@aloe_peachy_quichie

Hi! I’m Lorraine. I first started noticing my hair thinning in my early twenties. I’d always had long, beautiful shiny hair. I was the girl at school with the dead straight (no straighteners then!), shiny and long hair. Then I hit 20 and it felt like I’d lost a quarter of it overnight. The texture changed, it was no longer the smooth shiny hair I’d known but was now frizzy and flyaway.

I would colour it all different colours, when I say it’s been every colour I really mean it! Colouring it always made it look a little thicker.

It got to a point where I was wearing clip in extensions everyday, not for fashion reasons but to try and bulk out what wasn’t there anymore. It made my confidence plummet. I’d been pretty happy with how I saw myself until then. Now all I could see was my scalp. It’s all I could focus on. I wouldn’t go out in windy weather or if it was raining. If my hair moved people would notice.

When lockdown happened it was the thinnest it had ever been and I was desperate. I ordered my first ever human hair wig, I thought as we’re stuck at home why not? No one can see me if it looks awful! When it arrived and I put it on for the first time I burst into tears. I looked like me again. I felt like me again. When people say it’s only hair, they have no idea. Hairloss robs you of YOU.

I’ve since been diagnosed with androgenic alopecia, I knew it was coming but it was still a blow.

A month later my fiancé helped me shave what was left of my hair off. I haven’t looked back. I’m almost at a point where I’m happy with my little bald egg now. Hairloss doesn’t define us, it’s who we are on the inside that counts.

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@baldbitchenergy

My hair had been getting thinner over the course of a few years but I believed it to be due to damage from using heat and boxed hair dye. Then whilst pregnant with my second child, I noticed that I seemed to be losing a much more noticeable amount of hair, and that my hair was becoming increasingly harder to style due to a lack of volume and a frizzy texture (no matter what products I used). Following my son's birth, the hair loss only got worse. Hair would come out in huge clumps when I washed it, my scalp was visible from almost every angle, my self esteem took a huge hit. All I could think about was my hair, or lack of hair. I would analyse my head from every angle, I'd constantly take pictures and scrutinise them and compare them to other pictures taken days, weeks and months before. I would keep all the hair that fell out whilst washing my hair and compare it to how much came out the next time. My hair loss was my life. I felt ugly, I felt ashamed, I felt annoyed at myself for being so upset but I couldn't help it. I distanced myself from friends, I dreaded leaving the house. I spent hundreds, probably thousands of pounds on different pills and potions and magical hair loss cures, none of which worked and left me feeling worse. I was terrified of admitting defeat and trying alternative hair but I knew I didn't have much choice. In November 2021 I took the plunge and tried alternative hair, a silk topper, and that's when my life and outlook changed. The topper made me feel more like myself than I had in years, the feeling of wearing alternative hair had once been terrifying but now felt so comforting. But seeing my bio hair, even when on my own, still distressed me, and I knew that I needed to get rid of it.

On 23 January 2021 I took the plunge and shaved my head. The relief I felt was immeasurable, it was unreal, as soon as the hair left my head I felt like a completely different person. I felt like I finally was freeing myself from the pain and distress of hair loss. From that day forward I started wearing wigs, I love trying different styles of wig and showcasing my personality through different looks. I also rock a bald head sometimes, as I believe it's important to try and accept myself both with and without hair. It astounds me that I used to be so scared of alternative hair - alternative hair is an amazing thing and can lift your confidence and self esteem beyond belief! If you are experiencing something similar and you're unsure what to do, my one piece of advice would be to WEAR THE HAIR ! Give it a go and see how it makes you feel. We are all so much more than our hair loss, but we all deserve to feel comfortable and confident and beautiful and alternative hair can certainly help with this if experiencing hair loss.

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@claires_hairloss_journey

As a woman dealing with hair loss, you feel so alone. I first started losing my hair around 20years ago. It became very thin and the texture was awful. Following child birth my hair gradually got worse, to the point that I felt I could no longer disguise it.

It was a massive leap for me to decide to embrace alternative hair solutions and I started with toppers and then moved to wigs.

I felt physically sick when I first ventured out wearing hair. I thought everyone would know and laugh at me. This however, could not be further from the truth! The quality of hairpieces and wigs is so good now that they are totally undetectable, and I only tell people if I want to.

I get to have fab hair all of the time and can achieve looks that I never could have with my own hair.

The hair loss community has been amazing, particularly on Instagram. I have reached out to other ladies for tips and help and it really has been amazing to see all the fantastic ladies owning their hairloss!

If may hair all grew back tomorrow, I would continue wearing wigs and that says a lot!

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@elli_doorn

So I got diagnosed last year around January, I didn’t even notice anything until my mom said something.

She told me that my hair looked thinner and asked if my salon thin it out and I said no and then from there it started falling out more and more so I decided one night on my own to just shave my head and rock the baldness and accept it until it comes back:)

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@lys.ola

I wear wigs, because I have an alopecia. My hairs have started falling when I was 17. It was difficult journey to love myself in 100% without hair. So when I had stopped medication I created my instagram to share my story with other people especially with alopecian girls.

I want to show them that everyone is special and it doesnt matter if you have hairs or havent.

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@thewigfluencer

In my late 20s I started to lose my hair in significant quantities, and by the time I was 35 I had very very little hair on the crown of my head.

I officially have been diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia. I’ve been wearing alternative hair for about 15 years now I started out wearing toppers and now I only wear wigs.

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@confidence_is_key85

My name is Lauren. I was diagnosed with Androgenic Alopecia in 2021. It has been the hardest journey to navigate. I went into a super dark place and fell into a horrible depression. I finally started therapy, found my love for wigs, and my passion to help other women navigate this journey. I finally found “me” again. I attend hair loss retreats, help people find their perfect wig, and try so hard to give back to the hair loss community, and help with customer service/mental health support for a wig company. I’m proud to say I’m thriving and loving learning and teaching people about alternative hair. ?

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@daveyelaisa

My name is Emily I am 34 years old and live in Dubai I recently shaved my hair off to take control after the effects of chemotherapy meaning my hair was shedding fast.
I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer in December 2022, I immediately started chemotherapy and after 14 days my hair began to shed very quickly, my good friends husband who is also a hairdresser friend offered to shave it for me whilst including the children to show it’s ok mummy hasn’t got hair.
I miss my long hair I can’t wait for my wig to arrive:

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@kaitbovard

I have lost my hair twice now to chemotherapy, and will likely lose it again in the future as a stage 4 breast cancer patient. I find that losing my hair is one of the very hardest parts of the process in fighting cancer and going through chemotherapy - as it’s hard enough to BE sick⋯ LOOKING sick adds a whole new level of difficulty. I’ve found the power and beauty in both learning to love myself with or without hair, and also what a gift it is to be able to pop on a gorgeous wig and feel dolled up in that way.

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@lindsay_losing_locks

“Losing my hair at a young age was devastating. For a very long time, I felt alone and ashamed. Once I finally took the leap into alternative hair, I felt like I could breathe again. It gave me a sense of peace knowing that there were solutions that could make me feel like myself again. And then I started connecting with other women who had experienced similar struggles, and I was finally able to let go of the shame I had held onto for so long. So many women experience hair loss at some point in their life, and there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed about. Alternative hair is no different than any other beauty enchancement and it’s past time we broke the stigma associated with it!”

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@pmarieroberts

In 2021, I decided to share the most vulnerable piece of information about myself at the time, my alopecia.
For years it felt like a shadow was suppressing and covering who I truly was. My head was filled with constant criticisms about my looks. I walked around feeling like everyone could see this dark shadow on top of my head. I was hyper-focused on my hair. I thought losing hair made me less of a woman, and my self-confidence plummeted. This depression socially restricted me from being my true, beautiful, and outgoing self.
Going public about my hair loss was hands down the best decision I’ve made in regards to my journey. It made me embrace who I was. I decided to turn my Instagram into my public diary where I didn’t hold back, I went out in public without a wig on for the first time, worked out with just a baseball cap, and took pictures of myself without any hair on! I even started an alopecia podcast with my best friend. We decided to start this podcast to discuss how we navigate life without hair. Relationships, personal testimonies, guest episodes, best wigs and wig products, basically hair loss and everything in between. Not everyone is ready to reach out and talk about it or go public with their alopecia, so our podcast is a way to show people they’re not alone.
The thing is, as much good that came with my acceptance and being public with my hair loss, there came a lot of bad as well, which explains the journey of hair loss. I regressed, many times. I swore my alopecia to hell on my really bad days. But I persisted. I kept putting myself and my feelings out there and I’m so proud of it. That being said, the hair loss community came out swinging. Supporting me, uplifting me, encouraging me, inspiring me. The list goes on forever. I gained friendships and people who understood me completely, which I was in search of for a very long time.
My advice to any and all alopecians out there is take your time! Don’t let anyone else tell you how to manage your alopecia. No one knows what’s best for you, except YOU.

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@thewigandi

I first suffered hairloss as postpartum hairloss with all of my 4 babies. I remember washing my hair and pulling out heaps of hair! So much hair that I’d stick it to the shower wall and the drain would always clog. Then around the age of 30 I really noticed my hair was thinning at the front and sides and I ended up cutting a fringe and constantly dye my hair to make it look full and thick. This became very expensive as I ended up going to the hairdresser every 2 weeks to re-dye my hair which would basically just stain my head and make it look full and thick. If only it would last!
As if that wasn’t enough, 2020 is when I lost most of my hair for good. I was diagnosed with a very rare cancer called DFSP on my head and I had to have a major operation. The operation took 9 hours and came with lots of complications. They got the cancer by taking a big section of my scalp, and had to take some of the skull. So, to recreate my head shape they had to use one of my back muscles (latissimus dorsi) and a big skin graft from my leg. Three separate surgeries. I was told to expect to lose about 2cms of hair from the operation but I woke up from the operation to find out they had to take so much more.
My hair will never grow back.
I was very lucky that I didn’t need chemo or radiation.
I lived in beanies after the operation and really was opposed to the whole idea of wigs. A friend bought me a wig and I let the kids try it on for fun. I tried it on and didn’t like it and put it away never to be seen again.
After a few more months of healing, the same friend took me to a cancer care place. They just happened to have wigs there in all sorts of styles and colours and we tried them on and it was SO much fun and I laughed so hard and for the first time in a long time something wonderful happened - I stopped taking myself (and life) so seriously and decided to give wigs a go! Like why the hell not?!! They were FUN!!! They made me look good! And I loved how I looked completely different with each wig! So I decided to wear wigs (I was hooked) but I promised myself that if I was going to wear wigs I would make it fun and wear a different wig every day ??and I still do! ??
From there, I started researching brands which led me to Instagram. One wig review on Insta led me to the wonderful world of wigs. I found out about brands, shops, and watched so many wig reviews. Then I started buying wigs and I can’t see that ever stopping! ?? I’ve learnt so much about wigs and my favourite thing is being about to help out another hairloss sister ?? I was once new to wigs and so I like to give back to the community that helped me so much!
The hairloss community on Insta saved me, inspired me, made me feel less alone and then gave me a space to explore my own hairloss and bald head in a safe space which helped me and still helps me accept my hairloss. I’ve also made such special friendships on here all because we share one very special thing in common, female hairloss ??

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@wiggin.out.mama

My hair story:
When I was 17 years old my hair started falling out. My once thick hair had gotten incredibly thin in a matter of months. After seeing a dermatologist I was informed I had lost over 40% of my hair. I was devastated. Over the years I looked for answers or solutions to “cure” my hair loss with no success. Treating it medically or topically was extremely expensive and could have potentially effected other areas of my health that I wasn’t willing to risk. I did my best to conceal my hair loss but after having two kids and getting an Androgenic Alopecia diagnosis I knew I wanted to seek out alternative hair options to help me regain so much of the confidence that I had lost over the years. I started wearing wigs full time 4 years ago this February and I haven’t looked back since. Wearing wigs has made me more confident in how I can present myself to the world and it’s helped me cope with the emotional rollercoaster that is hair loss.

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@divine_hair_locks

Basically my hair loss comes and goes. I’m a kidney transplant patient and I have to take anti rejection/immunosuppressants to keep my kidney from rejecting. Because of these medications I have hair loss but it depends on my levels of the drugs. If the levels are too high I’ll start to thin, break and lose my hair. I’ve had my transplant since 2013 so this is going on about 10 years now.

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@lilchel_alopecia_girl

Hello i'm Chel,
I’m 34 years old and I have alopecia (female pattern baldness or female pattern hair loss). At age two my hair started to fall out. I have had Alopecia for 32 years and the impact on my life has been devastating.
Being a teen and being bald wasn’t easy. No matter how much I wanted my life to be "normal", it was never going to be. At the time, I couldn't accept the fact that I was losing my hair and that it might never be the same.
I hated Alopecia— I hated how it affected me. I let it control me. I will never forget the day I had to shave my head because my patchy remaining hair could no longer be covered with a headband anymore and I had to invest in a wig. Fourteen years old, I stood there, numb, and then I bawled my eyes out.
I hid from the world under a wig with a hairstyle that never changed for years. I didn’t tell anyone about my hair loss, only my closest friends and family, but even that was hard to sit with. I had no confidence and my self-worth was low.
Fast forward to 27 years old when I finally came out publicly about my Alopecia. That was the turning point in my life.
Looking back on it all now, sometimes I can’t even imagine how difficult life was then compared to how my life has completely turned around for the better. It wasn’t a click of the fingers and I was instantly happy... It has taken a lot of work on my mental health for me to reach a point where I can fully accept myself, where I can find things I like about having Alopecia— such as switching my hairstyle up everyday!
One thing I cannot stress enough is how important it is to get a good quality wig. Quality wigs are life changing. I have worked with many different wig suppliers over the years and I can honestly say that it is worth investing, because hair loss can be hard enough as it is and you want to be comfortable, feel good about yourself and not have the added stress of a wig that doesn't give you that boost of confidence you deserve. Don’t let Alopecia take another day from you. Invest in a good quality wig, so you can live the life you want to live.

