(12-04-2010, 12:40 PM)mrjoejohn Wrote: haha, thanks guys, really... you don't know how much it helps cause it's like ok, you look at the mirror, and you make sure you look 100% good in your eyes, but in reality, you're never sure (and you don't ask) people about how your hair is looking. i have a couple of closed ones, friends and girlfriend and family, who know I wear, and they are amazed by how it looks. It gives me a great boost of course, but since I'm the half empty glass kind of person, I tend to doubt everything, I say maybe they are just trying to be nice. Deep down, I know my girlfriend wouldn't go out with me if I looked funny, she's into fashion ffs. My mother has a short fuse, and she would never let me go out if I looked ridiculous. But sometimes, you want to hear another person's opinion. I get the occasional... "why do you wear hats when your hair looks so good!?" to which I reply... "cause I don't like my hair/ cause my head is too small" and I take it as a compliment... but yeah, I'm the half-empty-glass kinda person.

But you're right... one life! I gotta start worrying less, at the end of the day, who should give a s*it whether I wear or not, right? I can understand where this is coming from. I mean, I wouldn't have gone to this length if I couldn't give a rat's ass whether I was balding or not, so clearly, the image is very important to me.

yes i do everything by myself... cut, maintenance etc.

density... i think this one is 65% but john can confirm for you. color, i sent in a hair sample. Wave, hmm... not sure but I think it's the second range of waves - slight wave i think.

) cheers guys, you lot are great.

My current psychology is something like this:
I like wearing hats/ beanies/ caps etc... so when I go out to party, likelihood is you'll see me wearing one. I think they suit me. But in occasions where I do not have an option (weddings, work, etc) I can do a proper hairstyle now, without being paranoid and feeling depressed. Also, if I'm wearing headwear and someone takes off my cap, I'm not paranoid now. I can even go swimming without worrying that my hair is looking like shit, and will look worse when I accidently get water in it (as the concealers would go out). At the end of the day, I'm still keeping a close look at technology, and hoping that one day I can get my own full head of hair back. But in the meantime, I have this hair system solution, which is 80-90% acceptable to me, and is making this time all the less painful.

Thanks for the support lovely people.

(12-04-2010, 11:57 PM)mrjoejohn Wrote: I usually ask my girlfriend or mother to cut it with scissors, then touch it up myself with scissors.

Yes, I know what you mean - going to a hairdresser.
However, if the worst comes to the worst, I can always go to a hair club salon. Surely, you cannot feel embarrassed going there. I know someone who does cut ins on hair systems, so if I had to go to a salon, I'd go there, not in a normal salon.

The robocutter could be a good investment, but so far, I'm sticking to scissors and thinning scissors.

(12-05-2010, 01:55 AM)younggun Wrote: OMG! If you do dreads I'll do them too! hahahaha It would be awsome, I always wanted to go dread but couldn't cuz of the alopecia, but now that I have found this solution I want them again!!!

(12-05-2010, 02:06 AM)mrjoejohn Wrote:

(12-05-2010, 01:55 AM)younggun Wrote: OMG! If you do dreads I'll do them too! hahahaha It would be awsome, I always wanted to go dread but couldn't cuz of the alopecia, but now that I have found this solution I want them again!!!

Hahahaha, I used to have dreads but my hair was already starting to thin. Sky's the limit with my hair system lol... with dreads... No blending worries, no styling worries, no color mismatch worries. And no one will come brushing his hands in your filthy looking hair eeewww hahaha. good!