It’s different for a married man who works from home and for a single guy who doesn’t work from home. I assume your wife knows, your life is settled, you could even take the piece off and it would be fine. For me, it’s different. The risk is bigger, the possibility of screwing up is bigger, you feel me? I understand what you say and I agree but I’ve worn one before most people here did and I was young too and I tell you society is never going to accept this as normal. Unless of course they never find out you wear one, hence my frustration with current piece technology.
I am a single man in the dating market who doesn't work from home, and I manage fine. I honestly think most if not all of the problems you encountered in the past were the result of using crude old-fashioned technology (possibly because that is all that was or is available on the ground in your country).
Men wearing hair is still a bit stigmatised in public, no question. That is why I and most wearers prefer to keep it private. And if you choose wisely and keep up your maintenance, you can keep it private, even in intimate situations. However, there are 2 qualifications to that.
First, there is a big difference between the "public" herd mentality attitude to hair replacement seen in the media and the Internet - ewww dead squirrel, shave it off, better off bald, get a transplant, would never date a man with a wig etc. etc - and the real life reaction you get from real people whom you tell. If you are honest and you say you were losing your hair and you really hated it, and so you got some artificial help to keep yourself looking decent, most people, and this includes girlfriends, will take that at face value and will respect your decision and your privacy, and they will be OK with it. In fact, in my experience not only most people, but all people. Hair replacement seen at the one-to-one human level is an understandable reaction to a kind of pain - the pain of hairloss. People get that, and they understand that wearing a hairpiece is at worst a minor cosmetic quirk, not something which detracts from your value as a human being or a friend or a potential partner. Don't take everything you read in Cosmo at face value.
Second, there has definitely been an easing of even the public sentiment about men's hair replacement. It is part of the wider metrosexual trend of increased acceptance of men being interested in their appearance and willing to do stuff to improve it, whether it be extreme muscle work, cosmetic surgery, cosmetic implants, cosmetic dentistry, tattoos, teeth whitening, male make-up or whatever. I am not necessarily a fan of some of these things, but they have helped change the tone of the debate. If you search "hair system" on Instagram or YouTube, you will find literally dozens of posts of young guys talking about their hair replacements, showing you how they work, taking them off, telling you how they feel about them. Some of them are commercially sponsored, but not all. There are a lot more guys now who are open about wearing a system, and the more that happens the lower the stigma will be. Unless there is a major medical breakthrough on hairloss, I think in 10 years time hair systems will be no more stigmatised than coloured contact lenses or veneers.
Finally, if you think you can wear a hair replacement and have a permanent relationship with a woman without telling her, forget it. That's childish, and it's not what it is about. You don't have to tell every girl you go out for a drink with, because it's not their business, but if you are deciding to share your life with someone you have got to be honest with them. Aside from anything else, the stress of trying to cover your tracks will give you a heart attack. And it's just not that big a deal. If you can't do that, hair replacement is not for you. As I said before, you need balls to wear a system.
Noah