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@_mirandachristensen

After having my second baby, I thought it was just postpartum hairloss. Within a couple weeks I only had half my hair left on my head. I ended up getting diagnosed with alopecia shortly after. Over the next couple of months my hair slowly all fell out. My hair on my body stopped growing also. I love to use my page to help other people that may be having a hard time accepting hard things. Never let things out of your control, control your life.

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@baldylocks_444

My experience:
I have been experiencing hair loss and hair thinning since I was 16 but always managed to hide it well until I had my last child on which I suffered quite bad with post natal hair loss. Sometimes I felt like my experience wasn’t as valid as others because I’ve always managed to find ways to hide my problem areas and compared my experience to others that have it much more severe than myself but I began to realise that every experience with hair loss and hair thinning is just as valid and with this realisation I made the decision to shave my head for good in 2022 and embrace that my experience with hair wasn’t the same as others. I struggled with this transition at first and had to battle with the internal dialog that would tell me I wasn’t beautiful or feminine enough anymore but soon realised that my beauty never came from my hair. Accepting my hair for what it is showed me a lot about myself - instead of focusing on what was wrong with my hair I saw the beauty in my bald head, receding hair line and uneven patches of growth. Instead I saw the beauty in my face, body and heart. For me going through this experience it has been a blessing, even when sometimes I felt hopeless and less than. This experience has introduced me to wigs of all kinds and ignited a deep passion for them… hair loss has opened up doors for me and allowed me create the career of my dreams! Now I have accepted my experience for what it is I have never felt more confident, empowered and sexy! Baldies have more fun!

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@beautiful_you_wig_reviews

My hairdresser found my first 3 bald spots in 2003. At that time, they were treated by a dermatologist and the hair grew back. Sadly, I continued to get more spots that started growing into larger patches. The steroid treatments weren’t working any longer so I tried a stronger treatment.
My body reacted badly to it and I lost all of my hair in 2017. At that time I started wearing wigs. My mission is for no person with hair loss to feel as alone and afraid as I did, so that’s why I started sharing my story. I’m happy to help people by doing honest wig reviews and wig education. With my autoimmune hair loss I’ll never get my hair back, so I’ll be wearing a wig daily for the rest of my life and I’ve accepted that!

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@fruitsnackmaddy

When I was diagnosed with stage iv cancer, my biggest goal was to be brave. When considering with needles, surgeries, rounds of chemotherapy, and hair loss, I wanted to move through each phase of cancer with grace. While it was easy to breathe through the pricks and pokes, hair loss was a different beast entirely. First it was slow: a few strands after tucking my bangs behind my ears, a couple pieces while I pulled it up into ponytails. Then, it was really, really fast: Pools of blonde sliding down my back after shaking my head “No” when being asked if I’d like my coffee drink hot, the sensation of bugs sprinting down my back in the shower as hundreds of pieces of my identity slipped languidly down the bathtub drain, until I knew I couldn’t push off the inevitable. I had to shave my head. As a woman, being bald immediately creates a sense of being othered.
While I knew my baldness was beautiful I also knew that it was a symbol. It became the first thing people noticed about me, an immediate way of communicating that “Hi, I have cancer.” Moving out of this headspace felt seemingly impossible. It felt so isolating, especially being a woman in my 20s who loves going out. I knew that acceptance would be a necessary part of my story. I wanted to celebrate my baldness; I didn’t want to be ashamed to wear my baldness. I made the decision to tattoo my head out of a need to feel empowered, to feel like I had agency in defining my own beauty. In doing this, I took ownership over my hair loss. I had something that I wanted people to see. I wanted to show people that I am proud of my cancer. Now, when I wear a wig, it is empowering in a different way - I’m not wearing wigs out of fear for being bald, I am wearing wigs to encompass a different kind of beauty, one in which I write my own story and I decide when to wear my bald. As I continue on in my treatment, I feel excited, beautiful, and confident knowing that this IS something I can control.
The world’s perception of me is in my hands, and I know whether I choose to rock the bald or embrace the fun of wigs, I am always choosing to be beautiful, strong, and empowered.

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@izzyfletcher1511

My words for hair loss:
Like for many other women, when I was told I had cancer one of my first thoughts was “I’m going to loose my hair”. It took the biggest toll on me mentally at the start, and I wasn’t even thinking of the chemotherapy effects! How the tables have turned… For me, my hair was a massive part of my identity, I loved going to the hairdressers and styling it in lots of different ways. So when I knew I’d be loosing it, I felt a loss of identity and control. As my hair began to fall out rapidly I was so afraid to shave my hair, but I was malting like a dog… After my hairdresser shaved it I couldn’t look in the mirror for about half an hour. I still remember the weird sensation of hearing the razor and feeling the breeze on my scalp. Something I never thought I’d experience, especially at 23 years old. I have been bald for 4 months now, and honestly I don’t hate it as much as I thought I would.
I wouldn’t choose it, but I feel empowered and everyday I am reminded of my strength and courage. With my wigs I am able to feel a sense of normality again, and actually have hair of dreams! I know that my beauty comes from within, but having a stunning wig helps me feel beautiful on the outside when I need that extra boost of confidence.

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@kristynamoore

Hi, I'm Kristyna! I've been dealing with hair loss since my early 20s after being diagnosed with Lupus and then subsequently diagnosed with Sjogrens a decade later. For 15 year my hair loss progressively got worse. I tried every supplement, shampoo, conditioner, product, and serum to make my hair come back but of course nothing worked. As a woman, losing your hair at any age is devastating - but in your 20's? It's a gut punch. It makes you question your worth, your beauty, your femininity. I had turned to wearing halo extensions to attempt to mask the hair loss, but after a few years it had progressed to the point where it became impossible to disguise them because I didn't have enough hair to cover them up. That is when I finally made the decision to make the switch to wigs. That is when my life truly changed. I'll never forget putting on my first wig and thinking to myself, "I can do this".
From that point forward I made the decision that I needed to do the work to quiet the mean girl in my head and build up my confidence, for myself and for my young daughter who needed to learn that she was beautiful no matter what. Wigs allowed me to do that. I began taking the things that I had been the most self conscious about and putting them out there for the world. I opened up publicly to friends, family, coworkers, social media about my wig wearing and this amazing thing happened. Those things I had always been self conscious about - they started to lose their power over me. I started changing the narrative in my mind, and eventually that turned into real, true, self love and confidence. I feel so honored to be able to share my story and my wigs with the world with the hope of reaching other women who are going through the dark parts so they know that they aren't alone in this.

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@leaneflynn12

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 6 years ago and have been in treatment for it for 5 years. The cancer keeps recurring and as a result I have to be in chemotherapy constantly.
This has resulted in me losing all my hair. Living with cancer is a challenge, but then having to face losing your hair adds even more pressure. I was terrified of facing the world without my hair and that I would lose my identity.
All I wanted was to look like myself, not a cancer patient. It has been so fantastic to discover that wigs are very realistic looking and virtually undetectable. I have actually become addicted to wigs and love the way I can have a different look every day, and my hair is better looking than it ever was.

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@lisa_loves_alternative_hair

Hi I’m Lisa and I 1st started noticing my hair thinning in my early 30’s it’s never been thick but I had lots of hair and it was curly so looked thicker, I think I was in denial for a long while and I just kind of made do so I moved around my parting and used root spray to disguise.
Over the years it got progressively worse and I got to the point where I could not hide it anymore, I actually had bald areas around the front lots of receding and a visible scalp.
I decided to jump straight into wig wearing, which takes time to get it right but when it is the confidence it gives you back is amazing.
A few months after I was comfortable in wearing a wig I decided to shave what hair I had left off and that also felt amazing.
I know love to post about wigs and my honest opinion to help other ladies and have a huge passion for wigs

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@mesbeageless

I always had fine hair and very straight hair. When I was 39, I became very ill and had e a trip to the hair salon to have it colored, it melted off. I was devastated. I still didn't know the reason. A month later I was in the ER and my body was failing. After searching for the reason, they discovered my uterus was full of fibroid tumors and one was ripped away from the lining and I was slowly but surely hemorrhaging every monthly cycle. They performed a hysterectomy. The worst was they discovered I had an autoimmune disease, Chrons, the Doctor said it was incurable and that my life expectancy was 10 years. Well 17 years after that deadline I'm still here! My hair never returned to its former glory.
My hair genetically began to turn white from a young age. I colored every 3 weeks! I began using extensions but there came a point that I couldn't disguise my hairline any longer. I experienced covid and then I lost more hair. I was horrified everytime I looked in the mirror. I didn't recognize me. Never did I want to go out in public or meet up with friends. I isolated to my house. During that time I had begun a YouTube channel, sharing makeup and skincare, with all the hair loss I had to do something about it. I decided to get my first wig. It was scary and there was a great deal to learn.
I dove head first, so to speak! Learning everything I could about wigs. Overcame my fears and gained so much confidence. I knew I had to share and help to get the word out to others. Making videos was a way for me to encourage others and hopefully help them take that one step to getting their first wig and mostly their confidence and sense of their youthful healthy self.
Getting replies and messages or hearing from others their hair journey and how I help in sharing mine, makes the effort a joy and my mission.

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@mollywood.films

When I was diagnosed with cancer, one of my first concerns was losing my hair. My hair was the key to my confidence, and being a twenty-one year old college girl, I really wanted to fit in and feel beautiful. My hair started coming out two weeks after my first round of chemo. No one was really sure how much I would lose, but after days of shedding clumps of hair I decided to shave the remaining strands. Once I got my first wig, my confidence skyrocketed. I immediately felt like myself again. Then it became a source of exploration - I could try so many new colors and styles I’ve never even considered. What started as a traumatic moment ended in new-found confidence.
I can put on my wig and feel beautiful, and I can take it off and feel beautiful too. It’s taken some time to accept my baldness. I am now cancer-free, but my bare head is a reminder of what I’ve survived. Never underestimate the power of confidence and self-image. When going through hair loss or cancer treatment, every little thing that helps you feel whole is worth it.

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@reesekate

My name is Katie Reese. I am originally from Michigan and I have lived in Los Angeles, CA the past 10 years dancing, acting and modeling professionally. At 10 years old I started losing my hair. It started with my eye lashes in 4th grade. They grew back a year later and my doctor thought it was allergies. At 11 my first bald patch the size of a quarter showed up. I was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease called Alopecia. I could write and should write a novel on my experiences and journey being a teenager and young adult going through life with this because it has been a journey. At 24, I lost all of my hair in the matter of weeks, including my eyebrows and eyelashes.
I believe there is NO right way to embrace or acknowledge, deal with things in life that are personal to you. I’ve always tried to be true to myself and what felt right in the moment, and for my career. Living in a society with high beauty standards, hair defining femininity and being in a career that has a magnifying glass looking at me, has been really difficult and challenging to say the least. My alopecia is constantly on my mind and has a role in so many decisions I make on the daily. I have a love/hate relationship with hair. Honestly it’s triggering. I don’t remember what it feels like to have real hair growing from my head. I’ve grown up dreaming of becoming a ballerina or a soccer player but I didn’t have a role model who looked like me or a community to rely on. Social media didn't exist when I was growing up. I have been through the trenches in situations, treated like an alien, judged, had people try to speak for me about my baldness, lost jobs, and I have also been totally accepted, admired, seen and embraced in others. This is not to pity me, but to bring awareness of the psychological impact and struggles Alopecia imposes and to also show that people may struggle with things that we aren’t aware of. Instead of feeling like an outsider, I decided to wear wigs and hide my alopecia to feel “normal” as a source of protection and safety. Wigs changed my life and in a weird way gave me my life back, a sense of belonging and confidence in my career.
This Year, I made it my goal to share my journey and open up about my alopecia. After I changed careers from dance to acting, I realized I have the power to impact others and share my story through my art and passion. I also love the progression of beauty and modeling and how we are finally starting to embrace "real" beauty and our uniqueness as individuals. It is something I am still navigating and will probably continue to navigate my entire life, but I am glad I can now be as I am in the public eye. Both bald and wear wigs. As much as alopecia plays a huge daunting role in my life, it has also given me so much strength, power, confidence, vulnerability, courage and empathy. I believe my mindset is powerful because of it and the humanity, light and grace it has given me is a gift. I know I have a bigger purpose in life and I hope by opening up, I can inspire people, and be a part of the change in how we view beauty. I hope a little kid with alopecia can see me bald on TV one day and know anything is possible. So here I am to remind you we are all beautiful in our own unique way.

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@teds_wig_emporium

Hi,my name is Teresa but friends call me Ted
My bio hair has never been great right from the start. Growing up I rokced a frizzy mop of hair with no heat tools or stylihg skills.
My only way of expressing myself was dye my bio hair defferent colors, which did more damage than good of course...so...it was not a total surprise when it started falling our as I got to my 20s.
With added stress at home and work, combined with poor diet choices and androgenic alopecia passed down in the family genes, my thin, frizzy locks made me more depressed.
I was so insecure, seeing any photos of myself would send shivers down my spine.
That's when I first looked into alternative hair and when I bought my first synthetic hair topper in 2015 it completely changed how I saw myself in the mirros. My hair has never looked this good in mylife!
8 years later, as a full time wig weared I can hoestly say, alternative hair has helped me heal my self esteem and focus on personal growth, instead of self sabotage and pain.
This is a journey I'm willing to takd for the rest of my life along with hundreds of wig sisters I had a privilege to meet along the way.

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@thewiggygirl

I have always struggled with my fine, thin hair my whole life. I felt self conscious about it growing up and would try to compensate for the lack of volume and length with short cuts, perms, curling irons.. you name it, my mom and I tried it! I became a licensed cosmetologist at age 22 and looking back I most likely went down that career path because I wanted to know what to do with the cards I was dealt. I learned a LOT about hair in general and how to manage thin, fine hair that basically "cut itself" when it got to a certain length. If you know, you know. ;) I am in my 40's now and after my 4th and 5th babies were born, I experienced a higher level of hair loss than I had experienced with my pregnancies in my 30's. I am able to (somewhat) hide it but I'm limited with my style options and length. I've always dreamt of having beautiful hair and now I too, can have it. It's truly a feeling I can't quite describe. Alternative hair has opened doors for me that I didn't know existed and made my confidence in my self image soar. I suddenly got to experience what it feels like to really LOVE my hair.
I feel like wigs were the missing link for me and how they make me feel when I look in the mirror is something I've never felt before with my bio hair. I feel feminine, put together, confident, and HAPPY! I love to support others in their journey for anyone who is struggling with hair loss for whatever reason. There is a large community out there full of like minded women and individuals who struggle with the same everyday issues. Let's normalize alternative hair together by being that light and that influence for others to gain confidence and strength.
Thank you for this opportunity to share my story.

