i recommend washing it after receiving with a deep conditioner and [SEP] i am not sure if it really has real hair in it but it works well only complaint is that it is difficult to make straight parts with it i recommend washing it after receiving with a deep conditioner and de tangler it made the hair on mine a lot easier to work with warning at first a lot of hair falls out but that is normal and to be expected especially for this kind of deal after the initial washing brushing it will only fall out a tiny bit like a normal humans hair