What’s the reason behind celebrities using wigs?

 What’s the reason behind celebrities using wigs? 

The world of beauty and aesthetics has changed drastically thanks to technological advances and the different standards and ideals of beauty that society has imposed over the years. Have you ever asked yourself how some celebrities can change their hairstyle in a matter of days or even hours? Let me tell you that in many cases, it’s because of the use of wigs! 

Stereotypes and hairstyles 

People for years have been worrying about fitting into the ideals of beauty, as well as taking care of their physical appearance in order to fit with society's image, this worry comes from the fact that we are all afraid of being excluded from the rest. These Stereotypes have always been part of our society, but new stereotypes involving beauty have appeared and the ones that already existed have been changed throughout history. However, nowadays, they are more present than ever because of social media, editing platforms, and influences and celebrities looking “perfect”. 

One of the most important aspects of the physical beauty standards is hair, I mean, the hairstyle is considered a fundamental aspect of your appearance, and wearing one hairstyle or another can change your general image. With this in mind, different hairstyles have been the ideal one at some point in history, and despite a hairstyle being a fashion trend during some time, in a matter of months or years, this trend can drastically change, making a new hairstyle the ideal one. For this reason, wigs have become an option for many people when it comes to following a fashion trend. 

Why wigs? 

Wigs can be really useful for many reasons, one of them is, as I said before, helping people to follow a fashion trend and getting the ideal hairstyle for them, but also, they are helpful to cancer patients, as wearing a wig can be very appreciated by them because they are affected by the physical stereotypes more than people that isn’t suffering from cancer. With this, I want to say that a wig can help cancer patients to feel better with themselves, feel confident about their physical image, and get rid of their insecurities. Nevertheless, many people are ashamed of wearing a wig or even thinking about it, but we have good news, celebrities also wear wigs! 

Let's meet some of these celebrities! 

Katy Perry 

Katy Perry isn’t just a famous singer, but she also dreams of being a fashion icon. Because of this, she constantly wears different wigs, for example she can wear a short black wig one day, and the next one she can be wearing a long purple ponytail, but that’s not all, because she prefers wearing eye-catching wigs with colors such as electric blue, pastel pink or multicolour, rather than more neutral colors such as black, brown or blonde. 

Rihanna 

Rihanna loves wearing different styles like Katy Perry. However, she prefers changing the style rather than the colors, as we have seen her with an afro style, straight hair, bob style, with bangs, one side shaved… Using wigs has allowed her to try all these styles and different colors without damaging her hair. 

Ariana Grande 

Ariana became famous when she had to play her role as one of the main characters of the “Sam and Cat” and “Victorious” series, in which she had to constantly dye her hair red, so it got really damaged. Because of this, she decided to use a natural looking wig for her daily life, performances as a singer, and music festivals. Now, her typical hairstyle with a little ponytail has become famous among the fans. 

Robert Pattinson 

Robert is an actor who is well-known because of his Edward character in the Twilight saga. Because of playing a previous character in another film, in which he had to shave his hair, he decided to use a wig for the filming of Twilight. Also, some years later he shaved his hair again, but he was asked to play Edward again for some arrangements of the series so, during the last season of Twilight, he used a wig in some scenes. 

John Travolta

John is a famous actor and dancer who some years ago was seen through the media with an obvious baldness because of his age. This fact was spread around the EEUU but then, during the Grammys 2017 he appeared with a very different look, he used a wig that gave him a very natural look according to his own beauty standards, and he wasn't ashamed of wearing it. 

Kylie Jenner

Kylie is a model who always amazes the fans with extravagant and bold hairstyles and haircuts. She has a wig collection including different colors, and using them is one of her favorite hobbies apart from modeling. 

Beyoncé 

Beyoncé is an artist who loves taking care of her physical appearance, specially her hair, as she says her hairstyle is what gives her confidence and attitude to go up on stage or to take a photoshoot, because of that, she has a wide collection of wigs of different styles at her house. Her real hair is quite short, making it easier to use wigs and avoiding people noticing she uses them. However, she isn’t ashamed of it, as she really likes them, and she was the one who announced that she uses them. 

Keira Knightley 

Keira is a known actress who participated in the make of the film “Love actually” “Pirates of the Caribbean '' and “The last night”. Because of her work, she admitted that she had to dye her hair many times to get into the physical appearance of her characters, and because of that, her hair started falling out. That’s how Keira started her habit of wearing wigs to complete her image on her day a day. 

So then… 

As we can see, wigs have become a trend around the world because of the effectiveness and benefits of them, so celebrities not only use them because of fashion, but because of these reasons, specially now, since technology has help to make wigs look much more natural and real than ever, and in spite of beauty ideals being present in our society, we should be confident about our looks and why not, use a wig to complete our looks