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@BetterHairBetterYouwithSarah

I have been suffering from Alopecia Androgenetica for over 20 years now and have been wearing wigs ever since. I learned a lot over the years and have always been very interested in the different kind of wigs, wig making and the pros and cons of the different fibers. I started my Youtube channel and Instagram account a little over a year ago and they keep growing constantly. I realized that there is hardly any content on social media about wigs and no wig reviews in German, which is spoken by over 10 million people. So it was clear to me that I wanted to make reviews, tutorials and pass on my knowledge through social media in both German and English, to also reach the rest of the world, of course. I really enjoy my wig journey and have experienced what everyone else is experiencing over time. First I wanted to have a wig as close as possible to my natural hair color and style, but today I love being able to change the style, color and length in an instant and wear a different wig every day, sometimes even 2 or 3 on one day. I haven't tried human hair wigs until now, but keep getting more and more interested in a human hair wig, since my fellow Youtubers are raving about it and they seem to be very happy with the wigs you produce. :)

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@dip_nails_wig_tales

Never did I image I would lose my hair or experience hairloss.
It started thinning pretty fast 2013 and by early 2015 I didn’t have enough hair to wear down anymore. Barely had enough to pin up with a bobby-pin!
I made myself a few extensions to fake a bun and that got me by for a while.
I was so depressed and it took a huge toll on my self confidence.
Then in 2016 I decided to take the leap and order a wig! I don’t know why I didn’t think to get one sooner.
I was so stuck on trying to “fix” my hair with shampoos and vitamins.
I was so excited to get my new wig yet scared at the same time!
The thought of wearing a wig was so traumatic and embarrassing for me at first. (So dumb but normal)
When I put my first wig on and looked in the mirror I felt beautiful, feminine and like myself again for the first time in years!
It was scary at first but once I became confident and comfortable in my wigs my life changed! I was no longer focused on my hairloss.
Losing my hair changed my life for the better in so many ways.
I gained so many amazing new friends among the hairloss community Hairloss is very challenging but you can’t let it define you!
Beside Wigs are so fun and addicting
The only con with wigs is you always want another one!

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@heywigsister

Hi, my name is Denise. I have been suffering from Androgenic Alopecia since I was in my early 20s. I started using Hair Fibers to help hide the thinning in my mid-20s. Over the years I tried MANY things to stop my hair loss. Rogaine, vitamins, laser therapy, and more lotions and potions than I can even count. NOTHING worked. In my mid-30's I found myself single with 3 young children. My hair loss made me feel terrible about myself, and I was terrified to date and have to tell someone. I see this concern shared by others on social media often and it brings me back to that difficult time. Luckily I found a great guy who didn't care about my hair, and now we have been married for over 12 years. In my mid-40's my hair loss had gotten so bad, that all I could do was wear headbands and wear my hair up to hide. I was working in a large company as director of Human Resources and I was worried that people wouldn't take me seriously because of the way I had to wear my hair. I was devastated and desperate. I started to search for other solutions and somehow found the wig community on YouTube and Instagram. I was shocked! I had no idea that wigs had gotten so realistic! My one experience with wigs was in the early 2000s and it was horrible! I just assumed that all wigs were like that. The more videos I watched, the more I knew that wigs were going to be my solution. I bought my first wig on 9/11/18, and while the first few months were rough as I spent A LOT of money trying to figure out what would work for me, once I figured out what looked good on me and what I felt comfortable with, there was no looking back! I started with synthetic wigs because all the human hair wigs I found were way too expensive for me. The problem was, finding wigs that I liked was harder than I thought it would be! I spent SO MUCH MONEY in the beginning that I call it the time I got my Master's Degree in wigs! Since then I have tried every type of wig imaginable. I am so grateful that wigs exist, and even more grateful that wigs in ALL price ranges and ALL types exist. Now I share my journey publicly with anyone who will listen in the hope that my experience will help someone else. Hair loss is very difficult. Most of us do not come to wigs as a solution that we want. Rather, we come to it as a last resort. That may have been how I started with wigs, but that is not how my story ends. I can confidently say, that even if my hair grew back tomorrow, I would never ever stop wearing wigs. I am having the time of my life, and I hear this story every single day from hundreds of wig sisters. Wigs just may change your life, they sure changed mine!

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@i_be_wiggin

Hey y’all! I’m Sandy , I am 51 years old. All of my life my hair has been thin, fine and frizzy but in 2012 I noticed that it was getting thinner and it wouldn’t grow past my collar bone. When I would shower, a large amount would wrap around my fingers and fall to my feet. Or if I would brush it, it would come out in handfuls. It was devastating to me to lose any amount of hair because I had so little. I finally decided to go see a doctor to find out why.
I also had unexplained fatigue, depression, anxiety, trouble sleeping and other symptoms. The doctor diagnosed me with Hashimoto’s Disease.
I finally had an answer but still no solution for my hair loss. To make my hair appear more voluminous I would wear clip in extensions every day. They wouldn’t stay in because my hair was so thin and they caused even more hair breakage. That made my confidence plummet even more because I felt there was no hope for me. I wanted to stay home all the time and I avoided going out with friends. I would constantly compare my hair to their thick, beautiful, shiny hair. In my friend group, I was never the one with “the pretty hair”.
I was so desperate and insecure that I decided to order a wig. The first wig I choose was not a good one. It was nowhere near the style, length or shade of my bio hair. The wig was very dense. I wasn’t used to that amount of hair. I hated it.
I wanted to call it quits. I still felt insecure, even in the wig.
Even though I wanted to , I DID’NT GIVE UP. I did a little more researching, watched some You Tube reviews and decided I would try purchasing a wig one more time! When it came, I rushed to put it on, looked in the mirror and burst into tears of joy! I finally had the hair of my dreams! I wore the wig around the house, took lots of selfies and eventually worked up the nerve to wear it out in public. When I did... I was approached by someone who said to me” I love your hair; it’s so pretty!” I went to my car and cried! In my entire life no one had ever complimented my hair!
After that, I had the confidence to go out with my friends. I would be the one to whom the waitress would say,” Your hair is so beautiful!” I was finally the friend with “the pretty hair” !
If you are considering a wig for the first time, my advice to you is, don’t give up! You WILL find that perfect wig that will make you feel like YOU. It will make you feel beautiful again or maybe even for the first time. Your hair may be falling out now, but eventually everything will fall into place!

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@itsjasminbarnes

My name is Jasmin Barnes and my journey started one bad hair day! My closest friends ask why I love wigs so much when I have the thickest hair. In high school, I had to shave half of my head because I just can’t deal with all the hair. My bio hair is frizzy, coarse, and very hard to manage to say the least. It takes me hours to tame and style it. I am worried about damaging my hair from everyday styling. Then, I discovered wigs and never looked back. Wigs give me freedom from everyday straightening, blow-drying and a little extra boost of confidence.
Its ok for women to want to change up their looks once in a while or to keep up with the latest hair trends without exposing their hair to harmful chemicals and without the commitment.
I believe that when a woman feels empowered and beautiful from the inside out, they can take on the world to do bigger and greater things. This is when I realized, I found my passion. Since 2009, my team and I have sponsored women and cancer patients with hairpieces and head covers through our hairloss support program. We take pride in successfully connecting sponsors and wig recipients around the world via social media. Although my story is a bit different, I am determined to change how people view wigs as I continue to empower women and help them find the perfect alternative hair without the stigma and wear them with confidence. Wigs are for everyone and have now become a mainstream accessory in a modern woman’s wardrobe. Now, I can literally change my hair as often as I change my mind and you can too!

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@ivebeenhairbefore

My journey with alternative hair started over 15 years ago. I wore a wig my junior year of high school. Unfortunately wigs looked like wigs back then. I’ll never forget walking down the stairs and a group of boys dared each other to pull my wig off. It’s an experience that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Thankfully alternative hair has come such a long way and even a trained eye can not spot some of these amazing creations.
My current reasons for wearing alternative hair are my autoimmune diseases. It’s a struggle dealing with chronic illnesses, but hair loss does not have to be added to that struggle. With alternative hair, I have the hair I always dreamed of. I can switch up my color and style in seconds!! Whether your alternative hair piece is $500 or $2000, you should feel comfortable with your appearance! I applaud any company who offers alternative hair dreams at affordable prices!

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@keriwallace

I don't have hair loss exactly. I have thinning hair. And, it is a result of age and menopause. I wear wigs because my hair is fine and limp and doesn't hold a style. Plus, wigs are so much easier than trying to style my hair and look better than my hair could ever look

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@kimberley__mg

I started to lose my hair gradually from the age of 18. I spent the whole of my 20s and most of my 30s trying everything possible to make it grow back (to no avail), I spent an absolute fortune on hair loss remedies, shampoos, light therapy, Vitamins, oils. At one point I tried a hair integration system. I absolutely hated the feel of it, that you couldn’t wash your scalp, that my hair growing underneath was getting matted constantly, that you needed to get it tightened every 2 weeks or you could see it slipping back, it was a confidence killer. Lockdown hit and I cut the hair integration out of my hair. My scalp was a mess. I had to cut my hair at the back to just a few inches as it was matted that badly. I hated the way I looked, my hair was now thinner than ever.
I stumbled across the fabulous hair loss community around 3 years ago on instagram, just after the integration incident and it changed everything. I always felt so alone, I never spoke about my hair as I was embarrassed but to see so many others going through the same thing helped me so much. I didn’t realise there were ‘alternative hair’ options out there either! I was a complete novice.
If all these fab women could rock the alt hair then why couldn’t I? Prior to this you wouldn’t see one photo of me, I’d always hide away if anyone had a camera, I’d cancel nights out as I was paranoid about my thinning hair and couldn’t ever make it look nice. My confidence now since wearing hair toppers & wigs is unreal, it’s helped me massively in my personal life and I can finally feel like ‘me’ after all this time! My bio hair literally would have never ever looked as good as it does now!

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@meggy_moos_mane

My hairloss journey started after contracting Covid in May 2022. It caused horrific nerve pain, extreme exhaustion and extensive hair loss. In November I decided to 'brave the shave' for charity. It has been an absolute rollercoaster ride!!! The hair loss felt devastating at first, but now I love wearing wigs. They have given me back my confidence. My old bio hair was limp, damaged and wouldn't hold colour. Now I get to have amazing hair everyday!!!

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@Rayann Jones

Hi! My name is Rayann. I have androgenic alopecia and have been losing my hair since I was about 15 years old. I spent way too many years of my life thinking I was the only young, healthy woman dealing with hairloss. honestly, it wasn’t until I found the hair loss community on Instagram that I realized how many of us there actually are! 30 MILLION women in the united states alone are affected by genetic hairloss! Alternative hair has definitely been a major confidence booster but being able to talk with others who are going through the same thing and understand all the emotions that losing your hair brings has been life changing. I was finally able to come to terms with my hair loss knowing that I am not alone. so if you are struggling please know that you are NOT alone.

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@the_wigmama

My name is Arianna, I'm an italian girl and I don't have any hair on my body.
I started to loose my hair when I was 16, I was a normal girl and used to live a normal teenager life: I went to school, did sports, had a lot of friends... normal things.
At the beginning of my hairloss journey, dermatologists discovered my problem was an autoimmune disease which is called Alopecia Areata: my hair fell off from some parts of my head, leaving bald patches all around.
I started suffering from anxiety, I had no self-confidence, I couldn't love myself. I felt ugly.
When I realized I was pregnant, I felt really excited. That was the first time I was really, really happy. Even my hair started to grow back. After the birth of my first child, they fell off again. my hair were everywhere: in the shower, on my brush, on my night pillow, everywhere. My alopecia areata was getting worse, and I was feeling ugly and sad again. But I was a mother! A woman! I couldn't feel like that! so I decided to shave my head completely. I didn't want to see my hair falling off anymore.
In two months, even my eyebrows and eyelashes started to fall. My alopecia turned to be universalis, but I didn't care about it: I had my baby, my family, all my support, and started to love myself too. even if I was bald.
now, I'm 30. I'm happy. I love my life. I decided to be a sort of light for others which are suffering for hairloss. I know how much pain there's, when a woman starts to loose her hair. I just want to do something good especially for other young girls, which are going through this, and can't see how beautiful they are.

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@thefauxblond

10 years ago I we through a very difficult time and suffered with a Depression. During that time my already fine thin hair started to fall out more than usual. I also felt it was challenging to care for my hair during this time. Wigs became a part of my life and although I was afraid and shy at first leaving the house with my wig, they ultimately me feel so much better and confident. I have continued to wear wigs daily since that time and feel they are a wonderful part of my self-care and help me feel great!

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@valentinamsl_

I started losing my hair 15 years ago, I was only 10, I was a little girl who should have thought about playing, having fun with friends and instead I had to fight with hair falling out for no reason. I've always had very long, healthy, shiny, almost enviable hair and from one day to the next I found myself bald. the discomfort you have in those moments is so much, you start looking at other people's hair, you start thinking about why you, you start looking in the mirror and you don't see yourself as before, your self-esteem drops and you slowly lock inside. it wasn't easy for me, my alopecia went away and came back over the years, every time I saw a patch without hair my heart crumbled. hair is our frame, it gives us security, courage, it's the starting point when you need to start over, but I didn't see it this way, I had to take care of the few I had and hide, because I was even ashamed that someone could see something. after 15 years I realized that something I was ashamed of was only in my head, the people around us don't pay attention to what makes us uncomfortable, we pay attention to ourselves. now I've taken the courage to tell others about myself, to tell my story and to be able to be an inspiration for someone. my hair has grown and fallen out many times in recent years, now my situation is a bit peculiar, the hair is falling out on the sides of the head and in the nape of the neck, I have some areas where they are missing on the skin but I am happy, happy because we have to be our best version of us, with or without hair. ‘’

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@vanish.into.thin.hair

I have always loved my hair & took alot of time styling it & making sure it looked pretty.
Then my hairloss started. It was gradual at first then my hair began to fall out more & more with every washing.
It was heartbreaking and affected my self confidence.
I no longer wanted to go out in public with my thin hair & my scalp showing.
I decided to order a wig & see how it looked. I am so happy I did!
Once I put the wig on and I had beautiful hair again, my confidence came back & I felt so happy!
Hair loss can be very hard, but wigs can help make you feel beautiful again & restore your confidence like they did for me.

