I guess I'm one of the "old school" wearers at this stage, been around since the old TL forum days. Posted for many years, but at some point I stopped posting and just did a bit of lurking. Been a while since I've been very active on this forum, but great to come back and see how alive it is here with so many new ideas and lots of new wearers trying different things.

When I started wearing, I often wondered why some of the long-term wearers just disappear off the forums. Had they given up on wearing, or were they just too busy? I guess my honest answer is that after a few years (it's nearly 9 years for me now!) you stop having the hairwearer mentality, and you kind of forget you're a baldy in some weird way. Ok, so obviously you're still a baldy, but wearing hair becomes something I only ever think about when I absolutely *have to* And those times are once every two weeks, when I remove it and do a re-attachment. Or when I start running out of glue, running out of hair (TL come in handy here!), and sometimes after one week when I'll need to retouch the hairline if I've done a lot of sweating.
Otherwise - if you nail your specs and your cut-in routine, you really just sit back, relax, and join the world of people who don't have any hair related emotional issues or hang-ups. So you kind of forget about it, but in the back of your mind you'll always be very grateful for the fact that you've had a "second shot" at life with a full head of hair, and your gratitude will often extend to the community of DIY HR and the people who make it accessible to us at a decent cost...

Just to say hello again, I've made a short video. And I'm giving a thumbs up to the cool community here who've made wearing very, very easy and trouble free...
http://youtu.be/IItx8T9VUnY

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added some photos to this message from my time in Asia and on a mountain

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Ok, lets go back nearly 9 years... here's how I started out
http://www.hairlosshelp.com/FORUMS/messa...ord1=Dagon

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And another old post:
http://www.hairlosshelp.com/FORUMS/messa...ord1=Dagon