Types Of Wig Cap Construction

From the outside you may think that all wigs are built the same but on the inside there are many different features that set them apart.

Types of wig cap construction.

There are actually five different wig cap constructions including full lace wigs 360 lace wigs lace front wigs classic lace wigs and traditional weft wigs. The sleep wig and the soft stretch wig. Traditional weft cap open weft cap standard cap and classic cap. There are four alternate names for basic wig caps.

There are two types of wig caps that are made exclusively by the wig company. The hair of basic wig caps is hand or machine sewed into strips of material cotton felt velvet silk or otherwise. The wefts are disguised with a technique called permatease to hide them from view at the part area. The biggest difference in full cap and open cap wigs is the existence of open spaces in the open cap cap less design.

Also called cap less wigs open cap wigs are usually machine made wigs consisting of wefts of hair that have been stitched in a circular pattern onto elastic strips to form the cap like shape for wear on the head. Both wigs caps are designed specifically with comfort and durability in mind. A basic wig cap also called capless wefted or open cap is a machine made wig cap that is made by sewing wefts or curtains of hair onto a strip of thin elastic material.