Jonesy123 Wrote:

Quote:Jonesy,

Where are you located ?
Maybe one of the experienced weares on here lives close enough and would be willing to come give you a hand when you get your first piece.
You can do it man. Hey, if I can do it, anybody can!

Thanks but I'm from a small country outside of the USA. No chance anyone is from there.

klifford Wrote:Right on Mr Burns !
And you're right JRob, a visit with Debbie is a good investment for a beginner. Maybe even coming from another country if the airfare isn't TOO outrageous.

Jonesy, I know I sound like a broken record but seriously if I can do this ANYONE can!
Just jump in and don't look back man ! We're here for ya !

baldingsucks Wrote:I dont wear a wig yet but I usually cut my own hair with clippers, if I get a full cap would I be able to cut my own hair or are there different techniques you need to master?

Jonesy123 Wrote:

Quote:For some reason people are getting the idea that color matching the piece to your own hair is difficult. In most cases, it's not at all. You send a hair color sample for the match areas and possibly specify an extra uniform highlight color for the top and that's it. You have to stay on top of things to maintain the piece color one way or another over time, but it isn't that big of a deal.

Well, at least scientifically speaking, this is a close to an impossible task. Toplace has what, 10 colors to choose from ?, but there are **infinite** number of shades in the real world, the chances that one of Toplace's 10 colors will exactly match your hair color might be greater than winning a first place in the lottery. And even if you "won the lottery", after several weeks the color of the wig will start to get weaker, and again you won't be able to get a perfect match. It seems like you can not win here, you can only hope that people around you aren't too perceptive...

Also, look at how many tricks and compromises Mr.Burns is using to get a better color blend (even though he say the color match is good): He keeps his white hairs (and ideally no one will want to do this because it only adds years to your age), he is combing the wig way down to the sides (which is kind of impossible if you want a shorter cut)... yes, the end product looks very real on his head, but there is a cost.

I have to say that in all the pictures that I saw in this forum (and I'm talking about good pics, that are big and were shot in good light), I never saw a perfect color match if there were no white hairs and if the top wasn't combed down heavily to the sides.

I think the only way you can get a perfect color match is if you order a blond wig, and color it together with your natural hair using the same dye. And even this won't be simple, because your own hair might take the color a bit differently than the wig's hair. And also, even if you were successful in dying both to the exact same shade, they still might be losing the color at different rates, hence you'll need to recolor quite soon...

Pretty depressing I might say.