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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
I thought you said you’re married and work from home lmao. It’s the reason I wrote wha I wrote before.
I agree with your post for the most part but all that is contradictory for one single reason/fact that no matter how hard we try to erase, it can’t be erased.
That fact is that the hair piece need stems from social stigma, from how people may judge us, from how people may find us unattractive, from how people this and that. It’s basically a hat, a mask, only mote beautiful. So when you tell people you wear fake hair, all that insecurity just rushes out and signals to everyone that this you have issues. The normal thing was is and will be to bald. To take the time to glue or tape something to your head screams issues and narcissism. Because guess what, another dude is on the same company that night and he’s bald. And he’s fine with it. So now you’re not just someone with issues, you’re someone nobody is gonna take sides with because they’re like hey what’s wrong with you lol. Maybe in the UK where multiculturalism thrives, it’s fine. But in other countries it’s not.
Why would anyone pay to hide his baldness when he apparently has no problem declaring to people that he IS bald? Because telling one person is enough, it’s gonna spread bud. Doesn’t mean it’s gonna be talked about in public in front of you. But it will be talked about, THAT I guarantee you. So one thing you lose is secrecy. Which is the whole point otherwise you can just take it off in public on a sunny day, no?
Hair pieces are meant to be a secret. Surely for the love of your life you will tell her and again it’s not love, it’s the simple fact that she’s gonna find out anyways. She can keep a secret. But having laces that are detectable to touch and glue that runs down your forehead... no.
I understand you. And the need for hair. I’m not here to argue, in fact you’re a cool guy and you gave me plenty of valuable info around this subject. But I just don’t think hair systems are ready for being a daily undetectable discreet thing yet. That’s what holds me back, it’s not about balls. I wore one ten years ago and showed the next day with it, it was pretty much despair. I actually remember crying when they put the piece on and cut it. Even the ladies at clinic doing the dye/placement/cut were crying. I sh*t you not...
Anyways. Still not mentally prepared. But I’m open to it as well as treatments that may come soon. These next two years will be critical.
