Hi all,
First and foremost, nice to meet you all, I'm (25-M) a new member here. I've always been a lurker in this forum. It's great to see that we have such a great community to support each other and share knowledge and tell stories that we can all relate to.
So, after 5 years of constantly shaving my head, earlier this year, I saw a Facebook video of the before and after of fitting of the hair replacement system and it completely changed my mind, a hundred percents. Previously, I always thought of wigs, toupees or hair replacement systems as a fake, unsustainable and completely detectable solution. I used to think why putting on a wig when it looks so fake and everyone can see it anyway. Oh boy had I been so wrong. The systems nowadays are so impressive, not only that they're virtually undetectable, they look even better than real hair in some cases.
I shaved, work out, focus on other parts my body and learn to be confident with myself, and I have had success in that. Having a shaved head never bothered me and people could see that I'm proud and bold (and bald). But there's something I have to admit. Regardless of how proud and confident I am, I've never been lucky in dating. I've been seeing a few people, but things never got past the friends with benefits level. I'd stand out in the club, people would look at me, some would have a chat with me, but after all they'd just move on. I guess I'm beautiful in my own way, and a lot of people I know agree with that, but rather being a dating material, I'm often viewed as exotic. The reason why I decided to make a change, is because I don't want to be that one friend that is nice to hang out with, but people never want to develop anything further than that.
I'm in the process of regrowing my hair from the shave so that i can have enough hair on the side and the back to make a good blend with the hair unit. it's currently only 0.3cm long, though, so I'll have to wait for at least a few weeks before I can even make an appointment at a salon to get it done.
I have some questions, hopefully you can help me with:
1) Do you know what would be the recommended length for the side and the back to have a nicely blended undercut? I can't wait to fit a hair unit on, but when I sent my inquiry to the salon, they said they're going to close for Christmas soon, and advised that because my hair is so short, I better wait a few weeks, ideally after that Christmas break. The waiting is killing me, because the more the hair grow, the more obvious the bald spot is (my bald spot is very bad). The people at work are starting to question why I have been wearing a hat lately.
2) How do you find a hair salon that does cutting for stock unit? The salon that I inquired sells stock units at double the price I can find somewhere else. They said to me they can fit the stock units from a third party supplier, but they'll charge 150% the fee for fitting. I want to learn how to order, do templates, fit the stock units on my own and go to a hair salon to cut, but I'm so inexperience in this and don't know whether a regular hair salon would do this. Do you think a lot of hair salons nowadays already have experience cutting stock units already? Or can this only be done at a specialized one?
First and foremost, nice to meet you all, I'm (25-M) a new member here. I've always been a lurker in this forum. It's great to see that we have such a great community to support each other and share knowledge and tell stories that we can all relate to.
So, after 5 years of constantly shaving my head, earlier this year, I saw a Facebook video of the before and after of fitting of the hair replacement system and it completely changed my mind, a hundred percents. Previously, I always thought of wigs, toupees or hair replacement systems as a fake, unsustainable and completely detectable solution. I used to think why putting on a wig when it looks so fake and everyone can see it anyway. Oh boy had I been so wrong. The systems nowadays are so impressive, not only that they're virtually undetectable, they look even better than real hair in some cases.
I shaved, work out, focus on other parts my body and learn to be confident with myself, and I have had success in that. Having a shaved head never bothered me and people could see that I'm proud and bold (and bald). But there's something I have to admit. Regardless of how proud and confident I am, I've never been lucky in dating. I've been seeing a few people, but things never got past the friends with benefits level. I'd stand out in the club, people would look at me, some would have a chat with me, but after all they'd just move on. I guess I'm beautiful in my own way, and a lot of people I know agree with that, but rather being a dating material, I'm often viewed as exotic. The reason why I decided to make a change, is because I don't want to be that one friend that is nice to hang out with, but people never want to develop anything further than that.
I'm in the process of regrowing my hair from the shave so that i can have enough hair on the side and the back to make a good blend with the hair unit. it's currently only 0.3cm long, though, so I'll have to wait for at least a few weeks before I can even make an appointment at a salon to get it done.
I have some questions, hopefully you can help me with:
1) Do you know what would be the recommended length for the side and the back to have a nicely blended undercut? I can't wait to fit a hair unit on, but when I sent my inquiry to the salon, they said they're going to close for Christmas soon, and advised that because my hair is so short, I better wait a few weeks, ideally after that Christmas break. The waiting is killing me, because the more the hair grow, the more obvious the bald spot is (my bald spot is very bad). The people at work are starting to question why I have been wearing a hat lately.
2) How do you find a hair salon that does cutting for stock unit? The salon that I inquired sells stock units at double the price I can find somewhere else. They said to me they can fit the stock units from a third party supplier, but they'll charge 150% the fee for fitting. I want to learn how to order, do templates, fit the stock units on my own and go to a hair salon to cut, but I'm so inexperience in this and don't know whether a regular hair salon would do this. Do you think a lot of hair salons nowadays already have experience cutting stock units already? Or can this only be done at a specialized one?