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@wigs_with_wisdom

I have genetic alopecia. As I've aged, my hair has thinned considerably, especially at the hairline and crown. I am also a breast cancer survivor; I was diagnosed in 2016 and had treatment. My cancer is in remission. I have worn wigs and hair toppers for more than 25 years. I enjoy educating women about wigs and hair toppers. Be confident and live your best life with wigs!

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@WigReviewCentral

My hair started thinning in my twenties. I noticed it thinning more afbabies were born.
My hair got progrthinner
Then, I suddenly went through Menopause after a hysterectomy at 55, I suffered my first hair shed ( Telogen Effluvium). After that the quality of my hair suffered, it was brittle and I noticed it was breaking off easily. Fast forward to 2021, I went on a popular weight loss program and shed 40 pounds fairly rapidly, my hair was thinning more so I decided to put extensions in, unfortunately I lost too much hair and my extensions were falling out with the roots attached (due to T.E.). Not being able to cover my extensions, I removed the them. I was diagnosed with Androgen Alopecia or FPHL. After a period of depression and anxiety, I decided to start wearing wigs. It’s been a journey of grief and finally acceptance. I’m so thankful for the option to feel myself again.

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@Jasmine Clarity

After bringing my adorable baby into the world, my hair went through some changes. And, let me tell you, it wasn't as fabulous as before. My once luscious locks turned thin and dull, leaving me feeling a bit less like the vibrant me.
As a person who always loved experimenting with different hairstyles and colors, this sudden change in my hair was disheartening. Little did I know, that moment marked the beginning of a wonderful journey. Wigs quickly became more than just a solution to my hair woes; they became a part of me. Each day brought a new opportunity to transform into the version of myself that I felt like being.
They're not just hairpieces; they're expressions of my personality, reflections of my mood, and symbols of my resilience and as this beautiful journey unfolded, wigs didn't just become a part of me – they became a way to share something I love. Guiding others through the art of application and showing them the hairstyles that make my heart sing has been a heartfelt joy. With every wig I wear, I carry the warmth of connection and the sweetness of sharing something special.

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@Nikole Jackson

Hello my name is Nikole. I love wearing wigs because I enjoy the idea of being able to change up my hairstyle whenever I want! I do not like wearing my hair the same everyday, and wearing wigs helps me experiment with different hairstyles. I also find it beneficial to wear wigs because often switching up your hair color on your natural hair can actually damage your hair, so while wearing a wig, this helps to protect my natural hair from excessive styling, heat, and environmental factors that can destroy my natural hair. I have also experienced hair loss in the past that left me feeling insecure. Having a good quality wig by my side helped diminish those thoughts of insecurity and made me feel beautiful. Wearing a wig provided me a way to regain confidence and feel more like myself by concealing the hair loss. The main reason I wear wigs however, is so they can be used mainly as fashion accessories! Doing this helps me achieve specific looks that can compliment a certain outfit I am wearing or match a particular style trend. Wigs have saved me so much time and effort by eliminating the need to style my hair every day. This is especially appealing for busy individuals such as myself, who want a polished appearance without spending a lot of time on my hair.

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@yourhairisgorgeous

Amanda Gurney
My hair loss journey started about 10 years ago after pregnancy and gradually became so bad that clip in hair extensions weren’t enough to cover my thinning hair. I came across a social media account where a girl was trying wigs on similar to Wig She and I couldn’t believe how realistic they looked. I ordered my first wig and haven’t looked back since. Having thin hair for so long, I only wish I had started my “wig crush” much sooner! I instantly felt more confident and happy. Being able to find styles that looks like my realistic hair from 20 years ago is truly amazing and WigShe allows that hair dream to become a reality!

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@MarlenesWigChatStudio

My name is Heidi and I am a mom in my early 30s with hair loss. I’ve always had thin hair, but it wasn’t until after I had my children that I started to lose most of my biological hair. That’s when I discovered alternative hair and all of the benefits to wearing it! For the past few years I have enjoyed wearing toppers and wigs. I love the confidence that it gives me and the freedom that I have to style my hair the ways I’ve always wanted to.

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@Jessica_Rose

Hi, I’m Jessica Rose. I am a self-love blogger and founder of Love Sweet Mess. I have struggled with hair loss since I was 12 years old, but didn’t acknowledge my loss or how it affected my self-esteem until my late twenties.
Once I started my journey of acceptance I knew I was not alone, so I started writing as a means to spread Alopecia awareness and connect to those struggling with similar issues and insecurities.
I believe creative outlets are so important in keeping our minds and hearts healthy!
It wasn’t until I started therapy that I realized I depended heavily on baking as my form of self-therapy. Baking has opened so many doors for me. From competing on Cupcake Wars, baking for celebrities and weddings, to publishing my cookbook What to Bake When. Baking was the shoulder I leaned on when I felt alone.
With this blog, I never feel alone, and that is my hope for my readers. You are not alone. We are in this journey of self-acceptance together, because we all have a story to tell. Stop hiding and start living!

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@guttermangirls

I do not have hair loss. My hair stylist moved away, and I could never find another that could accomplish the look I wanted, so a friend suggested I try a wig. I fell in love with the ability to change my hair color, style, and length depending on my mood or clothes. I chopped my hair off and have not had a bad hair day in 4 years! I feel every woman should be her truest self. Hair, no hair, thinning hair, wigs, toppers, hats, scarves, tattoos, whatever....handle it in whatever manner is true to herself and makes her happy. There are no rules when it comes to hair, makeup or clothes, and if there were, I'd break them all so I could be the truest Marlene I can be.

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@melissaaasharon

Hi my name is Melissa and I have been completely bald since 2018. I have been experiencing hair loss up and down for the last 20 years but it didn't become severe until I reached my late 20's. Losing my hair in patches has always been devastating but when I started drastically losing all of my hair within the course of a year and it didn't grow back... I truly thought my life would never be the same. Well, I was right. My life has changed but in a good way!! It took me a couple of years to accept my baldness. I could hardly look at myself in the mirror. I wouldn't let anyone see me bald, not even my closest friends and family. I was miserable every single day for about 3 years until one day I decided it was time to conquer this and take control of what I didn't have control over. So, I decided one summer that it was time to step outside bald and never turn back. And that's what I did! It was not easy. Not at all. But once I did this the confidence slowly started building every single time. I had so much support from my family and friends. Now I am at a place where I love being bald. I love the hair loss community. I love sharing my differences. I love that I can choose what kind of hair I want to wear! Wearing wigs has become a lot more fun for me since I've conquered my baldness. Wearing wigs used to feel like hiding. It used to feel like covering up my flaws so people couldn't see them. I hated wearing wigs and I thought they didn't look good, were uncomfortable, and I couldn't believe I had to do this now for the rest of my life. I see it all so differently now. I choose to wear wigs on occasion because they are fun! They can be super comfortable and realistic. They are an accessory and not a necessity. Hair loss is quite the journey, but I am proud to be where I am right now.

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@nikkistixrn

I am an ER nurse and suffered a traumatic divorce in the height of Covid. I began to lose large amounts of my own hair and started using products to cover my scalp that was showing. I have tried every hair regrowth product and still don’t love my own bio hair. I was introduced to wigs on TikTok and quickly fell in love. I love changing my look often, empowering and educating women on wig wear, and growing my own collection. Wig over worry is my motto.

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@sarah_in_belgium

Hi my name is Sarah
I have struggled with hair loss since my early teens. It has had a major effect on my self esteem and self confidence over the years. Finding alternative hair has opened up a whole new world. I have so much fun trying out different styles and colours. It’s given me so much confidence and I hope by sharing my story I can inspire others to take their struggles and turn it into something positive.

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@she_sheds_more

Hi, I’m Emily! My hairless journey started a few years ago when I noticed that my part line had widened. At the time, I thought it was related to having undergone a complete hysterectomy in my early thirties. I started trying shampoos, solutions, and vitamins to try and regrow my hair. In 2019, I was diagnosed with Lupus and Sjogrens. My hair continued to thin to the point where it was more noticeable. My last attempt was to try laser therapy, only to develop severe scalp pain from the lasers. I was so depressed.
In 2022, I finally went to a dermatologist who diagnosed me with Androgenic Alopecia and Telogen Effluvium. The doctor recommends more vitamins and solutions to put on my scalp. I reluctantly tried but did not put too much hope in it. My scalp once again started to become so irritated and peeling that I had to wear hats to cover it. I began shedding hair so quickly that I found myself not wanting to leave my house. I was mentally in a dark place. As women, we put so much worth and value in our looks, especially our hair, that I felt completely lost and alone. I knew no other woman with hair loss personally.
I started searching on social media and found that there are other women like me experiencing hair loss. Finding that there are women out there living their lives and wearing toppers and wigs gave me hope. I first decided to wear a topper and did like it, however, my hair was becoming so thin on top that it was difficult to blend. That is when I felt like wigs were the only option that could work for me. I remember the first time I put one on I was scared. I wasn't sure if I was putting it on correctly lol. It took a few tries, but once I got it on and styled I started crying. It looked so much like my hair before I started losing it. I realized that I was going to be ok. I learned so much from other women and met several through Hairless Sisterhood. These women changed my life, and I hope to do the same for others, just like me!

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@style.me.ageless

Hi I'm Donna of @style.me.ageless.
I became interested in wigs about 13 years ago after I decided to grow out my hair...I had always worn it in a short pixie and was hoping to finally experience longer hair. Being a real estate broker, it was important for me to always look “put together” and the risk of bad hair days during my journey to longer bio hair was not an option. As my hair began to grow, I realized that it was fine, frizzy and receding at the hairline. Plus, the extra work in maintaining a longer bio hair style was more than I had expected. Another realization was that I loved my wigs! It was at this point that I decided to cut my hair back to a pixie and continue wearing wigs. My current collection exceeds 100 and through the years, I have donated many wigs to the local cancer clinic.
At the outset of my wig wearing journey, I was extremely confident in my choice to wear wigs. My biggest issue was that I knew absolutely nothing about wigs or the wig wearing community. I didn’t know ANYONE who wore wigs. It was a lonely path and I had to learn everything by trial and error. It was not until about 10 years into my journey that I realized there was a wealth of information and assistance out there for wig wearers. My advice to myself would be “don’t feel like you are in this alone...do your research and reach out for advice - it is limitless”.
I’ve never had an issue surrounding confidence within the scope of wig wearing as from the beginning, I sought out wigs and embraced all they stood for. I had little regard for the way others felt about my wigs. They make me feel amazing I’ve learned that a well-chosen wig can totally change my outlook on life. My experience with wearing wigs has been so positive that sharing that experience with others has become a passion. Whether they are experiencing hair loss due to medical reasons or seeking a change in their own personal style, I want everyone to know that something as simple as wearing a wig can empower and inspire them to become the best version of themselves.
What I love about wearing wigs is the versatility they offer and the endless array of styles and colors available. I can be a different (looking) person every day. I love hair-mail days - they are some of my favorite days! The arrival of new wigs in the mail makes me happy, so happy that I can't wait to try them on! And, I love the fact that my husband is so supportive of my choice to wear wigs but if I had to narrow it down, the thing I love most about wearing wigs it would be seeing the surprise on the faces of other women who compliment my hair, when I tell them I wear wigs and watching the smile on their faces light up the room. It’s like a light bulb went on in their heads and they now see a personal path forward with beautiful hair again.

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@wig.obsessed

Hi! I'm Marcie. My hair began thinning in my thirties. At the time, I didn't know toppers existed and I'd never considered wigs. I consulted with my hair stylist for solutions, but no one offered alternative hair to consider. We discussed extensions, but they don't add volume to the crown, which is where I was thinning. I experimented with sprinkle-in hair-like fibers, to create the illusion of density and coverage. The fibers worked but they weren't satisfying. For years, I wore my hair pulled up in the front with a little springy clip, to create the appearance of volume on top of my head. It was the only solution I tried that worked. I had the most uninteresting hairstyle ever!
Fast forward to about a year ago and I was scrolling social media. I saw a post about a wig that stopped me in my tracks. I couldn't believe a wig could be so beautiful. I immediately thought, "I'd wear that. It's gorgeous!" That discovery started my search for knowledge and information. I became a student of wigs. I spent all my evenings watching YouTube wig reviews. Taz (of Taz's Wig Closet) became my virtual mentor. I learned everything I could before placing my first order. However, because my first choice was on backorder, I ordered a wig that most closely matched my bio hair. (I have a pinned reel on my Instagram account called My First Wig, in which I talk about my first wig purchase.) I was lucky I chose well. However, even with that gorgeous wig, I was overwhelmed when I first put it on. My bio hair was so thin and fine that my new wig looked foreign to me. It looked too thick and bulky. But I needed time to adjust to my new reflection in the mirror. My brain literally had to accept my new appearance. I spent hours sitting in my room getting comfortable. I watched TV with my wig on, all by myself, before I ever let anyone see me wear it. I eventually gained confidence, to let my family see me in it and to then venture outside my home. For my grandson's T-Ball game, I wore my new wig and I expected everyone to stare and immediately recognize it was a wig. No one did. I felt conspicuous but I was just a woman with nice hair and no one noticed or cared. I eventually became confident enough to wear a wig to my office Christmas party. It was funny because I worked in the office that day and had boring hair and then showed up to the party with gorgeous hair. Everyone thought I went to the salon after work. But I decided before ever receiving my first wig I would tell people I wore them. I didn't want the added stress of keeping a secret. It was just easier to be open. So starting that night, I told my colleagues I had started wearing wigs in my personal life and I've never regretted it. I now wear different styles and colors to the office on days I commute. I have only experienced support.
Since then, sharing wigs has become my biggest source of joy and satisfaction. I feel I have more purpose. I help people. I am transparent about wig-wearing. If I get a compliment, I lean-in like I'm telling the biggest secret and admit I'm wearing a wig. Being open creates wig conversations. If we are to eliminate wig negativity, we need more wig conversations. We must share our experiences to open hearts and minds to wig-possibilities.

