Comments on: Wigging Out! My Freeda Wig Purchase and My Super Highs and Super Lows in 24 Hours https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/ A Community For Women Dealing With Hair Loss - Help, Hope and Understanding Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:18:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 By: Lyn https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-2262369 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:18:50 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-2262369 Excellent article! I’ve dreamed of having a nice wig but didn’t know where to get one. I have trouble getting around so prefer to order online. Incidentally, I believe the word you needed was “shudder” for involuntary shivering. Shutter has always been a window cover in case of bad storms. I wish you the best of health. Thanks for providing such helpful information.

]]> By: Raven https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-980224 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:11:04 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-980224 We’ll, I just opened my FedEx box containing a Freeda Rina discontinued wig with much trepidation. My experience with “hairy hats” hasn’t been positive and although I was very excited about Freeda after reading online reviews, the reality of this new hairy hat has me in the dumps. First of all I’ve got to say that the hair is just gorgeous and the color is so natural but the multi-directional skin top is poufy and makes crunching noises (similar to crumpled tissue paper) when pressed. The size small cap is at least two inches to big in the hairline to nape measurement. This is really the bane of my wig problems as my head measurements are freakishly small compared to the average head. The circumference fit great though and that was a surprise. So my dilemma is this, do I take advantage of the companies 3 day return policy and keep looking or do I send it back to be customized to fit my head better? I’m tired of waisting money on “hairy hats”. Collectively, I’ve flushed almost 6K on them….different makers, different styles, different hair….and I still don’t have even one that I can just put on my bald head and go out the door feeling remotely normal. What am I doing so wrong? I’m getting depressed about the situation.

]]> By: Aliza https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-558292 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:14:59 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-558292 Just wanted to let you know there is a product called wig grip that will keep the wig on your head – straight- with no need to use the clips. It changed my life cuz the wig is so so much more comfortable to wear. You can purchase a wig grip at milano wigs (just google it)

]]> By: robbin https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-393093 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:49:58 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-393093 This is so comforting for me to read.
I always had voluminous curly hair, my best feature. But in the last few years, my hair loss has been phenomenal and is in so many spots. And my hair is still falling out in bunches every week. I thought for sure my many visits to doctors and tests would uncover the cause, but now I’m losing hope. I have felt SO stressed over it. Hourly, daily, weekly, its like a thorn in my shoe. Really I felt for a while that it was the end of a real life.
I still avoid taking showers and washing my hair because I just don’t want to see another handful of hair in my drain- or really I just don’t want the emotional reaction that overwhelms me after seeing more hair coming out.
For a while I could hide some areas with eye shadow or pulling hair from one section across another. (wow, I have sympathy now for those men who try to disguise their major balding with those terrible comb overs. I get it!) Now its gettign harder to hide the fact that the dome of my scalp is showing through.
So I’m looking at wigs online and trying to move forward- not to stay in the past of what I had, what I should still have… or to give up on life. I don’t mean suicidal, just that feeling that I’m a lesser person now, unattractive, defective, sticking out like a sore thumb, and unappealing.
Reading your account of getting your first wigs is just so exciting and relevant to me.
I was dismayed to hear that it was so heavy and hurt your neck. I never knew that could be a side effect. But I’m thinking of ordering something.
I’ve been watching youtube videos of how to make it look more natural.

Just wanted to thank you and your great description of what it was like.

]]> By: Yelena https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-285245 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:56:26 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-285245 If the combs really bother you I’d advise you to get the freedom band. Freeda sells it as well as the milano website for wigs. It is amazing and really helps the wig stays on. Also allows for easy removal. If you live in NYC you can get one in Brooklyn by Ave J and Coney Island at this store Legacy for $15.

]]> By: Sara https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-220340 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:52:50 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-220340 Thank you so much! Just got my freeda… Love it!

]]> By: hairshamair https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-216986 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:53:29 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-216986 so we are living the same life right now. I just got a topper and the gamut of emotions make for a good night of sleep. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and think…today I will have hair..surely I am not loosing my hair. And every morning I sure am!!!

I wore my topper all day yesterday and then saw my mom (who has been my saving grace through this) and she said that the part/hair was not well blended. AWESOME. I was devastated. The day before she had seen it and it looked fab…

]]> By: Vicki https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-216680 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:05:01 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-216680 Wow. Congratulations. You/it/she look beautiful. I’m so very happy for you. Wear it in good health…I wish you the very best. X

]]> By: Bidi https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-216552 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:52:34 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-216552 That’s what’s really important : we have a choice. Of course, I would have prefered not to have to make this kind of choice but I didn’t ask for this : it dropped out on me. And now it is my responsability for not letting it destroy me and my loved ones.
What will I think of myself if, at the age of 70, I realize I spend most of my time mourning on hair instead of enjoying this gift of life ?
I’m sure I will have, like you said, some dropdowns from time to time but it is not going to ruin my life further more than it already has. This is the promise I make to myself today and I am glad to know I am not alone in this journey. All of those stories, your stories, give me strength to move on beyond hair loss. Thanks !

]]> By: Maisie https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/wigs/wigging-out-my-freeda-wig-purchase-and-my-super-highs-and-super-lows-in-24-hours/#comment-216336 Wed, 30 May 2012 21:42:16 +0000 http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/?p=711#comment-216336 Such a beautifully written post and Rina looks so pretty on you. I bet Natasha is awesome:)

I’m now on this journey with androgenic alopecia and wow, it’s so hard to handle. I am thinning out rapidly in the front, crown area and am already tired with having to hide what’s happening. I have nearly waist length hair, have had long hair all of my life and I can’t quite believe it is deserting me.

My hair loss started after the birth of my little boy three years ago. I feel it was masking what was already going on. It stepped up after a death in my family but the really weird thing is that I dreamt I had lost my hair and then a month later it started thinning.

I am quite realistic. I know this hair ain’t coming back but there is a chink of hope that it might. I think eventually – and at the speed I am thinning not too far away – a topper, wig will be a good option. I worry I will always struggle with the fact it isn’t the hair I had but I completely empathise with just wanting to live a carefree life.

The overwhelming feeling I have is shame and I am not sure why. I feel less of a woman, less of a person. I try exceptionally hard to be positive, it is only hair after all. No-one has died, I haven’t lost a child… But still, it’s tough. Hair loss is a very quiet kind of hurt.

However, I won’t let it beat me. There are always options out there and it’s just a case of finding the one that works for you. At the moment I am taking vitamins, scalp massage and starting trying a new range called Phylia M which has launched in the UK. If this doesn’t work I will be going on a wig rampage too 🙂

Xx

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