Comments on: Celebrities Women Who Wear Wigs – Is it for fashion or hair loss ?

By: Love There Hair

Love There Hair — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 06:04:35 +0000

I wore a ponytail for 15 years! Have beautiful thick natural black american hair and got lazy and started wearing stupid ponytails. Smothered my natural hair until it was damage beyond recognition. Then one day I decided to go to the beauty supply and look at human hair wigs ( I would wear nothing else)…..found a BJ that I liked and went for it. That was four years ago and I am still going wig strong! I treat my own hair with tender care, so it is finally showing slow signs of life….but I love the wigs! I go online and find them and I just love them….(blacks) have always been so external and comparative of whites that we stress our own selves out. Thank goodness for pioneer women like Beverly Johnson and others who finally got us on a wagon that others have been riding for decades! Wig-on ladies and look good doing it!

By: SoTired

SoTired — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:49:28 +0000

It certainly brings some comfort knowing that my daughter is not alone in her pain. I must admit, however, that sometimes the pain it causes me is overwhelming. All a father really desires at the end of the day is peace and happiness for his children. Sometimes I am not sure if that prayer will ever be answered….no amount of encouragement seems to make her feel confident ENOUGH. The truth is that she is so very beautiful and so outrageously gifted – but this affliction has remained just that……and she remains full of self-doubt – and it is keeping her from aspiring to fully BE.
Still, I can’t think of any one that impresses me more – and my little girl remains life’s greatest inspiration for me……

By: precious

precious — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:21:44 +0000

Dear All,
Janice I really sympathise with you. I have been experiencing hair loss for the past three years. This is a very terrible ordeal, it somehow affects your level of self-esteem and self-confidence. At some point you don’t feel beautiful and refrain from even going out. I am always so self-conscious and I tend to walk fast when I am in public. I don’t wear a wig, this is a personal choice. I have men who claim are “interested” in me, but yet give me sarcastic comments about my hair. I believe a man who truly loves me, will love me even with my hair loss, that is why I am not wearing a wig. The is a difference between inner beauty and outer beauty, and I am currently working on my inner beauty. I find a sense of emotional support from browsing sites where women talk about the similar experience. I see that my hair is slowly growing back. I am currently taking Biotin, Vitamin B12, and L-Lysine. I think they are really helping.

By: Becci

Becci — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:48:42 +0000

I have a condition called Ectodermal dysplasia one of the problems with it is my hair is very fine and very thin. I’ve used hair concealer fibres for years and they are fab if you have thinning hair try toppik or viviscal. However I dye my hair a dark brown ( I’m naturally blonde but love having brown hair) constantly dyeing and styling my hair is damaging it so I’m resorting to wearing wigs in order to protect my own hair. I don’t see any stigma in it. I don’t wear them around the house but if I’m nipping out it takes much less time than blow drying and styling my real hair. My ex and my present boyf who I have children with, had no problem with me wearing wigs on occasion. It’s actually fun, you can change your hair colour and style in minutes and even the cheaper ones look realistic in the right colour and style. I’m quite open about the fact it’s a wig if people ask me where i Get my hair done i tell them I don’t, and if they ask me why I wear a wig I tell them it’s to prevent an damage to my own hair. I’d rather wear a wig and have gorgeous glossy real hair than not wear one and have dry damaged hair from over styling and over dyeing, extensions will eventually damage your own hair and can cause traction alopeica so In my opinion it’s not worth it. If a guy loves you he won’t care if you wear a wig or not, just like he won’t care if you wear makeup etc.

By: Janice

Janice — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:09:16 +0000

I just started wearing wigs but they are not real hair. I am still single and concerned with dating. How does one tell a man she wears a wig or avoid him touching the fake hair which will give my secret away? I don’t want any man to see the thinning hair in fear he won’t be attracted to me. I have had thin hair all my life and it’s embarrassing! Men have commented on my bald spots and then I never get dates. They like to talk to me but don’t see me as a girl to date. At 49 never married or dated much. It gets hard to deal with. I don’t go out in the daytime without a hat because the sun shows the baldness and when ipthe sun goes down I take off my hat and my hair looks even thinner from it being flattened all day. Any tips on hat wearing?

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:01:39 +0000

I am 56 and have had thin fine hair all of my life. I work in an office and dress professsional but there is little I can do with my real hair so I started wearing wigs a year ago. The first day is the hardest and once you get a few sincere compliments your confidence quickly builds. Especially when people ask what salon you go to or once someone asked if I used a flat iron to syle it thats when you know it looks real. Wigs have come a long way and to anyone thinking about it I encourage them to give it a try. When I am just at home I wear like a running buff on my head because my head actually does get cold otherwise. Those who truely love you don’t care with or without but you feel so much better about yourself with a wig compared to the alternative of very little hair.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:06:38 +0000

So glad to read all of this. Over the pasgt 8-10 years I have had bald patches from alopecia, but it has always grown back and I have been able to hide it. About a year ago I got a bald spot right in the crown of my head which meant I had to always wear my hair pulled back to hide it. In the past 2 months I have lost my hair from the nape of my neck half way up my head with a spot right in front and several on top. I have never had it fall out this much. I struggled over wearing a wig, but finally did. I worried about what people would think, but found that the women I work with were very complimentary and supportive. Some who hadn’t seen me in awhile made comments about how good my hair looks. I just smile and say thank you. My biggest stress has come from wanting to look my best for my husband, but wanting to take my wig off when I get home from work and on weekends. He is very sweet about it, but I know how pitiful it looks and hate that he sees me like that all the time. I am looking at buying another wig, and looking for hats for evenings and weekends. This has been a struggle, mainly because my hair was always my best assett. I know I am obsessed with not being able to pull my hair up or in a ponytail with a wig, since that is how I usually wore my hair.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:11:40 +0000

I have read all of the post but I am still in such an emotional mess. I am considering wearing a wig. I have genetic hair loss and currently waiting to see a consultant. My biggest concern is not my friends and family but people that I work with. I am a confident bubbly girl but i dread going to work in a wig. Oh and dating!! what reactions have people got from men finding out its a wig and work colleagues.??

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:05:53 +0000

Hi
I am a 53 year old woman with very thin fine hair. My mother has thin hair and father is bald. It get it on both sides of the family. Whenever I am outdoors in the elements my hair becomes a mess and that is with hairspray on. A receeding hairline is very noticable when the wind whips my hair around. This si SO…embarrasing, really affects my self-esteem. Have been considering going back to wearing a wig. I tried one before but found out that I was allergic to the chemical in the synthetic hair fibers. Cannot afford a human hair wig right now. Did find out that there is a way to take the chemical out of the fibers though and that is by soaking the wig in vinegar and warm water. What I am concerned about though is how to keep the wig on your head without it slipping off, especially on windy days.

By: Milagros

Milagros — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:31:50 +0000

Hi
is so wonderful to be able to talk about this issue because it sems to be that there would be some kind of beauty level that people dealing with our problems are not able to get.
i live in peru and now days there are better quality wigs althought the very undetectable ones are only made to be send to america.
i used to wait to see my hair regrow but i just dont wait it anymore im not more focuse on that and since i became in a friend of my own wig its a part of who i am…..i even being asked to model ……im only 25 years old i have so much to live for i couldnt let this problem let me down.
since i decided to make piece with my mirror i m able to look myself with love.
dont let this desease destroy your life………pull yourself together make it hapend
and remenber Gad is greather than your heart as the bible says and he knows whats in your heart and how this desease could affect your heart.
im jehovahs witness and thats being my reason to move on i know God loves me for who iam and he gives us a real hope for this sickness.