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@wighair_selfcare

I started loosing hair about 5 years ago, but it wasn’t until a year ago that my hair loss took a dramatic turn for the worse. I lost 30% of my hair over the course of a few weeks and knew it was time to see a doctor. I saw a series of doctors from my primary to a dermatologist to a rheumatologist⋯ all ordered test after test. Long story short, my doctors informed me that my body was having an autoimmune response and that it was likely my body was attacking my hair follicles. As the doctor walked me out, she looked me in the eyes and said, “you know, your hair loss isn’t THAT bad, I’ve seen worse⋯” As well meaning as those words were, they cut me like a dagger because in my mind, it undermined the grief I was experiencing related to my hair-loss.
I went home from that appointment discouraged and frustrated. That night, in my Instagram scrolling, I came across an account that highlighted alternative hair and I was completely blow away! I had no idea alternative hair could look so natural and realistic. I spent the following weeks learning as much as I could about this new world of alternative hair. I was scheduled to have a procedure in November that would cause additional hair loss on my scalp and that was when I decided, it was time to purchase my first wig!
Fast forward to today, I now have a collection of wigs and toppers that I wear daily. Toppers and wigs have been the best, and only, hair loss solution that has worked for me. Today I have even less bio hair than I did a year ago, and yet, I possess more self assurance and confidence than ever before. Now, instead of seeing my hair loss as apart of my brokenness, I see it as apart of my beauty. Now I get to help others navigate this world of hair loss and alternative hair and find hope and community. And that makes it all worth it!

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@wigswithkristina

“ My name is Kristina. I have had alopecia for over 23 years now. My alopecia was triggered by stress, I was bullied at high school and my step mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer. It was a really tough time. At 15 my hair began to fall out, it wasn’t a fast process, it took years for it to eventually fall out completely. I was diagnosed with Alopecia by a dermatologist in my late teens. At the beginning I use to wear hats to cover my hair loss. Then in my twenties I finally tried a good wig, and everything changed. I felt confident to leave my house wearing a wig, and this was a huge breakthrough for me.
I barely spoke to anyone about my alopecia, I felt unable to speak to even my friends about it. So whenever someone said to me “your hair looks nice”, I’d just smile and say “thank you”. It really has only been this year, so 23 years later that I’ve felt comfortable to tell anyone that would ask about my hair loss. This is all thanks to the hair loss community. I feel so blessed to have found such amazing women who share a similar story to me. Three months ago (in June) I uploaded my first bald photo to my Instagram page and now I hope that I can help women across the world feel a little more confident in their own skin.
My advice to anyone facing hair loss is to do what suits you. If you don’t want to tell people, that’s ok. If you need time to grieve, take it. Every single person is different in how they cope with hair loss and that’s ok. I still haven’t left my front door bald, maybe one day I will. Maybe I won’t. But that’s my choice. You do you, as they say.”

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@Kathyaaybeauty

In 2002, I had major surgery which resulted in most of my hair falling out in clumps 3 months later.
My hair loss was devastating and I wore hats to cover all the random bald spots for a couple years.

I couldn't wear hats to work, so I resorted to finding wigs. I tried toppers, halos, full head wigs in every shade from blonde to dark brown, but they were synthetic, so there was always that shiny look, giving my secret away, that it was not my own hair.
After I'd washed the synthetic wigs a few times, they took on a rat tail, tangled appearance and didn't look nice anymore.

I wore a synthetic wig for my wedding, and looking back on those photos, I am a little embarrassed. The wig was so obvious!

It wasn't until I tried my first human hair wig about 8 years ago that I truly was happy.
It looked like my own, beautiful hair.

I am 66 years old now, and while my hair has grown back, it is very thin and difficult to style. It never looks really nice naturally.

I love wearing human hair wigs on those really bad hair days or to special events. They look great after washing and look so natural!

Human hair wigs and hairpieces are definitely worth the extra money!
Good luck to all of you on this journey!

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@Life-And-Hair

Ever since I was in my 20s my hair was starting to thin. I always felt it was a very unfeminine and unflattering concept, to lose your hair as a woman. Hair reflects feminine beauty, health and fertility and losing my hair made me feel I was being robbed of my identity and attractiveness. It has been very difficult to deal with and caused me a lot of anxiety.

At first, over several years, I was able to style my hair to disguise the loss I was experiencing. However, as my hair loss progressed throughout my adult life, no matter what I did to try and stop it or slow it down, it just looked worse and worse over time. Everything I tried was doomed to fail.

When I reached peri-menopause , about 5 years ago, my hair loss got to the stage where it was very difficult, if not impossible, articularly as it was over the top of my head and right at the front hairline; no amount of fibres and sprays could help me thincken it up, I just looked drab and sad – that’s how I felt. As a result I no longer felt confident at work or when getting ready to go out with my husband or friends, I simply lost the joy of experimenting with my look, makeup and fashion

I’m not sure how I came across wigs and toppers, but gradually I started to realise the potential of how they could transform my look and mood completely. I eventually took the plunge and bought my first wig, initially wondering if I had the courage to wear her out. It took me a few days to get used to how much more hair I had on my head as I was just so used to seeing very little hair around my face. However, pretty soon I felt something was missing when I didn’t have her on.

I must admit, there was a part of me that was expecting people to immediately notice I was wearing a wig. But nobody did, not ever. In fact over the years people have been genuinely surprised to hear I was wearing a wig when I told them. So my confidence grew over time.

Now I spend my spare time promoting hair-wearing as much as I can , both online and in person. All my friends and colleagues know I wear extra hair and everyone has been very open-minded about it. I want all women to know about the joys of transforming their inner and outer selves through the beauty of wearing wigs and toppers.

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@NailsbyJols316

As a woman losing your crowning glory can be devastating! For some of us it happens as we age, or it's hereditary or even stress. For me, it wasn't as much aging as it was stress. I lost my son in 2020 and since then my hair thinned so much. Having covid twice did not help either. I'm so glad there are options like Wig She. Quality human hair that's not only beautiful but affordable!

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@shes.losing.it.sis

I used to be a person who had great hair. I wasn’t the smartest, thinnest, tallest, or prettiest, but I did have the most gorgeous natural hair. It was thick, dark, wild curly hair. Until it wasn’t anymore, and it was devastating to my self-identity and self-worth to lose it. Especially at a time in my life when I felt like I was also losing my youth and vitality. I was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata at forty-nine and the most frustrating thing about it was that my doctors couldn't find a medical issue for why I was losing my hair. So, they simply told me it must be stress. What began next was a period of extreme self-pity and a cycle of anxiety/depression that coincided with perimenopause, and every hair loss treatment you can imagine...steroid shots in my scalp, topical steroids, and antidepressants. I didn't feel like myself again until I stopped all the treatments and started wearing wigs. It was a revelation and an immediate boost to my failing self-esteem. Even though my hair is recovering now, I will never give up wearing wigs. If for no other reason than I love the freedom of getting to choose exactly how I want to look, on my own terms and without reservation or worry.

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@SpareHairLoveAffair

My name is Veronica, and I am a daily wig wearer. I have had fine, brittle hair since the birth of my children, but in my mid-forties I began to lose chunks of hair at the scalp. The hair loss was sporadic, but my life and career were stressful, the hair always grew back, and so I shrugged my shoulders, wore my hair in an updo most of the time, and didn’t pay too much attention to it.

Thyroid disease and an autoimmune disorder wreaked havoc on my body in my late forties, and almost all of my hair fell out. I buzzed what was left. I dove into the world of wigs not having a clue what I was doing, but I relied heavily on the experiences of wig sisters who had gone before me and had shared their journeys on social media and YouTube. Once the shock of seeing myself without hair wore off, I learned to enjoy the flexibility and freedom that wigs provide. I wanted to share the joy and confidence that the discovery of wigs has brought me, and so I began a YouTube channel focused upon helping others navigate the complex world of alternative hair.

I am now 51, and my bio hair has started to regrow and then fallen out again several times; it is currently in a regrowth stage, and is short, thick, coarse, and unruly—all things it has never been in my entire life. I don’t know if it will fall out again, or how long it will last, but I do know that regardless, I will continue to wear wigs daily. I will never trade the convenience, confidence, and time-saving benefits that wigs provide. Wigs help me to feel like myself again, allowing my outer appearance to match my inner spirit and personality.

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@ClassySassyManes

Hello y'all. I am Charmaine. There is autoimmune issues in my family that affects nearly every female some way or another, me included. Mine started with my hair in my mid-twenties. I had always had extremely thick black curly hair that was hard to part and see the scalp. By the time I hit 50, I had to start using hair fibers to cover my scalp because my hair just couldn't cover it any more. That helped for about three years. Then in November 2022, I caught the big C virus. After that my hair was falling out by the handfuls everytime I washed my hair. By the end of February I couldn't cover all my scalp anymore with hair fibers. There were too many bald spots all over the top and sides of my head.
At the end of February 2023, I was at my wits end with my hair. I couldn't find a topper to match my hair and I was so stressed. I had grown to hate my hair. So my stress trying to fix my hair and I could never cover my scalp anymore. I looked sick. So I started researching wigs and watching all the YouTube videos I could over and over. Finally, one day, I took the scissors to my hair and cut it all off nearly to a buzz, and didn't let anyone see me without a sleep hat for 2 days. Finally, after 2 days I called my husband into the bathroom and told him what I had done. I then showed him. He thought it was cute. He took the clippers and buzzed my hair and evened it up for me. I cried, I cried happy tears because the stress was gone. No more people looking at me like I was sick. I now can wear a wig and have hair. I can wear any color, any style, and any length. I feel free and as if the world has opened up to me. I hope and wish every woman with hair issues can find this happiness.

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@alternativehairgalore

My name is Irina and I started wearing wigs in the summer of ‘23. What initially peaked my interest was the fact that I can save time on styling my bio hair multiple times a week. From the moment I put my first wig on, I was hooked! I quickly realized how much time I am saving especially as a busy mom. Getting ready for events is no longer a lengthy process, and I know my hair will always look nice even when I am on a time crunch. Also trying on different shades within minutes is so much fun!

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@em_alopecian

I have had alopicia since I was 12. It started as a bald patch on the very top of my head, just before I started secondary school, it lasted a few months, then grew back. For most of my life, id get a bald patch or two, and they’d grow back.

6 years ago, my right eyebrow started to disappear, it was very gradual, but I got it micro-bladed and covered it up the best I could. From then it was always on my mind, that maybe this was it, maybe this was the start of all my hair falling out.

Gradually my eyebrows disappeared, and then a bald patch at the back of my head appeared and got bigger and bigger, this when I started to get tattoos in my bald patches. As my patches got bigger by beautiful tattoo artist and good friend connected them together. It’s still a work in progress, to make my head a work of art rather than something painful for me to look at.

October 22’ literally days after I got married, I decided to shave my head, this was it. It had to go as it had gotten so bad. I couldn’t cope with the handfuls of year what were falling out, it was extremely difficult to go though, my hair was everywhere, on the floor, sofa, bathroom, car. It all had to go.

My eyelashes were the last of my hair to go, I desperately wished for them to stay put , but it wasn’t meant to be.

After I shaved my head in October, it wasn’t long before I was completely bald, head to toe.

Plus side all my clothes left lovely, soft, I was soft, so smooth! No more shaving, plucking, waxing or laser. It was all gone.

As it was winter I hid under hats, to be completely honest I still do 18 months later.

Removing my hat in public is hard, but as summer rolled round I had to embrace the head.

My first school run with no hair, no hat, first day at work, yoga. It was all tough. But I did it. And it was fine. Nothing happened, no one laughed, no one pointed. Most people just go about their day. This was such a big realisation to me. I’m way more concerned about being bald than anyone else is.

I still and will probably always get the occasional comment about my head tattoos and kids like to ask my why I have no hair but that’s about it.

Looking different is tough, but we get by, we get through it. We’re strong and capable of anything.

I also want to spread alopecia awareness, make hairloss less of a stigma, as many people have never seen a bald woman before! And bald is beautiful

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@fundosbytrish8631

I am currently 52 years old and back in 2021 is when I started seeing hair loss like I had never experienced before! My hair has always been fine and thin and would not hold a style - I hated my hair! I always thought I should just wear wigs or hair extensions. Well, seems like the Universe works in mysterious ways.... In 2021 I had COVID and about 3 months later is when I first noticed my hair falling out at an alarming rate - falling out in clumps when I washed it. I wanted to cry, but I had heard that many women had experienced hair loss after having COVID, so I thought I was just one of the statistics. I had also been coloring my hair for a while, and the formula was maybe too harsh for my hair; so with all of this combined, I was losing hair by the handfuls! I started to research wigs, started watching videos' and to be honest, they looked amazing on these women! Not the wigs I knew from back in the 1980's....
I bought my first synthetic wig in February 2022 and have not looked back! I still color my bio hair and try to style it, but it's not worth it. Occasionally I will use clip in hair extensions to wear an easy updo, or base ball cap; but if I let my bio hair down it would be a NO GO!!! The wigs I wear look MUCH better than my bio hair ever could. Now I can have any hair style and color that I want, and not have to worry about damaging my own bio hair.
I just have to give a shout out to all of the wig specialists and vendors that are out there today, like WigShe! Without their knowledge and eye for trends and I am not sure the "wig world" would have progressed as much as it has over the years - especially since wigs can be now worn with confidence as a "fashion accessory" as opposed to being just a solution to a medical condition; and that is what is fun and beings so much confidence to women now days!

