality wigs are designed to not irritate a sensitive scalp.

Trichotillomania

Lots of people have nervous habits, but people who pull out their hair compulsively can suffer overwhelming emotional and even physical impact. Psychiatrists estimate that 4 million Americans have what is called trichotillomania (trick-o-till-o-main-ee-a). If wigs or hair replacement is something you want to consider, the highly experienced consultants at Hair Restoration Institute of Minnesota will help you find the best solution.