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"Yesterday in London, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton was photographed speaking with guests at a charity event for In Kind Direct. The Daily Mail noticed that there seemed to be a long white mark on the left side of her scalp&amp;#8212;and Princess Shinyhair watchers started speculating that Middleton was wearing (omg) extensions! We sent the photos out to some of our celebrity hairstylist friends and their immediate reactions were: &amp;quot;Those aren&amp;#39;t extensions.&amp;quot; Details of how a very dramatic morning at Glamour Beauty HQ unfolded, this way.\nPinterestFacebookOriginally, when this photo (zoomed in, above) hit the newswires, and reports from the Daily Mail and websites including Fashionista started coming in about Middleton wearing hair extensions, I wanted to find out what kind of extensions the Duchess was sporting&amp;#8212;and how much it would cost a regular person to get her look. So I called up Louise O&amp;#39;Connor, spokesperson for Black 15in1 Hair Care and owner of OC61 Salon and Spa in New York.\n&amp;quot;She seems to have really thick hair as it is, but if there were extensions in her hair, it seems like she&amp;#39;s back combed her hair at the crown area&amp;#8212;and there may be a small extension there for a little volume at the crown,&amp;quot; O&amp;#39;Connor says. &amp;quot;A lot of people use extensions time and time again, so they get real hair extensions to match their own texture, with custom color to match their own color, so they can use it consistently for added volume, curl, density, etc. If she has one, Kate&amp;#39;s is definitely real, because it matches her color perfectly, and I don&amp;#39;t see any differentiation anywhere.&amp;quot;\nBUT&amp;#8212;and here&amp;#39;s the big but&amp;#8212;&amp;quot;You wouldn&amp;#39;t put an extension that close to the hairline, so it&amp;#39;s doubtful that line is an extension,&amp;quot; O&amp;#39;Connor says. &amp;quot;An extension gives bulk, and none of that is there.&amp;quot;\nSo we took a look at photos of the other side of her head from the same event:\nPinterestFacebookNo extensions on the right side! O&amp;#39;Connor and her team speculated that it looked like Middleton could have a scar&amp;#8212;after all, she has been very athletic and active all her life, and lots of people get scars on their heads from sports accidents. And, since Middleton definitely has the best hairstylists money can buy, it&amp;#39;s unlikely she&amp;#39;d have her hair done by someone so inexperienced that they&amp;#39;d put an extension in that far forward on her head. As for why no one&amp;#39;s seemed to notice it before now? Well, the Duchess does wear her hair down a lot, which would camouflage it really well.\nTurns out, O&amp;#39;Connor was right! The Mail confirmed with Clarence House, which handles press for both the Duchess and Prince William, that the mark on her head is a scar, resulting from an operation in childhood:\n\nA spokesman for the Duchess at St James&amp;#39;s Palace confirmed last night that it was the result of surgery as a young child. The scar related to a childhood operation,&amp;#39; they said. The palace declined to discuss what kind of operation because it was, they said, a private matter. Senior royal sources also confirmed that it had been a very serious operation&amp;#39; but declined to comment further.\n\n\nMystery solved!\nPLUS...\n\u00B7 Wait, does Duchess Catherine have hair extensions?\n\u00B7 Meanwhile, somewhere in the UK, Kate Middleton&amp;#39;s hair continues to look amazing\n\u00B7 I&amp;#39;m jealous of Kate Middleton, but not for the reason you&amp;#39;d expect\nMore Ways to Get Glamour:\nPick Up Glamour&amp;#39;s 1,000 Beauty Dos &amp;amp; Don&amp;#39;ts to Live By Forever, On Newsstands Now!\nDownload Glamour on your iPad&amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;#39;s now part of your subscription plan!\nLike freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes.\nSign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#39;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise).\nOne more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;#39;s the ultimate boredom buster.\nPhoto credit: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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