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@getwiggywithbrea

I first started losing my hair in 2018 after the birth of my first son. It started growing back but fell out again after the birth of my next two children. After the third, it started coming back but then fell out with vengeance. After some digging I found out that I had an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss and other symptoms. I felt so alone and thought other women are likely feeling this way. Through finding wigs that increase my confidence and sharing my story, I've been able to gain back the confidence I used to have and then some. The freedom to change your look at the drop of a hat is a powerful thing and I will be forever grateful to wigs for that.

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@itsme_corinnie

When I initially started losing my hair I was devastated. I cried so many times at the thought of losing it all. I tried treatment after treatment, nothing worked & every time I thought ‘this might be the one’ I was left feeling really deflated. It took me almost two years to come to terms with the fact I may never get my hair back. Then I discovered wearable hair in the form of toppers & wigs. I just know this will give me the confidence I need, to not have to think about it every second of every day. Knowing my wearable hair will always be there is so comforting!

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@Itsnaomita

My name is Naomi and I was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago. I knew going into treatment, I was going to lose most or all of my hair because of the medications. It was inevitable but scary. As someone who has always loved my long hair, this was devastating to me. I would no longer have my hair, a part of who I am and something that made me feel beautiful. Since then, I’ve had short hair as it’s been growing back after treatment but it’s just not the same. Using wigs has given me a part of who I am back. I can feel beautiful and like myself when I use a wig. It makes me feel normal again, like my old self. I’ve since had to go back on a medication that makes my hair fall out again and as I deal with this disease, I am grateful that I can easily pop on a wig, style it how I want, and switch up hair colours when I want to feel like myself still and have confidence as I navigate my health journey. Now it’s one less thing to worry about!

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@jayme.eileen

My hair loss started almost 3 years ago-- I went through all the typical feelings of denial, and then the panic and sadness set in. Looking back now, my loss was not even that bad for the first year, but I remember I was SO incredibly self-conscious. I truly thought I would never feel like myself again.... I missed being able to easily put my hair in a pony tail and go! But the funny thing is, though my hair loss has gotten worse, I've actually grown more confident about it. I do still prefer to conceal it as best as possible and recently I've been starting to explore alternative hair-- I love the idea of being able to not only cover my loss, but maybe even have my hair look BETTER than what it did before the loss started! I still have good days and bad, and I know I will always secretly hope that my hair will grow back, but I don't let it consume me anymore. It does take time and I just hope that by sharing my story, I can help other women who are mourning the loss of their hair by showing them that there is still hope of feeling confident and comfortable with how you look.

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@jennvonhagen

I've never considered myself as having "thick hair" - but, I had loads of fine hai and always enjoyed modern haircuts. I was never a "long hair" girl, but mid length or a little past my shoulders was the norm. My hair started thinning after my second child around age 39. Once I hit perimenopause that's when the real thinning started. Shortly after hormone therapy my testosterone was a little high and my hair started falling out more aggressively. It finally got to the point that I needed to cut it very short, as I felt insecure with my inability to 'style' it. I decided to give my hair a year break with no heat, and no coloring - that's when I started looking into alternative hair. I have found that I love the simplicity and easy routine of popping on a wig and just enjoying a great hair day. It's easier than I thought it would be, and my only fear - that people would know - turned out to be nothing to worry about. People only know I have a wig on if I choose to tell them (which I usually do, because it's fun!) Hope this helps anyone else going through hair loss - you are NOT alone. Most of the time when I share that I'm wearing a wig, the lady I'm speaking to will ask where to get one too :)

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@juliecollins2696

Dealing with hair loss was initially challenging, but embracing wigs allow me to express different styles effortlessly. It has become a creative outlet and, surprisingly, boosted my confidence by providing a sense of control over my appearance. Wearing wigs has been a transformative experience for me.

By openly sharing my journey with wigs, I've inspired others to embrace this alternative and witness the positive impact it can have on self-esteem. Encouraging them to see it as a chance to explore diverse styles and regain confidence can truly be a life-changing experience. Embrace the beauty in this reality and let it empower you and those around you.

My mission is to be a source of support for individuals facing hair loss, showcasing the transformative power of wigs in boosting confidence and self-image. I aim to share my experience, offer guidance on choosing wigs, and create a supportive community that helps others navigate their journey with hair loss with strength and grace. Together, we can redefine beauty standards and empower one another.

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@JustCorinna1125

I started losing my hair about 10 years ago, as I had an un-diagnosed Autoimmune disease, I just blamed it on hormones and getting older lol, but as my disease got worse so did my hair loss
I went from shak on fibers, pixie cuts, and fake buns to finally just shaving it off and wearing wigs (the truth is my hair has never looked better now, with the wigs lol )
I wore hate for most of the last 10 years due to not knowing how to style such fine and thin hair, I believe my bio-hair density is at about 45-55% now

Now, I have loads of confidence ( you'd be surprised by the natural energy one gets from that kind of confidence! ), I love going out, have not worn a hat for months! and I don't miss it, This may sound cliche
but I really wish I had made this decision years sooner than at age 43, I feel younger, more energetic, and loads more confident! Shaving my head , wearing wigs or wearing my new haircut ( now that it's growing in a bit) was the best choice for me!

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@MindMadeUp

In 2019, I decided to grow out my natural grey hair, and never felt the need to go back until I became a mom. Since having twins and dealing with postpartum hair regrowth, my urge to change up my hair has been strong. Wigs have never worked for me in the past. They’ve been too tangly and ill-fitting, but Wigshe has changed my perspective. My wig looks so natural, and feels incredible. I would have loved this as an option while I was growing out my hair too! Now I can switch up my look, without going back to harsh dyes. It’s a win-win.

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@sparkles_intheworld

I was born with thin, fine hair and have always struggled with making my hair look full. From perms and hot rollers to short styles now I wear wigs so that I have the hair I love all the time. Wearing alternative hair is a journey and involves a steep learning curve. Not everyone will be as happy as you are that you are looking and feeling amazing more of the time. Change is hard for those around us. Wigshe gave me this beautiful 100% Remy Human hair wig. This is my first human hair wig and I love it. Super soft and I can use heat tools on the hair to style it. If you haven't tried Wigshe you should.
I love my wig journey and have finally found my “super power” and confidence through wig wearing. My passion is making “wig wearing” an acceptable accessory. Wearing a wig no longer means you’re ill or fighting a disease. We can and should empower eachother to be the best version of ourselves no matter the condition of our hair.
Wigs have given me that extra confidence and so much joy when I see the beautiful woman looking back at me in my reflection.

I never imagined at 61 years old I’d find joy in hair! I workout, eat well, take great care of my skin and the only thing I can not impact with all of my hard work is my thin, fine hair. Wigs have “completed” my hard work!

I am grateful for Wigshe. The wig you gave me is stunning. It’s my first human hair wig and definitely “levels up” my wig collection. Thank you!

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@the_wig_warrior

Hi! My name is Ann, and I am a mom, sister and daughter of an incredibly supportive family. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer 18 months ago. I felt sorry for myself for approximately the first 3 weeks after diagnosis. I was scared and grieving my life, especially the terrifying prospect of leaving my family. All I wanted to do was hold on to who I was. The first thing that made me feel like I was losing “me” was when chemotherapy treatments greatly damaged my hair. My hair started breaking off at the root and became brittle like wire. I didn’t recognize myself in the mirror anymore and I couldn’t stop the tears whenever I looked at myself. To my surprise, cancer couldn’t break me⋯.I quickly discovered that I have an unbreakable spirit! I woke up one day and decided that I refuse to die while I am still alive. Wigs help me to maintain a sense of normalcy for me and my family⋯and to hold on to who I was before I had cancer. Since wearing wigs, sometimes it’s easy to forget that I have a terminal illness because I still look like me!! Every morning when I get up and put on my makeup and hair, it helps me to start the day with positivity and hope. I’m able to get up, just breathe and keep going! I decided that cancer is only part of my story. Wearing wigs is the chapter in my story about unexpected silver linings⋯where I turned a negative experience into a positive transformation.

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@when.will.it.stop.falling.out

Hello, I have scarring alopecia that affects the front sections of my hair line. When I was first told I had alopecia by the dermatologist I was shocked as I hadn't heard of scarring alopecia before and I felt alone and didn't know where to turn to. After a few months of feeling hopeless, I found that Instagram had a wonderful hair loss community and I have been welcomed with open arms. I have enjoyed having people I can chat with who understand what I'm going through. Having my Instagram account has 100% helped me accept the hair I have lost.

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@wig_diaries

I have always had thin/fine hair. One of my body's stress responses is shedding. The first time this happened to me was around the age of 10. I lost a large amount of hair due to a difficult situation and unfortunately, only some of it grew back. As a teenager I learned tricks to make my hair appear fuller. I found my hairloss easier to hide if I kept my hair short so that's what I did. As an adult, I experienced another shedding when my children were born. Most women go through this as new moms, but very little of mine grew back. As I moved into my late 30s, I sought help from a dermatologist. They put me on some medications to help with my hairloss. After a couple of years, I didn't notice a big difference so I stopped taking the medication. I experienced a big shed shortly after. I don't think the medicine was helping me grow hair, but I do think it was slowing down my loss. When I turned 40, my husband started encouraging me to buy a wig. I was managing my thinning hair, but he suggested I have one to wear around the house and experiment with so if I decided to try wigs in the future, I would be more comfortable with them. I purchased my first wig when I was 41. It felt terrible. I tried it on, not knowing anything about them, and was so discouraged. I put it in the closet and didn't take it out again for many months. Later that year, I stumbled across the women's hairloss community on Instagram. I watched reel after reel. I spent hours on YouTube. After a couple of months of observing, I felt ready to pull out the wig out of my closet. It was a hard first step to take, but I knew it was right for me. It turns out, it has been one of the best things I've done for myself. I wish I would have started earlier!

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@BigWigBetsy

I'm going to be completely vulnerable and transparent and fill you in on what I've been experiencing the last few years. My hair started thinning after I had my 2 boys. In 2020, my hair became even thinner due to Covid. I already had really fine thin hair and dealing with this was very frustrating. Fast forward to November of 2022 when I was diagnosed as critically anemic. After 2 blood transfusions and 3 rounds of iron infusions, I gradually started to feel better but the damage had already been done and I was still losing my hair. It was a mess! Who knew that anemia would cause hair loss? I thought to myself, "Women wear hair extensions, artificial nails, eyelash extensions, Botox, eyebrow tattoos, and lip fillers, etc. so what's the difference for me to wear this accessory if it would make me feel good?!" when I finally got the nerve to go try wigs at the local store - and, after the initial shock of seeing myself in the mirror with beautiful hair - I was immediately sold! I purchased my first wig that day. I then asked myself, "Why in the world did you wait so long?!" Now, I've embraced it and I'm hooked! Alternative hair has helped me be more secure with myself and gives me the freedom to change my hair style and color every day if I want to! It's really so much fun! I'm not writing this to make you feel sorry for me. It took me a while but I'm no longer self-conscious and don't really care what other people think about it because it makes me feel better about myself. I am more confident in my appearance and strong in my belief that I am loved just as I am....with or without hair! Thankfully, I'm blessed to have a super supportive husband who has been so sweet every step of the way. My goal is to help other women who may be experiencing hair loss for any reason or going through a similar struggle. I hope to encourage you, inspire you, and lift you up. I'm happy to give women tips and help you through a difficult decision to try alternative hair! Believe me, I was scared and timid and now it's so fun and enjoyable! Just remember to give yourself some grace! ~Betsy
@bigwigbetsy

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@elleshaircorner

My hair started thinning in my late teenage years. By the time I hit my twenties, it was noticeable enough that I sought out consultation resulting in a formal androgenetic alopecia diagnosis. Fast forward to building a family, my hair loss became even worse after each of my pregnancies and never quite recovered. When my second child was born, I caught a glimpse of my scalp in a photo mu friend took of me holding him. It was at that time I started researching alternative hair options so that I could spend more time focusing on my family and less time stressing over my hair. Toppers were a game changer in helping me rebuild my confidence and my newfound hope inspired me to share my hair loss journey on social media.

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@evelknieevee

Losing my hair to Androgenetic Alopecia has been one of the most challenging experiences of my life, but it has also become a journey of self-discovery and resilience. When I first noticed the thinning patches in my early 20s, it felt like a wave of fear and uncertainty about my identity and appearance. I covered it up for years with sprays and extensions. However, finding wigs in my late 30s after two babies and the end of a toxic relationship totally transformed not just my look, but also my outlook on life. Each wig allowed me to express a new facet of my personality, helping me to reclaim my confidence and sense of self. Giving the grace I needed to enjoy my new shaved head look for life. The support and understanding I received from the wig community has been invaluable, reminding me that beauty is not confined to a head of hair but radiates from within. Today, I wear my wigs as a crown of courage, embracing every strand as a testament to my strength and journey.

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@fakehairqueen

The wigshehair is absolutely stunning. When I first saw it, tears welled up in my eyes. My natural hair is dark brown, but five years ago, I went to a highly reputable salon to get blonde highlights. Long story short, my hair got fried and half of it broke off. I was so devastated that I didn't want to leave my house and even quit my job. Since my hair was blonde, I started using blonde hair toppers. The quality was poor, but I didn't know any better at the time. I went through several toppers, spending nearly $2400, but it helped restore my confidence.

In January, I bought my first wig from a pop-up shop in Miami. It was from a highly reputed company and cost $2400. It took three months to receive it as it was custom-made and not in stock. I loved it and wore it daily until I received your hair in the mail for half the price. The quality of your product is outstanding, and the movement and the light brown highlights are just amazing. It made me feel like myself again.

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@tindeniini

I have always had long but very fine hair. I first started losing my hair after the birth of my first son. I cut a bob, so my hair didn't look terribly thin, and I could manage somehow. Then my hair started to thin even more about 5 years ago. I went to my hairdresser to get some hair extensions to make my hair thicker and fuller. But it was a disaster; the extensions just fell out along with my own hair. Then I had a very big problem because I was competing in fitness competitions. I cried to my hairdresser about what my competition would look like with very thin hair and what kind of competition hairstyle she could make. She told me about hair toppers and where I could get one. That's when I started to use toppers, and I got my confidence back. Since 2019, I have been wearing a topper or a wig in every fitness competition until I retired from competing in the summer of 2023.

