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    Thread: Pics of my new piece
Post: RE: Pics of my new piece

Thanks for the insights AJ
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 7 13,932 05-23-2016, 02:16 PM
    Thread: 10 years of wearing
Post: RE: 10 years of wearing

Hi Davies75, congrats on making it to 10 years. I think it's about the same for me. You're lucky that you have been able to stick with the hairline partial - I started with a partial, but have had t...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 7 18,548 09-28-2016, 02:08 PM
    Thread: 10 years of wearing
Post: RE: 10 years of wearing

Looking great Mr Burns! Because of the way your sides were receding I wondered if you would end up having to go for a full wig. Are you still getting away with a topper and temple flaps, plus your b...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 7 18,548 11-03-2016, 12:56 PM
    Thread: Want to see a Toplace hair system from all possible angles and lighting conditions?
Post: RE: Want to see a Toplace hair system from all pos...

Wow, that's class in every way - totally flawless. Thanks for sharing. I admire and applaud how open you are about the whole process, particularly since you are in the public eye to some extent with...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 7 16,710 11-29-2016, 05:45 PM
    Thread: Want to see a Toplace hair system from all possible angles and lighting conditions?
Post: RE: Want to see a Toplace hair system from all pos...

You mean that lock of sidehair that is coming forward revealing the little sliver of bare skin underneath? No one but you would register that. You look like you have a huge shock of natural hair. No...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 7 16,710 11-30-2016, 03:20 PM
    Thread: Final answer
Post: Re: Final answer

One of the guys did a survey a while back of the best products for HPs. The result (or at least one of the results) was Nexxus Extra Gel Super Hold Styling Sculptor, which is a styling gel with sunsc...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 13,950 07-03-2009, 03:10 PM
    Thread: Final answer
Post: Re: Final answer

Dan Really sorry to hear about your problems with HCM, altho it is par for the course with that organisation. It is good you have such a supportive family - 4 grand for a year's wigs is crazy. Topl...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 13,950 07-03-2009, 03:44 PM
    Thread: Confession to wife/gf
Post: RE: Confession to wife/gf

As a matter of interest, how did you bring the subject up and describe it? Did you just say "incidentally, I'm wearing a piece" or did you do it more subtly? When I have done this before I try to so...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 37,825 06-14-2015, 06:35 PM
    Thread: Crown-Partials? - and some other questions
Post: RE: Crown-Partials? - and some other questions

Is something like this what you have in mind?: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KiwtNSqd-rM
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 12,314 05-08-2016, 09:08 PM
    Thread: First hair system
Post: RE: First hair system

Hi Shabarinanth Your system looks really good, apart from the hairline - excellent color and texture match. You really suit having your hair back. The photo of the hairline is out of focus, and it w...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 13,097 11-03-2016, 12:52 PM
    Thread: First hair system
Post: RE: First hair system

Hi Shabarinath If that whiteness is the base, then there is definitely something wrong. The base should either be transparent plastic ("skin") or fine transparent mesh ("Lace"). Either way, it shou...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 13,097 11-08-2016, 03:12 PM
    Thread: (PICS)Revised template with temple flaps
Post: RE: (PICS)Revised template with temple flaps

I can't get the link to open. Could you re-post?
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 12,917 03-01-2017, 01:05 PM
    Thread: (PICS)Revised template with temple flaps
Post: RE: (PICS)Revised template with temple flaps

Yes, that looks better. I would trim the hairline back about a quarter of an inch (just basically cut off the black line) and as Jayson said, soften the point at the front slightly. I am not sure yo...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 12,917 03-03-2017, 01:58 AM
    Thread: My very first hair system
Post: RE: My very first hair system

Hi man I agree with Sam, don't go with TCP. You'll get a better result from Toplace. You can definitely sleep, shower, swim and train in a TopLace hair system (in fact in any system). And don't wor...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 6 10,851 09-11-2017, 03:48 PM
    Thread: New haircut (pics)..
Post: Re: New haircut (pics)..

I might be interested. Have you an email address where I can contact you? Ted
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 10,350 02-23-2009, 12:40 PM
    Thread: Monofilament Front Hairline
Post: RE: Monofilament Front Hairline

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong to get my posts coming out in triplicate, triplicate, triplicate???
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 12,730 06-11-2011, 04:41 AM
    Thread: Monofilament Front Hairline
Post: RE: Monofilament Front Hairline

Monofilament is old technology. It is a nylon mesh - much coarser than French lace. It's robust, but totally detectable. When I got my first piece, which was from a Hair Club-type of place, it was ...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 12,730 06-10-2011, 09:36 PM
    Thread: History of hair systems
Post: RE: History of hair systems

I read somewhere that in the early part of the 20th century they made men's toupees with bases of hair lace - a netting actually made with human hair. They were supposedly excellent, but too expensi...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 14,272 01-05-2013, 12:54 AM
    Thread: What's your opinion about super silk?
Post: RE: What's your opinion about super silk?

I'm always surprised these are not more popular. They're great if you have an office job, where you might have people standing behind you looking over your shoulder, because the scalp looks 100% natu...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 24,183 03-06-2015, 06:38 PM
    Thread: Considering flaps for my temples, but need some advice
Post: RE: Considering flaps for my temples, but need som...

Hi Scandadude I can't see why there should be any minimum size for a piece of hair replacement. A lot of people (especially those of us who are bald as eggs!) would think you were worrying about not...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 16,750 05-03-2015, 03:25 PM
    Thread: Considering flaps for my temples, but need some advice
Post: RE: Considering flaps for my temples, but need som...

Yeah, they really are amazing these days if you know where to look, and getting into the game early is a good idea if you want to keep it under the radar. If you plan to expose the artificial hairlin...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 16,750 05-04-2015, 12:17 AM
    Thread: Heartbreaking
Post: Heartbreaking

Can you believe that with the hair replacement technology that is available nowadays there are still places sending customers out looking like this?: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ys8Vw4ShtuU Not on...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 26,010 07-26-2015, 04:25 PM
    Thread: Updated pic
Post: RE: Updated pic

Very suave.
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 26,444 08-03-2015, 04:17 PM
    Thread: Help, my non-Toplace piece has crumbled
Post: RE: Help, my non-Toplace piece has crumbled

Sorry, about the tangled hair, you can buy detangler at a pharmacy, or leave-in conditioner does something similar. Rub it gently onto the tangled bits being careful not to get it onto the base/knots...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 16,279 09-22-2015, 02:32 AM
    Thread: First cut in (PICS) - Now please guide me through first detach/rebond
Post: RE: First cut in (PICS) - Now please guide me thro...

Your hair looks fantastic man. I was looking and looking at your pictures thinking 'this can't be a newbie in his first piece, perhaps these are the "before" pictures'. When you mentioned your front...
Baldrich General hair replacement discussion 5 19,499 05-13-2015, 06:19 PM