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Permalink Reply by Scarlett on January 25, 2012 at 7:17am

I would go with Kate by Jon Renau..it has the mono top PLUS smartlace...it looks so pretty and it's all hand-tied. You can see videos of it on: wigs.com or voguewigs.com

Good luck!!

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Permalink Reply by LilyBell*Murphy'sLawLuvsMe on February 4, 2012 at 12:14am

I purchased a wig pro HH - my first expensive wig. for me it was awful. It constanly scratched my neck and I could only wear it for a few hours as it rubbed my neck raw. The hair was fairly nice. When I bit the bullet and purchased a custom wig my wig maker was able to cut and reconstruct the wig to better fit my head - it is more comfortable but still scratchy so I only wear it from time to time when I want to go with a darker color (the color was darker than I wanted to begin with)

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Permalink Reply by Meredith on February 5, 2012 at 10:04am

I purchased the "spicy" smart lace Jon Renau and I did not like it all all. It looked like I have had a hair transplant because the knots were not bleached. I have (had) dark brown hair, the only wigs I wear know are follea however, they are very expensive.... Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Lori Van Decker on February 17, 2012 at 2:37pm

My caution to anyone buying "off the rack" is to know your head size. Most people with alopecia have petite or ultra-petite head sizes. I know for myself that a normal size wig will be way too large for me over the top of the head ear-to-ear as well as ear-to-ear across the back of my head. Sometimes even petite sizes are too big and cause unsightly and uncomfortable gaps. I have had good luck ordering custom-sized lace and lace-front units from the manufacturer in China. Several people on AW also order custom pieces from Chinese vendors with good result. The hair won't be European, but I find that the Brazilian, Malaysian, and virgin Indian hair -- with some styling effort -- can look very close to EHH, and the cost for a custom-fitted cap makes it a very cost-effective alternative.

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Permalink Reply by asdf234 on March 6, 2012 at 9:04am

I found the smart lacecshifted enough to show my sparse hair atvthe hairline. Might get wig tape to prevent this. I ended up adding bangs to obscure the hairline anyway. It didn't look real enough up close for me to be comfortable. My wig was dark brown. If you got a light one it would probably look good.

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