1968年，美国绅士乔治布朗，通过潜心研究，发明了一种用真人发（human hair）手工编织（hand tied）假发块的技艺。
在当时，同传统机织（machine wave）假发套（conventional wig）相比，这种工艺可算是革命性创举。假发块戴在脱发人头上，通过黑色棉线锁边，从而固定在头顶。假发块上的真人发同本人健康头发，混合修剪直至融为一体。在后来数十年中，乔治布朗的一个经典广告，让那个年代很多美国老百姓耳熟能详——每次新闻结束后，布朗都会花十秒钟，当着全国的男女老幼，脱下一头不露痕迹的假发，随着一阵惊讶的化外音，布朗再戴上假发并微笑着说：欢迎大家加入我的发友俱乐部（HairClub）。
不曾料想，到了八十年代，韩国美容业飞速发展，带动了包括发制品等多学科领域工艺技术的突飞猛进，1985年韩艺家株式会社在汉城成立，而当年美国布朗先生所倡导的新型发品消费观，也在二十多年的发展中，被韩国人不断改进，推陈出新，并首先在欧美各国广泛推广，客户由原来的脱发人，发展到爱美的时尚一族；从原来只是为了掩饰缺陷的消极消费品，变成了当代女性尤为钟爱的装饰品。
消费群的日益壮大，使得国际市场竞争异常激烈，发制品的制作工艺也因此日新月异。每半年，韩艺家都会有一项重大技术诞生，而每年其花费在中国生产基地的设备升级费用，就高达数百万。
中国内地市民，由于对国外先进织发补发产品（也就是高科假发）技术的发展十分陌生，所以根本无法想象在发达国家，假发已成为老百姓身边不可或缺的生活必备品，就像剃须刀和时装一样。
下面这则新闻就是一个很好的例证——曾在《夺面双雄》中和尼古拉斯*凯奇演对手戏的著名男星约翰.特拉沃塔，就因为在出席奥斯卡颁奖礼时，被人用高倍像素照相机偷拍，发现了他戴假发，于是有了下面这则有趣的报道。通过这篇短文，足见假发在欧美普及率之高，是中国广大脱发朋友无法想象的，在国内大家用来补救脱发的方法，往往就是药物或手术，殊不知国外在脱发研究领域，发展比我们早了近二十年，他们对药物和毛囊移植，早已失去信心和热度，都转而通过物理美容，也就是织发补发手段，来迅速安全的恢复形象。
John Travolta’s appearance at the Oscars as a presenter in an impeccable, dense head of hair that revealed a somewhat unnatural, receding full hairline led us to examine Travolta more closely. It appears that Travolta has been wearing a hair system (aka hairpiece, toupee, hair wig) to mask some of his receding hairline or balding areas. Unfortunately for Travolta, the actor’s hair system mesh was detected on a high-zoom camera lens, confirming suspicions that the actor is wearing a hair system. As one can see in the photos below (click on photos to see maximum size), there is a visible hair mesh that is protruding from the right temple of Travolta, indicating a sophisticated hair system is at work.
Read rest of article below photos (top two photos from 2006; bottom photo from 2007).
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Hair systems such as the one that Travolta seems to be wearing are made with a fine mesh material to which hairs are put together meticulously one hair strand at a time. The hair system is supposed to have the hair attached in a way that does not show the mesh at all. Travolta’s hair system is likely to be expensive, but the hair did not perfectly conceal the mesh. Below the mesh, a transparent plastic material is used to attach the hair system to the skin.
Dr. William Rassman, a leading hair transplant specialist commented on these photos in his blog “If these photos are his, unfortunately for John Travolta, an aggressive photographer caught this view of what appears to be a hair system. From any reasonable distance, a good hair system looks like a normal head of hair and I complement the folks that made this system.”
接下来再让我们看看美国FarrellHair拍的电视宣传片吧，大家就该知道在国外，假发该有多受欢迎，多么普及了！！！
