What is the attraction of hair extensions? They seem to be the reason for a huge crime wave.

I’m male, so maybe I am simply unable to understand.

Here in Atlanta, for the last year or so, there has been a major crime wave – people breaking into stores that sell hair extensions. Apparently, extensions are very expensive and there is a ready bunch of sellers or fences that can ‘move’ these extensions to people willing to buy off the black market.

What’s the deal? Are extensions really extensively used, to the degree that there are crime syndicates trafficking in them? Are they that attractive?

Can someone explain the phenomenon?