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You have such beautiful hair.
Not to long ago I went with my fiance to get his hair cut,the hairdresser making polite conversation noticed that I was sitting near where the had place Jacob(my fiance) sitting.Being nice she including me in her conversation she was making with Jacob when she looks at me and says, it's so nice to finally see a woman in a salon who knows how to take proper care of her hair.Looking at her a little stumped for words I just smiled and said thank you and tried to move the conversation along.A few minutes later she was back on the topic about how nice my hair is,the style,the color and how it shined.At this point Jacob is snickering and I'm mentally debating do I tell her I'm bald and that the hair she is so found of is a wig.
I never ended up telling her I just let her go on with her business,I'm still not to sure how to handle these situations,part of me wants to tell whoever asks to many questions about my hair that it's a wig but I still have no idea what the polite way to say is I'm bald,and if I tell does it not defeat the purpose of wearing a wig?It also brings up other things to like if you say i'm wearing a wig whoever ask is going to want to know why and wear do you draw the right line to being nice and getting way to personal.I have had alopecia forever now and I still don't know how to handle "the norms".
I never ended up telling her I just let her go on with her business,I'm still not to sure how to handle these situations,part of me wants to tell whoever asks to many questions about my hair that it's a wig but I still have no idea what the polite way to say is I'm bald,and if I tell does it not defeat the purpose of wearing a wig?It also brings up other things to like if you say i'm wearing a wig whoever ask is going to want to know why and wear do you draw the right line to being nice and getting way to personal.I have had alopecia forever now and I still don't know how to handle "the norms".
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Comment by Trina on March 21, 2008 at 2:18pm
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Take it as a compliment. I decide to tell people sometimes and sometimes I don't. I mean life is funny that way. Don't be afraid to tell people though. For each person that you tell it lets someone else know that we exist. It is not your fault so you have nothing to be ashamed of. That is funny because that happens a lot to me. I laugh and smirk cause you know you can always buy hair LOL
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Comment by Janet Harris on March 21, 2008 at 9:22pm
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I agree with Trina! Take it as a compliment! It is, after all, your hair, and you have taken very good care of it obviously! My usual issue is that most people assume I have cancer because I don't wear a wig. Sometimes I tell them that I have alopecia, and sometimes I just smile and say, yes, I'm doing well, thank you! It just depends on the situation.
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Comment by Sarah McIntosh on March 22, 2008 at 7:12pm
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It's not that I take it badly I actually think its quite funny,I just never know what to say or how to respond.
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I think you hit it right on the nose Eric.I'm also a very honest person so whenever someone comments about my hair I want to blurt out it's a wig but I end up having to stop myself cause I can't help but think it would defeat the purpose of wearing one.
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Comment by Galvin on November 17, 2008 at 2:04pm
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Don't tell just accept the compliment and change the subject. I tried telling twice and after a couple
weeks it didn't matter the people had forgot and continued to give me unsolicited compliments on
my blonde wig.
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