Iona, thank you for posting all this info!! I have been wearing wigs for years and I still learned a lot! Thank you!
I have had a different experience with human hair vs synthetic myself. I've had both the poor quality and high quality synthetic. Both get damaged by the water but the high quality are still usable for a while where the low quality get destroyed after just a few swims. I think it's a good point to have one for dry gigs, and one for swimming. I have used the same one for both many times but it seems like, once they have gone in the water a few times, they get tangled very easily even when wearing them dry.
My human hair wig seems to be doing great. The hair does not seem to get damaged by the water and is doing way better than my high quality synthetic. So personally I recommend human hair over synthetic if you can afford it. But that was just my experience, it may depend a lot on the hair. The downside to human hair is that it's nearly impossible to find in a fun color. If anyone every finds one in blue, please let me know!
One thing I think people should know is that if you are wearing a regular wig that is not a lace cap, sometimes the wefts are visible. I have pictures of me at events and when the hair is wet, they show through. Just something to keep in mind. This is why I just recently bought some lace cap wigs and I am excited to use them more.
Also I highly recommend practicing swimming in them a lot before you go to a gig. lol Even with practice we have had a few wig malfunctions at events, save yourself the awkwardness and practice a lot. lol
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