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overthehill Sun 02-Feb-20 09:36:27

I have thin hair where my scalp shows through in places. I've often toyed with the idea of a wig but what concerns me most is this. I wouldn't wear it constantly so I would be uneasy about seeing people with it on one time and not others.
Does anyone else use them on and off and how do you get on?

JuliaM Sun 02-Feb-20 10:07:04

I bought one several years ago when my husband first retired and we went on a 23night Cruise holiday to celebrate. Knowing that some evenings l would be short on time to get ready for Dinner, the extortionate prices of the onboard Hairdressers, and the fact that l would rather spend my time sightseeing by day than sitting in their chair, a wig came in handy. I chose one as near to by own style and colour as possible, and made sure l bought the right size by visiting a local stockest rather than buying by picture alone online.
Some of the cheaper wigs are fairly obvious when on, no artificial skin parting, fibre that resembled nylon dolls hair, and a poor fit ‘one size fits all’, which are often far too small.
Revlon do some nice wigs, and l have also had a couple of hair piece clips off them in the past for creating a quick curly upto with my own hair, and managed to get a really good colour match. My own hair has always been quite fine, so l did have my wig professionally thinned and styled so as not to look obvious and ‘too much’. I wasn’t the only one onboard to use a wig in this way, some ladies were brave enough to have a selection of styles and colours that gave them a totally different look each evening, to a point where at a glance it rather looked like their husband was into wife swapping!

Missfoodlove Sun 02-Feb-20 10:32:50

Go to a specialist who will style and cut a wig for you.
There is a website called My New Hair with a list of the Trevor Sorbie trained wig stylists.

Once you have the right wig and a good one will look fabulous then view it like false eyelashes or a fake tan ie something to just give yourself a boost.

Hope this helps?

overthehill Sun 02-Feb-20 11:04:39

Thank you both I'll follow your advice