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Why movie-star wigs can cost more than a car

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Transforming a massive star's hairline requires extremely serious financial investment. High-end cinematic hairpieces are meticulously crafted using genuine human hair, perfectly punched into a microscopic lace mesh strand by single strand. The sheer amount of painstaking manual labor makes them significantly more expensive than most reliable used vehicles.

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