I have an autoimmune disease, hypothyroidism, which is probably the reason I am losing my hair. I have also been to a dermatologist, and she found no other reason for my hair loss. When my hair started falling out, I felt ashamed, lonely with my problem, and afraid, so I started to search for information and support. I found people on Instagram talking about their hair loss, and I also found wig reviews. I had to face the fact that I'll never get my hair back and that I have to accept it. Now, I use wigs and toppers every day. At the end of 2023, I thought I also wanted to talk about hair loss and normalize wig and topper wearing. Now I am happy with my toppers and wigs; losing hair is not the end of the world!

Regards,
Tiina Niinimäki

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@_wigwearingforbeginners

I, like many women, have experienced hairloss post childbirth. The stress of pregnancy, and motherhood (of 2 young boys, 26 months apart) really seemed to speed up the process.

I actually began to notice my loss in 2019, seeing old pictures of myself, I knew I had a problem- I started using cover up powder to try and conceal the sparse areas.

This only worked so long. In 2021. I decided to plunge into alternative hair. I tried a topper, but it was not a match with my weird textured bio hair, so I returned it. A few months later I started researching wigs , and the rest is history. I own over 20 wigs and see no stopping.

Alternative hair has given me confidence, strength and a newfound awareness for life.

My hair does not determine my worth. But wigs make me look, and feel good about myself.

And wigs are very much a fashion accessory now for me, just like makeup and nail color or clothes.

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@fakehairmama7104

I have 2 autoimmune conditions and a family history of hair thinning in my mom and grandmother. I have had complete hair loss for the past 3 ½ years. I have spent a lot of time and money trying to get my hair back. I have come to realize my hair is not coming back anytime soon:( I wish I had discovered wigs MUCH sooner, I am having so much fun! I can wear whatever hair I feel like wearing that day! Wigs have been such a game changer for me. They have restored my confidence especially when going out in public. The best compliment is getting a compliment on “my hair”.

I started my channel to help support others who are experiencing hair loss.

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@rachellegrabs

Hi, my name is Rachelle, and my wig journey began in 2020, when I was in my early 50’s. My hair had been gradually thinning from AGA; however, I got extremely ill due to some genetic issues that suddenly triggered five auto immune diseases, which I ended up having several surgeries, found myself on oxygen full-time, and fighting for my life. During this time, I lost a lot of hair.

Hair loss along with serious health issues was insult to injury. I was devastated by my hair loss but being so ill I could only focus on getting better. Once I got my health under control, I started exploring wigs, to get back what I had lost. ME.

It was a long journey, through many synthetic wigs, before realizing that human hair wigs were a game changer. I am happier than ever as my real hair never looked this good. I also love being able to change up my look.

Now I spend much of my time helping other women on their wig journey. It is something I enjoy doing and has definitely been the silver lining for me, in my situation.

Wearing wigs are a journey and based on my firsthand experiences I would like to try to help shorten for others, so women can get to the best part, where they feel like themselves again.

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@meat-n-taterswigreviews2023

Hi, I am Beki from Meat-n-Taters Wig Reviews (YouTube and Facebook). I have experienced hair loss for the past few years. At first I wore hair toppers but now have transitioned to mostly wigs. I find wigs can be quite comfortable and I really love never having a bad hair day.
Good luck in your wig journey.

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@michellerovedatti

When I was diagnosed the second time with Anal Cancer I was told that the drugs (chemo) would cause my hair to fall out, fairly quickly after I started treatment. I at the time had fairly long hair. I decided I would cut my hair to my shoulders (shaggy bob). I had a few weeks to allow myself to “plan” for my next battle & hair loss. I told myself that being bald wouldn’t be horrible, I could wear big earrings & big sunnies to help me feel done up & creative.
Once my hair was falling out in globs I opted to have my four kids and husband shave it all off. I didn’t think I would cry but I did. A lot. Once we all got over the shock factor & the reality of my illness I began liking my new hair style.
It gets old being bald though so I started buying wigs to help me feel “normal”.

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@stephanieyvonnebird

I started losing my hair when I was 19. It was very gradual. Unfortunately, androgenic alopecia runs in the family. As I got into my mid 20's it was noticeable enough I tried to do something about it. I tried rogaine, expensive shampoos, lots of supplements and even a drug. Nothing so far has worked.I tried styling my hair in different ways to cover my thinnest areas. It really affected my confidence. I liked the way I looked but would always feel uneasy when I looked in the mirror and could see my scalp. Almost 4 years ago I started wearing hair toppers and wogs. The minute I stepped outside wearing the pieces I felt so confident and liked looking at my whole head in the mirror! I love my invisible lace wig from Wigshe. I feel so feminine wearing it. The hair looks like its actually growing out of my scalp! If you are feeling unsure about whether you should wear a wig or hair piece, all I can say is that I wish I started earlier!

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@Heydoyoulikemyhair

My name is Doreen and I am a daily wig wearer. In 2010 I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. In 2022 my medication changed and I started losing my hair in large amounts and I ended up losing almost all of it. I was an emotional wreck and very self-conscious of the large balding areas on my head. I live in a very rural area and there are no wigs stores for miles and no where to go for advice about wig wearing. So after researching wig buying with the help of my hairdresser and a very supportive family and work family, I ordered and wore my first wig.
At first I was very self-conscious and very unsure if I would be able to wear one all day everyday. I eventually came across a wig reviewer on social media and started learning the ins and outs of wigs. I joined a wig support group on social media and became more and more confident with each wig I bought and wore.
I now consider myself a wig addict and have made it my mission in life to normalize wig wearing and to help anyone who wants or needs a wig feel secure and confident. I feel confident and beautiful while wearing a wig and can’t imagine my life without a wig in it.

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@LifeofPaolah

In January of 2023 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and with that diagnosis came a lot of firsts. One of those firsts was losing my hair completely. Losing my hair, losing my eyelashes, losing my eyebrows. When I was told that I would be losing my hair, I tried to prepare as much as possible for this and gradually cut my hair shorter and shorter up until a buzz cut. Throughout the process I purchased a few wigs that I could wear on days where I either missed having my hair or for times where I wanted to have fun with hair and try a new look. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a wig that I absolutely love which is why I have been researching many wig companies and trying to find which would be the best purchase and investment. I know that countless other women are in the same boat as me.

I found a lot of power in being bald and embracing my hair loss, but I would be lying if I said that I did not miss the "old me" or miss being able to curl my hair or wear it up in a cute ponytail. A lot of loss comes with a cancer diagnosis. I am now in remission and 9 months post-chemotherapy. I have had fun with the pixie cut and even dyed my hair pink and most recently, got a buzz cut so that I can start the process of growing out my hair again. I think the most challenging part that comes with growing out your hair post-chemo or post-hair loss, is that your hair will go through some very awkward phases. I have reached points where I just did not know how to style my hair and that in turn affected my self-esteem. I just want to feel like me. I think that the right wig can deliver that confidence and self-esteem boost!

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@strandless_in_seattle

My hair was so incredibly thick as a young child that it was kind of a nuisance. Crazy to say that now. Lol. When I was 19 I actually had a hairdresser complain that she should charge me extra for my haircut because my hair was so thick. Around the age of 21 I noticed my hair thinning. At first I was kind of happy because it was easier to style. That quickly changed and I had a more and more difficult time styling around the thin areas on my crown. I was diagnosed with androgenic alopecia.
I tried many different topical treatments and shampoos. I even went for a consultation for a hair transplant service but was told that it wouldn’t be effective for my type of hair loss.
I felt pretty self conscious about it and lost even more hair after the birth of each of my two children.
I happened to come across a reel on Instagram showing a human hair topper and I immediately sent it to my best friend and said I need this!!
It has taken trial and error but I have become much more confident wearing both wigs and toppers and I haven’t looked back. I felt beautiful and non self conscious in my wedding last Summer. I love helping other women find the confidence to shine in their alternative hair.

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@TerriWheatMakeupTribe

I’ve had fine hair my whole life, but in my 40s, I lost my parents, had Covid multiple times, and went into full menopause, losing a lot of hair with each event. There is also hair loss in my family and my dermatologist explained that those genetics can be passed down, regardless of whether the relatives are male or female. They present differently, but hair loss genes can be passed down to both. Who doesn't have a grandpa or uncle or dad with hair loss? I didn’t have much to lose, so the hair loss was alarming. Supplements didn’t work (Minoxidil helped some), but thank God there are options! Hair loss can be devastating and emotional. Alternative hair is scary for women, scary for beginners, and is intimidating to learn all the tips and tricks. Wigshe is the 1st lace front wig I’ve tried (outside of costume wigs) and I was pleasantly surprised with the quality, comfort and ease of the wig. Most women will experience noticeable hair loss during or after menopause, but everyone deserves to feel beautiful and confident, regardless of what life has thrown at her! Hair loss can literally happen to anyone, very often even those blessed with thick hair. People get braces and contacts, hair and lash extensions. We need to normalize alternative hair as just another tool to help women feel beautiful and confident. And modern wigs have come so far, they’re a great option for women, even with a full head of hair, for fast, easy, perfect hair every day with no damage to your own. Thank you Wigshe for supporting women in their beauty journey! - Terri Wheat

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@elle.e.u

In 2021, I was diagnosed with a super rare blood disorder called Aplastic Anaemia. I started to lose my hair a year after my successful treatment, due to complications. I always knew I might lose my hair, but for it to happen a year after my treatment was quite difficult to cope with.
My hair started falling out very quickly to the point I shaved my head only a few months after it began. I tried to hide it with headscarf’s but my hair loss was too much to cover. My confidence was at an all time low. I was very eager to shave it off, as soon as I did I felt so empowered and beautiful.
I started to follow other women with hair loss on social media and felt seen and part of the community. All of these women look so beautiful with or with a wig. I didn’t realise how beautiful a bald head was until now. I’ve learnt to accept my hair loss and I now wear wigs to enhance my beauty, but I am also comfortable without a wig.

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@chronically_jem

At the age of 5, my mum discovered some patchy areas in my hair whilst getting me ready for school. Over a short period, these patches grew larger and eventually she took me to see a specialist who then diagnosed me with Alopecia Areata. Growing up with hair loss came with a lot of challenges and low points but after having my children; I decided it was time to take back control. I’ve finally learnt to love myself from the inside out and can honestly say, I’m glad that I have been through what I’ve been through. It’s been a bumpy ride, but it sure as hell has made me a stronger person! The day I decided to accept myself for who I am, I became free. And I’ve never looked back!

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@alopecia.em

I first lost my hair when I was around 6, I was lucky enough that it grew back but wigs weren’t an option then. Last year I started to lose my hair again, I knew if it happened again I would shave it all off, so I did. It took me a while to accept the new me and it was an emotional rollercoaster but fast forward a year and I’ve genuinely never been more confident. I’ve always struggled with the way I look but losing my hair definitely made me realise that there’s more to life than looks. At the same time wearing wigs is so fun, I can change my style every day, my natural hair has never been as nice as what a wig can be which brings a whole new level of confidence ❤️

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@healthwithhannah_thebaldpt

Hey, I’m Hannah and this is my hair loss story. Around two years ago, I started noticing patches. This very quickly progressed and within the space of two weeks I lost all of my hair. This was completely traumatising, overwhelming and destroyed my self-esteem.

After finding an amazing Alopecia community online, I found ways to make myself feel better. I learnt so much and now wear some gorgeous wigs.

Like with anything, I had to take time to heal and adjust but if it wasn’t for finding alternative hair solutions (wigs) I would not have the confidence to go outside, go back to work, socialise and do any of the things that I used to.

I am continuing to learn how to live with hair loss. Time really does heal

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@jensgotawig

As a female with hair loss for 10 years, I struggled with feeling attractive. I wanted to have thick and full hair like other women. I felt very alone since nobody else around me was going through this. I secretly used hair powder to fill in areas of overly exposed scalp. I didn’t want anyone to know. It became so overwhelming when the exposed scalp increased. I came to the realization that I would someday NEED wigs. I finally decided I wanted to take control of the situation and buy my first wig. The more I explored all the wig options, the more I became comfortable with them. My first human hair wig was from Wigshe. I bought one that would look like my bio hair so it wouldn’t be noticeable to others. I felt sooo pretty and confident! I looked my age again or even younger. Now, I announce it to anyone and everyone that I wear wigs and never felt better!

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@d_wears_hair

My bio hair was never my favorite attribute. Yes, it served its purpose. I always took care well care of it, but it was never anything I could rave about. In 2018 I had a medical issue that resulted in me having a total hysterectomy and that just completely changed my relationship with my hair. The texture changed, it began to shed.
I was quietly fighting a battle that I honestly didn’t believe I could win. I spent countless hours researching anything/everything I could about restoring hair. One day it just hit me !
If my hair was never anything that I completely loved about myself, why was I trying to “restore” it. That’s when I began looking into alternative hair. The rest is history! Once I put on my first alternative piece, I was hooked! Terrified, but definitely hooked. I know there is still a lot to learn but boy am I here for it ❤️❤️

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@Hailyswigcloset

Hi, I'm Haily
My story is a lot different than most women's. Though I have experienced some hairloss throughout my postpartum after birthing 5 children and coping with the loss of 1. My hair has thankfully recovered.
Starting from a very young age I always told my mom "My Hair Hurts" she thinking I was just young and being a typical child never gave it much attention and assured me it wasn't my hair. Throughout my whole life, I've experienced pain associated with my hair. The more it grew, the pain grew as well. Shortly after birthing my last child and having my postpartum hairloss recover, I started getting frequent headaches and noticed the pain slowly coming back. It's like my hair recovers and comes back 10x thicker. To the point that my hair follicle hurts my head. One night I was talking to my mom telling her. My hair hurt of corse she said "you've always said that" I replied "no it feels like I'm being punched in the head or having my hair pulled." The pain had gotten to the point it was unbearable for me. I've tried everything I could think of at this point. My Mom suggested I go to the dr to see what's happening. That's when I decided to shave my head. I knew it wasn't inside of my head. I knew it was my hair, causing me this excruciating pain. That's when I slowly started cutting my hair, and as it got shorter, the pain instantly began to lessen. To this day, I choose to keep my head shaved as short as I can so that I can be pain-free and live my life to the fullest. I hope my story will help inspire other women, maybe going through something similar. There is hope and wigshe. Human hair has given me my confidence and being able to wear my hair up in a bun the same way I did when I had bio hair. Thank you, wigshe. I absolutely love the wig you've made me.

