Wigs. Help.....

[zolabud]

Hi all.

I shaved my head 2 days ago. My long blonde hair had become so knotty and impossible to manage so I got the scissors and clippers out.

I need some advice and don't want to post on Facebook as all my family are on there and they will think I have finally lost the plot. ( There is a bit of truth in that )

Anyway. I have ordered a chemo scarf hoody turban thing from E Bay but I am very interested in buying a wig.

I have been Googling 'wig wearers tips' and suchlike and there is so much advice out there my mind is swimming so I thought I would ask my friends here what their experiences are of buying and wearing a wig. I have read that they can be hot and itchy. I have read pros and cons of human hair wigs versus man made fibre wigs etc.

So. Are there any tips please and maybe some links ??

Many thanks.

Zola.

 

[jack412]

your hair will grow back, how have your BG been?

 

[zolabud]

Why do you ask Jack ??

 

[jack412]

because that may be more important to you down the road and I'm hoping you have been able to keep on top of it.

 

[zolabud]

Ok. Truth time.

I haven't checked my BG for around 6 months. I was diagnosed in June of last year and was manically checking everything I ate and drunk. I am now very knowledgable of what makes me spike so I avoid all spiky foods. So I no longer see the need to test. Plus I am needle phobic so always found testing tricky....

 

[zolabud]

I was always 5 before meals and 6-7 after. I was happy with that and it never wavered.

 

[Bluetit1802]

I shaved all my hair off just before it started falling out due to chemotherapy. I bought a wig from a local wig specialist shop. I was warned away from real hair ones (can't remember why now) and quite honestly, if you are prepared to pay upwards of £100 you can get a good wig that looks and feels natural. Whatever you do, don't buy one on line. Go to a specialist shop where you can try on as many as you want and ask questions about the best sorts to buy, including ones with less of an itch factor. You also need to know it fits properly - we all have different sized and shaped heads. You will also need special wig shampoo and conditioner. Normal stuff won't work properly. Wigs worn daily are only expected to last about 6 months.

We are approaching winter, which is better than summer for wig wearers!

I did all the right things, but still ended up hardly wearing it. I felt self conscious and always worried it would blow off in the wind. My hair grew back quite quickly and it wasn't very long before I could go out in public with nothing on my head at all. I did nothing special with my bare head. I washed it in soap and water, and went bare-headed round the house and garden to make sure it got plenty of fresh air. I finished chemo July 2013. Since then it has grown and grown. I've had it cut many times.

 

[zolabud]

I shaved all my hair off just before it started falling out due to chemotherapy. I bought a wig from a local wig specialist shop. I was warned away from real hair ones (can't remember why now) and quite honestly, if you are prepared to pay upwards of £100 you can get a good wig that looks and feels natural. Whatever you do, don't buy one on line. Go to a specialist shop where you can try on as many as you want and ask questions about the best sorts to buy, including ones with less of an itch factor. You also need to know it fits properly - we all have different sized and shaped heads. You will also need special wig shampoo and conditioner. Normal stuff won't work properly. Wigs worn daily are only expected to last about 6 months.

We are approaching winter, which is better than summer for wig wearers!

I did all the right things, but still ended up hardly wearing it. I felt self conscious and always worried it would blow off in the wind. My hair grew back quite quickly and it wasn't very long before I could go out in public with nothing on my head at all. I did nothing special with my bare head. I washed it in soap and water, and went bare-headed round the house and garden to make sure it got plenty of fresh air. I finished chemo July 2013. Since then it has grown and grown. I've had it cut many times.

That sounds so much like what I have been thinking Bluetit.
I would never buy online as I haven't a lot spare cash and the size wouldn't be right... or it would itch.
I will grow back I know. Just have to be patient.

I am no stranger a bald head. In 1997 I had 2 brain haemorrhages and had 2 operations 6 months apart. I was 39. No headaches. No warning.
I was in hospital for 3 months with the first and my calf length blonde hair got into such a massive knot I had no option but to shave if when I got home. The relief was immense. My family friends were distraught over the whole episode and I got used to comments like 'But don't you miss your lovely long hair ?? '
No was the answer My life had been saved. Twice. Against incredible odds. Lindsay De Paul died last week of one and Anita Roddick the founder of the Body Shop also died so I was very lucky. My treatment at my local doctors was laughable.When I was found by the roadside after my first
attack it was assumed I had an accident and a kind lady took me to my local doctors where it was assumed I had been drinking. This was at 9.00 in the morning. I couldn't walk unaided and I was being sick. No one took my temperature or took my pulse and I was put in a side room to 'sober up'.

At midday I was taken home and my son was told that I having a migraine and to put me to bed. When my partner got home at 7pm he knew straightaway something was not right and called our doctor. Who I had seen that morning and she suggested an ambulance was called.

Next day I was operated on. The strange thing is now I am bald again my scar on my head is clearly visible and for the first time in years I have been very thoughtful.......

I am 56 now. I am not the 10 stone girlie I was. Being bald doesn't suit me this time.....This is why I thought of a wig.

Anyway..... Thanks for your input.

 

[chris lowe]

I think I recall seeing somewhere that real hair wigs are high maintenance with shampooing and stying.etc much the same as our own hair. Try and find a specialist shop and buy the best you can afford. It probably wont take too long to grow back into a sassy crop.