Katie Price is a huge fan of extensions
Demand for fake hair extensions have risen by 40 per cent in recent years but according to experts, they are ruining women's hair permanently.
The accessories are more popular now than ever thanks to celebrities such as Cheryl Cole and Naomi Campbell who are rarely seen without them.
Katie Price spent £11,000 on extensions earlier this month but it didn't go as she expected and was forced to pay another £45,000 to fix the botched job.
Former Friends actress, Jennifer Aniston, had a similar experience.
She said: "I decided to have extensions, never knowing you end up with 400 things in your head that cause your hair to break off.
"Nothing destroys hair faster than extensions."
There is a growing number of women desperate for help after their locks have been ruined by them, told Steve O'Brien from The Institute Of Trichologists.
Two years ago he was treating 30 people a month but now it has risen to 50 plus and it isn't going to stop there.
Stars such as Liz Hurley, Nicole Richie and Britney Spears have been caught with bald patches because of the amount of tension on the hair follicles in the scalp.
This pressure is known as traction alopecia as the follicles become inflamed and causes the hair to simply fall out.
There are many different types of extensions for different price ranges but as a rule of thumb, the longer the extension is, the more damage they do to you hair.
It is the glue-method of attaching extensions that experts want banning because the bonding allegedly rips locks out by the roots.
Natalie Rowe, from Scarborough, sells extensions and wigs to salons and she told The Sun: "The number of wigs we sell is due to people wanting long hair who've gone down the glue-in road.
"They have completely ruined their hair."
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