Hey fellow balidies! I have been wearing for 5 months now. This is my first post with pics. Its been a steep learning curve for me! Had a lot of issues with placement and bonding in the begning, just kept learning from mistakes and life has become a lot easier! I wear a small abt three inch partial. I gradually lowered my hairline, never gotten busted. My friends who used to make fun of my balding head dont know! I started off with blue lace tape doen by the salon lady. It was thick! very unnatural! and easily felt! So I started doing all ultrahold bonds. Which was mess to use! disaster at times! and lasted 5 days at best. Gooyee right away and worse after three days. Then I tried ghostbond. Which gave me a very good initial bond but sucked the next day. Since then I have been using low profile super tape and walker no shine. Walker no shine has given me solid results! I got lazy on my last bond and went past my normal 7 day de re, after two weeks it was still going strong! except for the hairline! I had to literally wrestle it off my head! I was very impressed. Today I used walker no shine with ORGW in the front. Cant comment too much on the bond but finish looks impressive. Will eport on bond strength as I go along. I dont expose my hairline much, thus dont mind using all tape when I am not doing something super outgoing. It doesn't come off underwater, working out! showers! all good with walker no shine!

Looks great! You said the learning curve was steep it looks like you have nailed it.

Looking good there now ...glad you persevered even though you had `setbacks`..it`s worth the trial-and-error in the end, and no point in
giving up in the first 3 weeks.....often, as you have discovered, you have to try several bonding products before settling on the one which
suits you best...... well-done. Paul.

where exactly is the piece ?
just the front ?
can we get more pictures please ? from the front/top if you have time ?
i ve got my piece but i am not wearing yet, i need to be really sure before taking the plunge..^^

Sorry for late response! I was working the past few days and don't visit forums that often anymore.Its a frontal partial, My hair is darker than the partial so you can tell where it starts from, I am lazy to re-color it! Its not that obvious to an untrained eye. Another thing I learned about orwg is that you can wait too long! I apply 2 coats, don't make them too thin or the lace wont sink in. wait 3-4 mins between each coat. waited 15 mins last time with disastrous results! ORWG so far is the best glue I have ever used! 6 days solid(no work out or swimming this time)! love wearing!

To jrob and paul, you guys have been a great help! reading your posts and comments helped me prepare for this drastic change! OWE it to guys like you, THANK yOU!

Hi hairy.... thanks for the nice comments..it`s appreciated..when I was a newbie on here, JRob was most
helpful and patient with me when I was asking questions which he`d probably answered many times before.
I work from home, so I have more access/time for checking the forum than many people who have to travel
to work etc. Have said this before:I think there`s great credit due to you guys who `go it alone`from scratch
[apart from having the systems cut-in for you] in the world of wearing...I started off [and got totally ripped-off]
with a `Salon` so I picked up the basics and hints etc. as I went along and changed to different Salons, so Kudos
to all you wearers who make the leap on `your own`. I was VERY nervous at the `unknown` and can still remember
my very first fitting/cut-in, so I`m totally aware of how much of a big deal this is in the minds of those contemplating
making the `leap`. Having been ripped-off so much, I just want to dispel all the `bull`and `spin`that these Salons
feed to vulnerable balding people ..... this isn`t rocket-science, and with a bit of `homework`done by anyone by
reading through the forum here, getting your template and specs correct [not too hard either] and stocking up with
a selection of bonding/cleaning/ hair-care products, the transition needn`t be too stressful. You may need to try a
few different bonding methods/products before settling on `the`one for you, as you have found, but perseverance
is normally worthwhile..... looking really good there and you can easily use a little color on the partial to `freshen`it up
as you know, but as you say, most `joe-soaps` don`t usually pay much attention which has to tell you everything
is fine.... happy wearing ! Paul.