I am showing some hairloss due to pcos and I am only 21 years old. I am preparing for the worst case therefore am looking for greats wigs. (money is not an issue). I want the most natural looking wigs. Anyone have any suggestions on places I can go for consultations on custom made wigs in the new york city area.. (willing to travel to other places by car). Thank you!
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Me: Age 22 DH: Age 27 Meds: 500 mg Metformin April-TTC naturally
Have made the decision to seek fertility treatment if not successful by 2012.
Whew girl, money is not an issue......lucky you! You've won half the battle, LOL. I've been wearing some sort of hair replacement piece since I was about 19 (I'm 31 now). So I'll fill ya in on what has/hasn't worked for me.
I started out doing hair replacement. For the type I had done they have to completely shave the crown area (I'm assuming this is where your loss is). But I was losing SO much hair that it didn't matter to me so that's what I went with. It was a hair piece with frontal lace so that it appeared more natural at the frontal hair line, although I never felt comfortable showing a hairline with the piece. It was real human hair so I could style it, curl it, pull it up, etc. The bottom and sides were my own hair so I could braid it, pony tail, etc. Whatever I wanted and it looked real natural. But it was real expensive. I think each piece cost me about 700 and I usually kept 2 or 3 at a time because you have to go in for monthly maintenance. You go in once every 4-6 weeks (which will cost another 60-70 dollars) and they take it off, wash your scalp, cut your real hair, reshave your crown area, and then rebond the piece. If you have 2 or 3 at a time, the sylist can keep one and have it ready at all times so when you go in just switch and it takes less time, plus you can keep one a little longer, or a bit different style just to give the appearance that your hair is growing/changing like real hair would. I loved the side bonds. It was glueless and lovely. The downside was the frontal hair line. If you still have yours, excellent, this would work better for you but if you don't then it sucks because you can only use a glue on the frontal lace portion and on a good hot and humid day that can turn into a melty mess. But I liked using this because it let me still have the flexibility of jumping in the shower and washing it like it was my real hair, I could still play softball and ride my motorcycle and even ride a rollar coaster w/o fear of it detaching or falling off. It really did become a part of me. If I knew I was going to get sweaty or there was a chance of the glue softening on the front I would just wear a cute bandana or kerchief as an accessory to hide it just in case.
In June I decided to stop the bonding. I guess maybe with age and marriage and life changes Iand finally learning to accept my hairloss, 'm just not as concerned about it anymore so I decided that I'd rather save the thousands a year I spent on the hair pieces and go with wigs. I'm starting to regret that. If you go with human hair, they're expensive. But again, you can style, curl, whatever. I have synthetic because it's more cost effective, if I wanted to keep spending that amount of money I wouldn't have quit the bonding. So I got a decent synthetic wig, but they are not good for someone with an active lifestyle such as mine. I was told that they would ruin in the heat.....that's no joke. You cannot curl, hot roll, etc. You are stuck with the style it comes in. So that kind of sucks. I've tried pulling it up with some success but because the hair is trained to a certain direction, it just doesn't end up looking right. Also the back of the cap always rides up my neck so I have to use bobby pins to hold it down. I haven't yet found a wig that doesn't ride up my neck. I also love outdoors and all it took was a day out hiking to ruin the wig. So 45 dollars down the toilet. And I can't not wear a wig and just a hat or kerchief when I go out for exercise, hikes, or whatever because my hair loss is so severe that it's noticable even with those on. I recently started taking flutamide and while I don't expect it to grow back all my hair I want to at least give it a shot to work enough that I can get at least a thin layer of hair back and then I would try extensions or maybe a fall. If I don't grow even a little back then I think I'll go back to the human hair bonding. That's what seemed to work best for me. But from what I've seen, falls are pretty good too, they clip on to the crown and just fall over your natural hair and you can also pull your hair thru them to intergrate it all together but again it goes back to your activity level. If you're outside alot and you get synthetic, it will fry.
I've found in wigs that monofilamint tops are better. The wig I have no is not mono topped so I'm stuck with the same part all the time. With mono it gives a more natual scalp appearance and you can change the part around and have a bit more freedom in styling.
So really it depends a lot upon your lifestyle, your finances, and the amount of hair loss you have. Good luck. It's a crappy thing this hairloss.
That was amazingly helpful Glitterstar! I saved your answer for future reference. Thank you so much and I'm sorry for your struggle. I would like to ask you a few questions.. yet I cannot submit a private message as I have too little postings. Mind giving me your e-mail address? If not, I understand. Thanks again for your help!
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Me: Age 22 DH: Age 27 Meds: 500 mg Metformin April-TTC naturally
Have made the decision to seek fertility treatment if not successful by 2012.
Sure, anytime. PCOS issues can be traumatizing, probably the hair loss more than anything, and although I'm older now and don't seem to mind the cosmetic side of things as much, it still upsets me but mostly, I can still remember my years between 17 and 19 when I would take a shower and handfuls of hair would fall out. I'd just stand in the shower with the water washing all my thick, blonde, curly hair away and just cry. I never could get a diagnosis, all the doctors kept telling me there was nothing wrong with me. I didn't know about this web site yet so I had no support. And my family and friends really didn't help me a whole lot either, everyone just wanted to know what was wrong with me and why I was losing my hair and when I couldn't give them a medical reason they just assumed it was somehow my fault. I remember my boyfriend at the time started calling me "leukemia girl"; needless to say we didn't last too much longer.
So I've been there and worse yet, been there with no support. If I can say or do anything to help anyone suffering thru the same thing and make their life easier than what mine was, I'll most certainly do it. Feel free to e-mail anytime with any question. glitterrstarr@yahoo.com
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