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@myalopecia_journey

A year ago I discovered a bald patch at the back of my head, I wasn’t too worried to start off with as I’d had a coin sized patch appear the year before and it quickly grew back. As time went on, more and more hair was falling out and the areas of no hair grew bigger. I knew from the moment I was diagnosed with alopecia that my journey of acceptance would be the most important.

Looking in the mirror and not recognising your own reflection is painful and watching the changes evolve is a daily struggle. The self hatred, negative thoughts and sadness is overwhelming but, you have to pick yourself up.

Alopecia is a difficult condition to navigate and acceptance has no time frame. I’ve found sharing my journey and expressing myself with headbands/wraps, makeup, hairpieces and wigs encourages a more positive outlook.

I continue with my acceptance journey whilst living with alopecia but, I have found there are more days now where I’m comfortable with the changes to my appearance!

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@hair.goes.nothing

My name’s Naomi, I’m 27 and have been experiencing hair loss now for about 10 years. My hair loss is androgenic alopecia, also known as female pattern hair loss. As someone who spent her whole childhood being told I had the most gorgeous curls, the thinning and loss of my hair meant I lost so much of my identity, and it’s still something I struggle so much with. I look in the mirror and I don’t recognise myself! I have loss across my whole crown and hairline, and my hair has become thin and limp. It’s taken a long time to come to terms with my hair loss, after enduring endless doctors tests to find the cause and trying so many treatments which never worked. After so many years, I’m finally in a position where I feel confident experimenting with wigs as a way of giving me back control over my hair.

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@glitter.and.hair

Until I was 25, I never gave my hair a second thought. It was long and dark, and put up with whatever I threw at it. I didn't even know female hairloss was a thing that could happen...especially not to me.

I remember the exact moment when I realized my hair was thinning. I went to throw my hair in a clip that I hadn't worn in a month or so...and it slid out if my hair immediately. What followed was a decade of denial, heartbreak, and tears. I tried every supplement, miracle shampoo, scalp oil, and hair regrowth product I could find; but to no avail. It was soul crushing and humiliating...until I found wigs.

Wigs opened up a whole new world of confidence and joy. Wigs made me feel like the person I was supposed to be. I am more confident now than ever, and it's all thanks to alternative hair.

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@fakehair_dntcare

2 weeks after my 30th birthday my husband noticed the first bald spot in the back of my head . I didn’t know what was happening at that time . I just hit the bald spot and continued life.

however over the next few months, the bald spots took over my entire head to the point I had to shave. My first was from Amazon and I was so self-conscious overtime. I accepted my reality and started loving myself for me, knowing that true beauty comes from within. I have been on my journey for two years now, and helping others, find their peace in the wig world .

since then I’ve been able to help so many ladies that are going through hair loss for one reason or another. When WigShe reached out to me, I was blown away.

so excited to be part of such an awesome community. The hair WigShe custom makes is top of the line . I can’t wait to show the world That a good wig can change everything. If you were going through hair loss, please know you will get your life back and your confidence! Try WigShe let them custom make a piece for you.

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@baldie_rocks

My hair loss journey started with 2 bald patches which appeared in August 2023, 6 weeks before my wedding. By December I’d lost every hair on my head. By January 2024, every hair on my body

The speed of going from alopecia areata, to alopecia totalis to alopecia universalis was shocking. The fear and trauma over that period were quite indescribable. Feelings of grief at literally losing myself, along with my hair. Losing my personal identity, my confidence and everything that goes with it. Then there’s the anxiety, worrying every day if it will get worse, being scared to leave the house in case people notice, or comment or stare. Feeling isolated, feeling like no one understands, feeling scared. It’s a huge tangle of complex negative emotions that only someone who has experienced it can ever understand which is why the online alopecia community is so important.

At first I didn’t know how to present myself to the world. I tried a few local wig shops but the synthetic wigs looked fake and old fashioned to me so I chose to rock my bald head most of the time. It was only once I invested in a quality human hair wig that I found I could look and feel like the old me again. Or the old me with the hair I always wanted! Now I choose each day whether I want hair or no hair, in the same way I choose make up or no make up. I think it’s quite liberating once you get to that stage! And if I can get there, anyone can!

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@thehairhoneys

Covid brought me sickness and left me with half of the hair I had prior. Like many others, I suffered from the long Covid effect of hair loss. I felt like I woke up one day with half of my hair suddenly gone, taking with it a piece of my identity. The experience was jarring, leaving me grappling with an altered self-image. To aid healing emotionally from this personal crisis, I found strength talking with others. The wig community has become my new home, my safe place—a collective that accepted me with open arms and offered a path to reinvention and self-expression. Through the love and support of these amazing women, I gained more than just a means to camouflage hair loss; I found an empowering platform to reclaim my confidence and redefine beauty on my own terms. This experience has reshaped me in profound ways, uniting me with an extraordinary group of individuals who turn adversity into a shared journey of resilience and creativity.

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@nicolehasalopecia

Around 10 years ago I started noticing thinning hair and tried everything from fibers to clip ins to extensions to toppers and as my hairloss progressed, I started wearing wigs. I've been wearing wigs full time for over 4 years now and although it was hard at first to see myself with different hair, I now love wigs! I experimented with both human hair and synthetic wigs, trying out various colors to find out what I felt suited me best. Wearing wigs has helped me embrace my hair loss and has restored my confidence. Most recently, I've been wearing lace front, lace top, human hair wigs and they are my favorite. They feel the most natural against my skin and I really love the longevity. The advice I would give anyone experiencing hair loss is to reach out to those in the community with your questions and fears, don't go through this alone! There are so many of us going through this and having a community is essential to not losing your entire sense of self in the process.

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@buzzing

My name is Nicole and all through growing up I had relatively thin hair but really started noticing more drastic thinning around 2017. I started wearing my hair in different ways over the next several years either wearing it up all the time so people could not tell as much, cutting it shorter and shorter, and parting in different ways to cover more thinned out areas. I tried supplements, different shampoos and conditioners, diet changes, got my hormones tested and then I finally ended up going to a dermatologist and getting diagnosed with androgenic alopecia. At this point, I tried any treatment I could find such as steroid shots and laser treatments and minoxidil, and nothing seemed to really help. I ended up taking a trip hours away to purchase a customized topper as the majority of my thinning was on the top of my scalp. I wore the topper a few times and was devastated when it looked so unnatural because my hair was too thin to blend in with the topper. I got bangs cut into the topper by a local hairstylist I trusted, and that really helped my confidence and ability to wear it since it hid my hairline. This was my first journey into alternative hair since my hair was always too thin to even try extensions. After a while, I ended up buying a wig off of Amazon and wore it here and there to become more comfortable with the idea of alternative hair. About two years later, I was at a very low point after feeling like there was no hope for my biological hair and decided to solely wear full wigs moving forward. So I bought one human hair wig, and wore that pretty much everywhere I went for the better part of a year and then that summer I went out in public with my bio hair, thinking it looked pretty good that day and ended up seeing a picture of myself where my full scalp was basically exposed unbeknownst to me. I was devastated that my hair loss had gotten that bad and realized it was time to take control over the situation for myself. I ended up buzzing my hair off completely in the summer of 2022. I was so grateful because I have such amazing support system and I was immediately relieved from this decision. Buzzing my hair was the best thing I’ve ever done for myself and I am immensely happier without the weight of my hair loss being at the center of my mind. Now I wear wigs on a regular basis, but also love rocking my natural buzz cut look! I’m so grateful that I have been able to accept that hair loss does not define me and help others understand that it’s okay to be different and embrace and love your self.

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@abby_wigs_out

My hair began thinning in my 20's, and accelerated after I had kids. I used makeup and hair fibers to try to disguise it the best I could. By the time my youngest was 4, I couldn't hide it anymore. I started wearing hair toppers, and did that for about 12 years. The only people who knew were my husband, my mom, my hair stylist, and 2 of my best friends. At 45 years old, I no longer had enough hair to clip toppers onto, and my scalp was so sensitive that I couldn't stand to wear them anymore. I dove head-first into wigs (quite literally LOL), and wish I would have done it sooner! I have found the most amazing and supportive wig-wearing community. I've started to tell the people I see most often, and am gaining the courage to start opening up to more people as I embrace the confidence wigs are giving me! I want to educate and support other women who are going through a similar experience.

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@dearalopecia_

When I was 14, I had to fight cancer, leukemia. I beat it, but I didn't come out unscathed. The chemotherapy destroyed my scalp and changed my hair type. From thick and full, it became very fine and sparse. The more the years went by, the more I lost my hair, in a rather diffuse way. I felt alone ans ashamed. After years of battling with specialists to understand what was going on, the verdict was in and the word alopecia entered my life.
That's when I decided to fight to get my hair back, through various treatments. But this was not without consequences for my health, and I'll never get my hair back the way it was. It took me a long time to realize this, and even though it was hard at the time, it gave me an option to see the light again by wearing wigs. I've found a way to feel myself again, powerful and liberated thanks to wigs, and I even get to discover a new part of myself and have fun changing my head whenever I want without having to go through bleaching, coloring, the hairdresser etc. What fun! I've also come to understand that femininity isn't defined by our hair. Femininity comes out in so many ways, and especially in the way we choose!

Deciding to wear wigs was a lifesaver for my mental health, at a time when I really needed it, but it also really helped me understand that hair loss is not an end in itself. I'd describe wigs more as allies, a crutch when it's too hard, and of course, a way of having fun

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@amygardnerx

"I've had alopecia since I was 11 years old which at the time was pretty scary for a young girl to comprehend, I remember googling alopecia when I was first diagnosed and seeing pictures of people completely bald and asking my parents if that was going to happen to me, they told me they did not know but it would be okay whatever happens and that was the first time of many I experienced the fear of uncertainty with alopecia. My alopecia started off with a few small 50 pence piece sized patches and within the year was completely gone! Since then, my alopecia has had a mind of its own, coming and going from patches to complete baldness over the last 13 years. Throughout this time I have attempted medical creams, oils, lotions and potions (You name it, I probably tried it!) but nothing seemed to work which left me feeling deflated.

The cycle of alopecia and the feeling of not being in control over the hair on your head and how you look is scary, especially for young girls trying to also navigate school and other teenage problems which then continued into my adulthood, navigating university and the workplace. I ended up using wigs, toppers, hair fibres and everything in between as my alopecia was constantly changing which meant I never knew where I stood. At 21 years old I became completely bald again for the 3rd time and I decided enough was enough! In order to feel confident in myself again I decided to reject all treatments and shave the remaining strands on my head to embrace my hairloss once and for all, which was no easy task, this required the love and support of my friends and family to encourage me and push me to do things and to go places bald that I would normally have been terrified of. That year, I had refused to go on my family holiday to Greece as it was going to be too hot in the day to wear my wig that I couldn't be in public without, and it was at that moment I knew I had to push myself or I was going to miss out on life events and let the alopecia win, so I forced myself out of my comfort zone and ended up going on the trip and had a lovely holiday embracing being bald every day and to my surprise... Nothing bad happened and I survived the holiday bald which was a major accomplishment for me personally.

Each time after that got easier and easier until I just stopped worrying about anyone staring or what people thought (although this really did take time and a lot of personal work)! It's the small wins and little steps that have helped me to overcome feeling ashamed of my hair loss and to embrace my alopecia as part of me, which is something I am proud of. Having confidence in my baldness has allowed me to improve my relationship with wigs, I no longer feel wigs are a security blanket to hide behind, but they are an accessory to me in the same way as a bag, or a pair of heels! Wigs are something I now see as fun to dress up with for special occasions or whenever I fancy. It's also allowed me to feel the happiest I have ever been because I am in control again, and not letting my alopecia take over. Every day is a new challenge with alopecia and not all days are easy, but being part of the alopecia community and feeling confident in myself and proud of how far I have come on my alopecia journey puts the bad days into perspective. I am grateful to now be in a confident place with my alopecia and enjoy sharing awareness of life with alopecia to help others who may be facing the same worries and fears.

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@Carlyn Wilson Corcoran

I had always been lucky to have pretty good hair - and one of my favorite things to do was get it done at the salon. I wore extensions for almost 10 years and was incredibly happy with the style and color I had... until I wasn't. In 2022 I was diagnosed with metabolic issues that began to cause hair thinning. Shortly after my wedding I had to have my extensions taken out and I cut my hair into a short bob to deal with the emotional challenges that come with losing your hair. I wasn't prepared for the way that losing my hair would impact my mental health and it never occurred to me to try wigs. But then someone close to me recommended I look into wigs and a whole new world of possibilities opened up. To help me deal with what I was going through, and to share what I was learning, I started talking about my hair thinning and wig wearing journey on social media. Not only was I welcomed into the wig-wearing community but I learned about so many incredible options that are available - regardless of why someone may be choosing alternative hair.
Wigs have given me a community, a creative outlet, and a way to boost my self confidence. Even though it has been a journey with some tough points - I wouldn't change it for the world.
My advice to anyone who is experiencing hair thinning, loss, or just changes to their hair as they age is to dive into this incredible community. Not only does it provide the way to have the hair of your Pinterest DREAMS; but there is a thriving group of people waiting to welcome and support you.

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@MoodyGirl Beauty

My story is a bit different. My hair began going grey in my teens. I colored my hair for years and years. My hair became so damaged so I decided to let it just be. What I got was salt and pepper with a texture that very coarse. When I got covid I lost alot of hair, it became very thin. I had always been intrigued by wigs, so many beautiful styles and gorgeous colors. So I purchased a few wigs thinking I'll just play around and see. I loved the ease and convince. Picking new styles and colors was fun, wearing them even better!! My hair did recover but I still love being able to change my hair in an instant. I would tell anyone that's considering wigs whether it be for hair loss or they're just wanting a change without damaging their hair... go for it. Wear the hair and make it fun.

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