I was told the wig lasts for approximately 2-3 years. That number is a guess really and depends on if you are someone who babies your wig or someone like myself who really doesn’t make much of an effort to baby it. I just live in it and enjoy it. It expires when it expires. I’m just so happy I now have made peace with wearing hair. That was the hardest part of all. I’d imagine that number can be stretch beyond 3 years if you are really careful with washing it, combing it, keeping a sun protectant on it (which like a bad girl, I don’t do either), conditioning it etc. It’s hard to say when a person’s brakes will go out because it depends on the driver, same kinda thing with wigs 🙂

Washing…. Well when I first got my wig I was washing her A LOT. Like way beyond the prescribed frequency because it helped me feel more comfortable wearing the wig. And a wig is pointless to us unless we are willing to wear it, so I’m sure I peeled off a few days off Natalia’s life expectancy (sorry girl.. but you were my first!) I’ve chilled out a bit on the washing as I got more comfortable wearing the hair. So to answer your question when I first got Natalia I was washing her twice a week, then once a week, and now I think it’s been over 2 weeks since she’s been washed and I think she’s about due for a shampoo now.

You don’t really choose the thickness of hair, as in the diameter of each follicle. Follea hair in general has a very fine silky quality to it. It’s on a finer side per hair than some of the other wigs I’ve seen. I actually prefer that, and that is one of the traits I love about the Follea wigs. If you are referring to density as in how much hair is sewn into the wig, I know they can do custom densities, usually a person would probably want that in regarding to adding more hair I think. I’m not sure if they’ve ever received a request for less hair. I find their wigs to have the perfect amount of hair for a wig, I wouldn’t want less and I wouldn’t want more. I also understand that if you’ve live with fine hair all your life, that you may want less than what they carry on their wigs, something that matches more of what you grew up with. It’s something you should check out in person first with their stock pieces (if possible) prior to making a custom density order. I find that the hair on the lace wig is a tiny bit heavier (thicker ?), I think that is due to it being processed, it isn’t “as fine” as on the Lifestyle line they carry.

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@Kip & @ Laura – Thank you for your words of support.

@Ann T – I see hair sometimes, like on the girl you mentioned, and I KNOW it’s a wig, but it looks good, it really doesn’t matter if I or anyone else knew because the person rocked the look. I think it helps tremendously if you can be “confident” and wear the hair, it makes the look flow so much more cohesively. We have to wear the hair and not let the hair wear us 🙂

@Debbie, thank you for your apology and I just want to explain why I was hurt by the comment, it was because I felt (albeit unintentionally on your part) that it diminished my suffering and struggle and all it has taken for me to to get where I am today. It makes it difficult to want to be open and share when you feel you are being “judged” and it definitely impacted me in that way.

@paula – this is C5030, the catalog refers to it as a dark blonde w/ butterscotch highlights. I do actually have the lifestyle wig, it’s really awesome – that’s my favorite, you can see it in this video:

http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wheres-your-hair-wheres-the-wig/

I haven’t tried the gripper because it’s not appropriate for me, I still have a considerable amount of useless thin hair crowning me – too much for the gripper, as the gripper requires the person wearing it to have VERY little to no hair at all, or a person willing to shave their hair to wear it. I wouldn’t even attempt to put it on as it would definitely yank on my hair.

@phillygrl – I hear ya on coming back as a man in the next life.. but oh how I love being a girl – so I’m still going to rough it out in the next life too 🙂 LOL

@Tania – Bad wigs tick me off too… it makes wig wearing seem like not an option when that’s what you see out there in the world. I agree we do have to reach a point where we accept our hair “lot in life.” That is the only time peace will come. It takes time…

@Michelle – I *think* the hair replacement salon you would go to would probably have a color ring that you guys would work off to establish the best color for you. If the hair gods are with you on that day, they may even have *your* needed color in stock. I know people can call up and place an order, but a blind order without SEEING the hair and colors first is a bit of a scary prospect to me. Now that I KNOW what I like and need, I could place a blind order, but I think when you are looking to get the wig the first time it’s definitely a good idea to see it in person to see if it’s what you need. Sorry to hear no one called you back from Follea. Where are you located, I can try and get the information for you.

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