hair piece

A toupée is a hairpiece or partial wig of natural or synthetic hair worn to cover partial baldness. While toupées and hairpieces are mostly associated with male users, some women also wear hairpieces to lengthen existing hair, or cover partially exposed scalp. The desire to wear hairpieces is a response to a long-standing cultural stand against balding that crosses cultures, since times immemorial.,i.e.atleast 3100 B.C. Toupee use is the utmost and has become widespread in western as well as eastern cultures. Beacuse it is a very suitable method for dealing with baldness, and to greater cultural acceptance of the condition.

While most toupées are small and designed to cover bald spots at the top and back of the head, large toupées are not unknown, particularly among television personalities.

Toupées are also called "hairpieces", "hair patches", or "hair systems" by those seeking to avoid the negative connotations that the word "toupée" conjures up. Many women now wear hairpieces rather than full wigs if their hair loss is confined to the top and crown of their heads.

It is a charming fact that many a men often knows they are not fooling any one with the use of the toupée, but that the bias in Western culture against baldness is so strong that they feel the need to have hair on their heads. Wearing toupee is safer when compared to having been hair transplanted.