My father has been wearing a hairpiece for 30 years and it made his life utterly miserable: not going outside when it's too windy, no swimming (no you cannot swim with it, even real hair are damaged by sea water/chloride), no sports, no summer holidays (because of the heat and the fact that the sun makes the hair color of the hairpiece change), no motorbike riding because of the helmet (and it was one of his passions), constantly in fear of being discovered, countless hours in the bathroom for maintenance. The only positive side is he was able to get girls, and hence marry my mother. Hairpieces will never be a cheap and viable solution. He says that the prices are always the same for good quality hairpiece: about 700-800€. So he spent 50000€ in hairpieces.
My father told me that he cared too much about me to let me go down that route.
I would like to re-assure this forum about the myths of wearing hair, you are like dudemon was.
not going outside when it's too windy:
Yes you can go outside when it is windy, the toupee glue is strong enough to withhold the wind.
no swimming (no you cannot swim with it, even real hair are damaged by sea water/chloride),
yes you can swim as long as you use toupee glue, how do you think elton john or enrique does huge 3+ hour concerts and seats like a pig yet they are fine?
no sports
again, the above idea applies.
no summer holidays (because of the heat and the fact that the sun makes the hair colour of the hairpiece change),
colour fade is OK, this will happen after about 9 months, but you can use back2Natural to re-apply colour to it.
no motorbike riding because of the helmet (and it was one of his passions)
again this is explained as above, elton john doing massive concerts etc, pretty sure your dad could do motorbiking, sounds like he is behind on the times with his attachements etc.
constantly in fear of being discovered
well that is -the only- real valid point to wearing, it is another matter and depends on the person.
countless hours in the bathroom for maintenance.
maintenance for me vs. having natural growing hair is just re-applying Got2BGlued every 24 hours on the perimeter line, takes about 30 seconds each day, it's part of a routine like face wash/cleaning teeth etc.
with Got2BGlued the cleanup is 100% easy so that is why I use it, with ORWG you can get a 76 hour hold but the cleanup is messy so I stick to Got2bGlued.
The only positive side is he was able to get girls, and hence marry my mother.
well there you go then!
Hairpieces will never be a cheap and viable solution. He says that the prices are always the same for good quality hairpiece: about 700-800€. So he spent 50,000€ in hairpieces.
actually a single topper is £200/300€, that is around £15/20€ a month assuming your system lasts 18 months, which many can manage, and you don't even need haircuts, just the one, so that is £5,000/7,500€ for wearing hair for a 30 years (I consider this a lifetime). on £15/20€ a month.
so things are 6x cheaper these days due to making the systems last longer and the systems being cheaper etc.
maybe wearing hair for him was a nightmare, but this is not so these days.
my main point is that it's a huge hassle, it's not sustainable and will lead you to depression. What if one day, you don't have enough money to replace your piece? In a decade, you will have spent what you would have paid for 2 FUE and you will still have no hair on your head.
