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So this happened at work today
Customer: Oh my gosh, you're so beautiful.
Me: Oh, thanks
Customer: But why aren't you wearing a wig?
Me: Umm what?
Customer: It's really deterring from your beauty. You could be truly beautiful if you wore a wig.
Me: I'm completely comfortable with who I am and don't feel the need to hide it by wearing a wig, thanks.
Customer: Oh you're just being stubborn.
Me: No, actually I've been bald since I was two years old and I like myself the way I am.
Customer: But just imagine. If you had long blonde hair you could be a model.
Me: I don't need hair to be a model.
Customer: You need to think about your future. Models make a lot of money you know. Will you just think about wearing a wig?
Me: Not a chance.
Customer: It really is such a shame..
Me: Great. Awesome. Thanks for your input.
Customer: Just think about it.
Me: No. *walks away*
Who the hell does she think she is? She doesn't even know me. Honestly, the nerve of some people.
And I looked so cute today tooo! <3 Hahaha
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Comment by Jessica on April 20, 2012 at 12:19am
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Oh wow! I can't believe this woman. Wow.
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Comment by Kevin Woolen on April 20, 2012 at 7:25am
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I agree, I have embraced my alopecia and if anyone else has an issue with it that's there issue. As if my hairstyle or lack of make has anything to do with it. Great for speaking up. To bad most people wont get it, "it really is such a shame" clueless.
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Comment by Piotr on April 20, 2012 at 9:13am
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Good answers, Erika. I hate people that are so shallow. My response would have been more sarcastic, such as: " have you ever thought about a brain transplant? It would be so good for you". Hahaha.
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Comment by Tanya Reid on April 21, 2012 at 10:11am
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I am so, so , so proud of you!!! You are gorgeous!! Some people just want everybody cut from the cookie cutter- never fall for that! I LOVE what Tom Hobb^ said!
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Comment by holyhairlossbatman!! on April 22, 2012 at 3:37am
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just goes to show u that some people could NEVER get out of the box. I mean to them everyone has to have hair to be beautiful? For a person like that, everything is black and white and your beauty just couldn't fit to them because you were beautiful but- ack!- no hair? I agree with all those above- good job 2 U. I just hope that person goes home and is haunted by the juxtaposition of both bald and beautiful. Just think: you might have accidentally opened their eyes. I hope they can't get it out of their mind and it ends up changing their whole life. :0)
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Comment by Jessica on April 24, 2012 at 12:25pm
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wow!! some people just do not think. lol!!! you should have said, hey if you just closed that mouth of yours think how nice you'd be.
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Comment by aural on April 24, 2012 at 10:39pm
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You rock!
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Comment by Tom Hobb on April 26, 2012 at 7:51pm
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I was really put off by this customer at first, but after thinking about I suspect they really did mean well and were trying to pay a complement. They just suffer from being insensitive and narrow minded.
The idea they're putting forth though, that you need to wear a wig in order to be beautiful, is really toxic to self esteem, and it's totally untrue. I did a bit of noodling around in Google to verify my supposition that there are indeed bald models, and I came across an interesting page:
http://my.opera.com/Matta/albums/show.dml?id=71453
Bald is indeed beautiful.
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Comment by Yondel Benjamin on November 26, 2012 at 2:06pm
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Go YOU! You do look beautiful. You can be a model without the use of wigs. This is something I teach my students all the time. It's not what's on your head its what's in it! Thanks for sharing your story.
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