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AIBU to want to get rid of my hair and wear wigs!

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ECarmel · 26/11/2021 14:10

Just that really- I have very thick hair, and loads of it and others (hairdressers, family, friends etc) often tell me how nice it is, that I'm so lucky to hair such thick hair bla bla. What they don't see is the 45 min battle I have trying to make it look smooth when blow drying, the inability to ever do anything nice with it unless I have an hour spare in the morning (which I definitely do not with two young DC), and the nightmare I have with it on holiday and in hot weather. I am seriously debating either shaving or cutting it all off and wearing wigs instead- I think my life would be so much easier! I really like my hair when it's been blow dried bouncy or blow dried smooth and then wanded- and I'm lucky because I can get about 5 days out of it but that only happens for a special occasion such as a family wedding or christening- so about 3 times a year 🤣 the remaining 353 days it's either a mess (as I've left it to dry naturally) or up in a messy bun- so what's the point in having all this 'nice' hair for approximately 3 times a year?! I'm lucky in a sense that if never looks greasy and I can go up to a week in between washes but it just constantly feels like I don't have the time to do anything nice with jt. Another issue that's recently popped up with it is the lovely scraggly, wiry greys that are now growing around my hairline. I'm only about 5% grey so it's not enough to justify a full head of brown (my hair colour) dye to cover it so I've resulted in blonde highlights as this blends in with the grey in between hairdresser visits but I don't actually suit blonde highlights 🙄 so now I just want to get rid and wear lovely, easy to manage wigs. Am I crazy??? Has anyone done this and where do I even start with sourcing a good wig that nobody would really notice that it's not a funny own hair 🤣 x

OP posts:
slug · 27/11/2021 23:42

I have very thick hair. At one point in my life I was quite a serious sportswoman playing a water sport. I realised that I was going to evening training with hair still damp from morning training. So one day I shaved it down to a number 4 in length.

Since those days I have periodically grown it out, once to almost hip length, then got frustrated and shaved it again. I still swear my best lockdown buy was a set of clippers.

If I want to go fancy these days I use scarves or hats. I'm not going back to having hair that requires a hairbrush any more. It's truly been liberating

gofg · 28/11/2021 00:38

Why don't you just have it cut short?

AnnieSnap · 28/11/2021 00:41

It’s a bit of a leap to go to having all of your hair off and wearing wigs. From what I have heard from people who lose their hair through disease, they are hot and uncomfortable. Just go for a nice short pixi cut. There are many to choose from, they look great and are very easy to keep looking good.

RedHot22 · 28/11/2021 06:45

@tabulahrasa

Um... it kind of sounds like your hair isn’t straight and you’re trying to make it behave like straight hair though?... which is a hell of a lot of work... could you not find a way to work with it rather than against it?
This

I have similar hair.
I wear it up or sometimes use a heated brush. Wash once a week.

Get a silk pillowcase

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