funandsum Wrote:1) At that young age I found that it really did a number on my confidence to the point where I probably should have talked to a therapist. I was so self conscious about it. Now that I'm older I could handle losing my hair a bit better but having lost it at such a young age was so hard. Plays with your head. If you find you are shying away from doing certian things that's a key indicator.

I can see where you're coming from, but I honestly think I would be much more confident with the piece. My confidence has gone to shit in the last 6 months or so since my hair has started getting really bad. I'm already shying away from doing certain things and getting really self conscious because of the horrible condition of my hair.

I know a piece would take some getting used to but I still think I would be much better off with one than without one.

funandsum Wrote:2) Are you sure you need a full cap? You'd be better off with just a partial or standard TL if you can do it. Full caps are more work.

I'm pretty sure I would need a full cap because my hair is thinning out severely all over my head. It's not just in a particular area, it's literally all over, and there is no clear pattern to it. So anything less than a full cap would be useless to me.

funandsum Wrote:3) My hair routine takes about about 5 hours a week. I have to swap/clean units twice and it takes about 2.5 hours each time for me because the unit needs to dry before I put it back on my head. It is a time consuming process but is better than not having hair. You need a place all to yourself where you can spend the time to do it unless those around you know you wear.

Yeah... that's another thing. I want to wear without my family knowing but I'm not sure how easy that would be. The main reason being, I have been trying to tell my parents for over a year now that I'm losing my hair, but they just won't listen. I have absolutely no idea how they would react if they found out I was wearing a wig, and I'd prefer to keep it that way. I could figure out a way to make it work though, like doing it after they've gone to bed or something.