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Clarabel,
I read your post and it brought back a lot of painful memories. I used to believe I couldn't swim, waterski, go out in the wind, etc. becuase my hair was going to blow away, fall off, etc. I absolutely swim, waterski, boogey board in high surf (got the pix to prove it and may even post them here if I can get past people seeing me in a bathing suit which is worse than seeing me without my hair!), ride horses, work out, etc. I had almost no hair on the top of my head and very little around the sides and I refused to shave my head. One day, I finally accepted that my hair wasn't going to come back and that it was literally holding me hostage and the gun to my head was the fear of my unit coming off. The first time I shaved my head was to clear off small places so that the tape could stick to my skin. It took about a week to understand that the unit wasn't going anywhere and then I went swimming and totally emersed my head for the first time. I can't tell you how that felt. About six months later, I took the plunge and shaved my head, everywhere except some hair around the edges of where my unit fit. I secured the entire edge of the unit with Proflex red tapes. This was a week before we went on our annual Caribbean trip. That was where I went scuba diving for the first time WITH MY UNIT VERY SNUGLY SECURED TO MY HEAD. When my husband and I got back onto the boat, he said he'd never seen such a look on my face and he actually got tears in his eyes. I was finally free and I knew it. There aren't any words to describe the feeling and no drug could ever give such an incredible high. The story Bill tells about going off a high diving board and feeling like a kid again is absolutely true. I know this because I've lived it.
Clarabel, I promise you that what you're going through is part of the evolutionary process when a woman is losing her hair. The fear, the slavery to worry about what your hair looks like, etc. Part of that process is getting to the psychological point that you aren't going to let your hair loss control you any longer and that is a point only you can reach on your own and in your own time. Please keep in mind that you are absolutely not alone in this and we are here to support you. It will get better, you have my word on that.
HL
Hairlady™Beauty is not about what's ON your head, but what's IN it.Semper hair
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Hairlady,
Thanks again for responding to my post. When I said I couldn't swim in my unit, I didn't mean because I thought it would come off. I don't fear that at all. As a matter of fact, that is one thing I am very secure about. I know it is on there good and it won't move. My concern is the tangles and mess it gets in when it is wet. I mean, after I shower and my hair is wet it is a mess - and that is after using rinse out conditioner and then leave on conditioner. It is a big heap of tangles that I have to comb out immediately. If I go swimming, I cannot imagine the mess and it is not like you can take conditioner out in the water with you. I actually tried to swim once in a pool and I swore I would not try that again. It looked ridiculous. It clumped all together and I had to condition it and comb it out. What a pain in the butt. It is easier not to get it wet and suffer. My peice is not a full head piece. It is just the top of my head, so when it gets wet it separates from my real hair and the difference in hair is very visible. The peice sometimes doesn't even look like hair, but istead resembles a big mass of hay on my head, wet or dry.
And when I said that I thought it looked visible, I didn't mean that people could see the unit itself, I meant that it looks like I am wearing a wig or fake hair. I don't know if it is because there is too much hair, or if I am not doing something right. Maybe I should wear it differently ot order it thinner. I just don't know any more. At times, I look like a big puff head and I just want to cry.
Clarabell
For the first time in my life, I'm not alone in this...
Gary,
Finger-comb, finger-comb, f-i-n-g-e-r-c-o-m-b....This is the mantra when blowdrying...ohmmmmmmmm, ohmmmmmmmmm
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