hi! additional info is more than welcome, but you may be interested in these earlier posts on wigs:

The rise:

• The Powdered Wig: How and why did it come into fashion?

• Why did (European) people wear those silly white wigs?

• Revolutionary era, why did they wear wigs?

• What's the deal with those wigs that John Adams, George Washington, modern-day barristers, etc. wear/wore? Why/when were the popularized? Why/when did they go out off vogue??

• Were there different styles of wigs? Was the choice of wig a fashion statement? Or just a necessary accessory like a shirt or undergarments?

.. and fall:

• What killed the wig?

• Why did 19th century Americans have such radical facial hair?