OT: Wigs

Hi Judy,

First: sorry to hear about your being ill, but I like your attitude!

I don't know anything about wigs, so please excuse my ignorance. I find it a little hard to imagine just what "top" is not covered? The top, back of the head, the whole top, including the front?

If it is more towards the back, maybe a headband or aliceband with a scarf attached would work? I don't have a pattern - I'm just thinking that this would be easier to make it looked a little dressed that if just using a scarf (and for me, easier to use/keep in place also!). If this could work, you could even make a bunch - every colour/pattern you like.

About getting used to wearing a hat: if you can, try out different styles. Maybe one kind just feels better. I think often one can get used to it, but in the beginning it is hard.

HTH Hanne in London

judyanna wrote:

Hi Judy, Have you called your cancer society to see if they have any wigs? When mom had chemo I called the cancer society of our town---not The American Cancer Society--- and they had free wigs. These were new and still in a package and mom got to sit in front of a mirror and go through the wigs that were her color and pick out one and try it on. I think they were donated by one of the wig makers and were last year's style. HTH Barbara in FL

I'm also having trouble imagining a half wig! Could you describe why it is your favorite? Lighter? Cooler? Less itchy? I'm assuming the wig is a lot shorter than your own hair was, and therefore fluffier around your face, so you don't see your normal image in the mirror.

Maybe your friends are right, and the shorter style is a good look for you! Seems like a great chance to play around, if you're up for it. A friend of mine had a wig made that exactly matched her previous medium length hair style. But when her hair started to grow back and everybody told her how great it looked short, she kept it that way! Roberta in D

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Not much help on the wig issue. Just wanted to say great attitude!!

I bought some hair extension type things at Sally Beauty Supply for about $60. They are smallish (3/4 in. to about 2.5 in.) sections of hair that have long straight hair and the top of each 'bunch' of hair is stitched together. Each section has a small comb on it. You could remove the comb and stitch the secured hair to a headband or whatever. They also have various size hairpieces and ponytails in many colors and styles. Is that along the lines of what you are looking for? If you can use a frosted/golden blonde color I'll gladly give them to you- I never used them and I am now natural- brown/gray, so I won't be using them, either!

I have a bunch of hat patterns that I accumulated to make hats for my mom- who started chemo yesterday. If I can share any of them with you please email me. I wish you all the best in getting thru the treatments and your complete recovery. You GO, girl!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Hey Judy,

We're in our 2nd year of cancer treatment for my mom here, and just finished the 2nd round of chemo and had a Gamma Knife procedure on the brain tumor earlier this month. I have never liked the turban look, because to me, they just scream I HAVE CANCER!!! and it's such a private thing, losing your hair is bad enough without that. When we go out and mom wears her turban, people ask about the cancer, especially people who've had it already.

The first time around, I made mom 4 reversible hats from a pattern I got - McCall's or Butterick; I can't remember which. This time around, she insists she had to have turbans, so I made some of those. They're easy to make. Mom has a nice wig, but doesn't wear it b/c it is scratchy.

I say, don't be afraid to go without a head covering!!! I really think that's the best option of all, if you're someplace you'll be warm enough. I'm pretty sure it's what I'd do, at least most of the time. When mom lost her hair the first time, I cut mine as short as I could and still have some.

If you have to have a head covering, GET FUNKY!!! I bought mom a multicolored knit hat made from recycled t-shirt yarn, and socks to go with. Before the cancer, she would never have been caught dead in such a getup, but she's having some fun with headgear. :) Hope you will, too.

Lisa

I went out with some of my friends yesterday and they all loved the expensive wig. We came back to my house after and I tried on the half- wig and the other full one and they liked them too.

The half wig is like ear to ear long hair, on the top it's like garters or bra straps that cross on the top of my head to stay on. It's pretty neat. I can cross it again and it gets thinner in the back like a ponytail. (If you want a picture, search for hats with hair online). For me it's the way it hangs that I like. Most wigs have bangs to cover a hairline, and it covers your ears (I always tucked my hair behind them, good look or not, it's an old habit)

My "problem" with them is that's it's more hair than I had before and it just feels so unnatural to me. I didn't know I was so vain! I've never been one to hang around a mirror and I hate having to check and make sure it's right all the time (I mean like did I tip it forward taking off my coat, etc.). It is about the same length as my hair was. The half wig is actually longer! I can't wear a hat at work, or I'd go back to work now with that one!

Judy

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Howdy!

I wish you lots of luck w/ this hair, wig, hat issue.

Sunday, at church, a friend was updating me on his s-i-l who started chemo last month ("She comes home & wraps up in that quilt you sent her," he told me.) "2 weeks ago Deborah and her daughter went to Ft.Worth to get a haircut, 'cuz Deb wanted to go somewhere new. She got her hair buzz-cut. Then she went and picked up her new wig. Last week they went to a shopping mall, and Deb said her wig was 'itching her'; her daughter told her it was because the short hairs from the buzz-cut were falling out and getting caught in the wig, which then made her head itch. So they went out to their car, and before she got in, Deborah snatched that wig off her head and gave it a big ol' shakin'! Her daughter laughed and said, 'You look like you're having a cat-fight on your head!' Laughing, they looked up to see a man in a car, stopped right in front of them, watching w/ his mouth open. They screamed w/ laughter. Deb said he probably thought she was beating the bejeebers out of a lhasa apso dog!" ;-D After adjusting the wig the gals went back into the mall and bought hats & scarves. The wig will be "kept for special". It's great that Deb can find humor in this sucky situation.

Y'all hang in there.

R/Sandy --who hasn't met Deb, yet, but I love her b-i-l and his Texas Panhandle drawl

Judy, back in the (I'd guess) early 70's, wearing a wig was very popular. I loved having hair ready to go. All I had to do was lift it a little on top. Glorious. However, anything I could find was always lots more hair than I wanted or needed. I'll bet you can find a hairdresser (or maybe the wig shop?) that can thin it just a little for you. Maybe you could even do it yourself. Be careful though. It is impossible to put it back if you trim out too much. That was such fun. We could be platinum blonde one day and strawberry the next. The challenge was what to do when there was a fierce wind. When the radio guy doing the weather would announce 'Skirt Alert', we knew we'd either have to hold down our skirts or hold on to our wigs. Polly

"judyanna" I went out with some of my friends yesterday and they all loved the expensive wig. We came back to my house after and I tried on the half- wig and the other full one and they liked them too.

The half wig is like ear to ear long hair, on the top it's like garters or bra straps that cross on the top of my head to stay on. It's pretty neat. I can cross it again and it gets thinner in the back like a ponytail. (If you want a picture, search for hats with hair online). For me it's the way it hangs that I like. Most wigs have bangs to cover a hairline, and it covers your ears (I always tucked my hair behind them, good look or not, it's an old habit)

My "problem" with them is that's it's more hair than I had before and it just feels so unnatural to me. I didn't know I was so vain! I've never been one to hang around a mirror and I hate having to check and make sure it's right all the time (I mean like did I tip it forward taking off my coat, etc.). It is about the same length as my hair was. The half wig is actually longer! I can't wear a hat at work, or I'd go back to work now with that one!

Judy