Extensions
Human or synthetic hair attached to the wearer's own hair to add length, volume or colour.
Also: hair extensions, hair integrations
Extensions add hair to the wearer's own. They can be clipped in for a day, taped or bonded to small sections, sewn onto cornrows in a weave, braided in as with box braids, or crocheted in. Human hair can be heat styled and coloured like natural hair; synthetic fibre holds a set shape and is cheaper. Much human hair for extensions comes from donations at temples in India, notably the hair offered by pilgrims at Tirumala.