That sucks and how do you tour the Amazon or go on sailing voyages with a toupee? The psychological loss of freedom is extreme to me in terms of using a system versus a wig which can be tossed on and off and styled but it requires admitting one is either bald or has very poor hair which I don't have really now relatively. Not the actual freedom lost as there are workarounds but people can go off meds for two to four weeks fine but the thought of organizing any trip or relocation around one's hair system to me is debilitating and I am not trying to be mean. I think most of us who wear wigs by necessity feel exactly the same. For some people, you might need two wigs and that's an organizational nightmare if you place them on styrofoam heads. One thing wigs do universally is that they become tangled as soon as removed unless carefully placed on a rounded object. In the 60's my mother and many Americans wore wigs over beautiful hair such as she still has because it was in style due to a television show called That Girl! who was sort of the first non-teacher working woman on television and unmarried in the big city which was considered brash and daring. Except for judges and old aristocracy, no males wear systems by choice over perfect hair but females and trans/divas always have and it's expected so it has little to no shame factor.
I support all of you guys and I had to make a decision related to this at a very young age and opted for transplant that didn't work out great either.
Best,
Janey
A wig is usually looks and feels fake with shiny synthetic hair and will fly off your head in a strong wind.
Often shines or changes colour under bright lighting too.
Alithough some poor 'quality' hair systems can give an orange tint under bright light too.
Higher quality human hair wigs still should be taped or glued on. Or is laughing stock if it blows off in strong wind. Or slips out of place.
A hair system is meant to look like your natural hair, the correct density and colour as your own hair at the sides and back.
To disguise balding and to give you the hairstyle you want.
However it's not your own hair and it still has limitations.
Hot showers,swimming often,sleeping without a silk or satin pillow case,scratching it with your nails, all shortens the life. Being too long in the sun causes fading too.
Ultimately a FUE hair transplant if you have enough donor hair would be the best. But at Norwood 7 like me or even Norwood 6 doesn't give great results.
And it is really really expensive, cheap botched hair transplant looks pluggy like dolls hair,not to mention the scars.