Hair loss.Starting to wear a wig.

petra

Oreo

I don’t need a wig, my hair is nice enough but I have often been tempted just to have a change of colour and style without having to change my own.Watching tv series and films I have got really good at spotting wigs/ extensions/ toppers and have come to the conclusion that hardly any actors both male and female aren’t wearing them.Never been a better time to wear a wig and it be ‘acceptable’.

I wore my first wig in the 70s Nothing wrong with my hair but I was a dealer in a casino so every day your hair had to be at the top of its game. So sometimes I just popped my wig on.
It was amusing to see some of the punters faces. They recognised the face but not the hair which was a completely different colour and style.

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It’s amazing how colour and style can change your looks.

I wore a purple sparkly wig to a party after DD had rejected it as a fancy dress. I was paid so many compliments! Maybe it released my inhibitions.

I think I can understand how you feel about going public Susan. Good luck and have a great time. I bet you look fab.
Now where did I leave my teeth...... 😂

….and my falsies😁

Dad has had chemo and lost her hair. Her wigs have been very tongue in cheek-wild dishevelled red or white nothing like her own long wavy hair.

Susan56

Oreo, I plan to buy another but not ready to go too different on the style!

Whitewave, you were right, once I had it on my usual stress about my hair disappeared.I thought the same about high winds going into autumn.Think I will be wearing a woolly hat those days!

hamster, thank you.

I wonder if you are prepared to tell us where your wig came from Susan56 ? Was it a local supplier or online?

Thank you all again for the further advice and encouragement.

My wig was prescribed on the NHS.They give you a list of suppliers.DD did the research and chose a shop in Chester.It was a good choice, the lady who we saw was brilliant in every way.

I am entitled to two every five years on prescription so will probably have to buy some more in between prescriptions.

Thank you Susan 😊

There are lots on Amazon!

I have frontal scarring alopecia and have a custom made front hair piece. It's been colour matched to my own hair, and made to just cover the area where I have lost hair. I forget that I am wearing it and I keep it on for three to four days. I visit a place in Birmingham, they are excellent. The hair piece was expensive but I think that it was worth it.

If you want to test what colour and style will suit you for a wig there are some cheap wigs on Amazon, I don’t need one but am quite tempted😃 my DD’s both have long wigs which they wear now and again and say a tip is to spray a bit of dry shampoo on them to take any unwanted shine off them.