Wigs ....
Topic: July 2005
Well, had my doc appt and wig appt today. Those wigs are friggen ugly. It is like Barbie doll hair; all fluffy and the colors are so unnatural. I ordered the "Betsy" in some sort of blonde, golden, red thing - it was either that or some ashy thing. It is about shoulder length with a flippy-up-do. They will style it and cut it to my "taste". I kinda liked the "Amanda", but it was a lot longer and I thought that length may be too hot for summer. It would look terrible in a pony tail, so wearing it down all day was my only option. But the colors on those things are terrible! I was having flash backs to my Barbie days when I used to cut and style their hair and put pins in their ears for earrings. Augh! I think a bald head with a hat or even w/o hat may even look better than those cranial prostesis. I ordered a wig contingent on the fact that it comes in the color I liked, or at least could tolerate. What's the point of getting a good "cut", if the color is off. Well, all the colors are "off", but I was trying to get something that may look natural at least after a few drinks!

I saw this attached Barbie fridge magnet at my sister's and thought it was very similar to today's experience.





Oh and here's Barbie and her "permanent" wig Now, if I had that figure, a wig wouldn't even be noticed, much less a bald head! But since I have never had those measurements, I need to think about my hair.

So, the remainder of the afternoon, while waiting for my doc appt., I looked around at the other chemo/cancer patients and tried to see who was wearing a wig. And, well.. it was pretty obvious. As my niece said, wigs don't have the "swing" and the move of real hair. It just sits on your head. Oh, the "wig" lady brought out a few of those short "mom" look wigs, and I was like, ah, no. Next! My sister went with me and she ended up buying a hat. Maybe she'll let me borrow it! She also reminded me to keep the wig away from my cats, boy wouldn't they have fun tearing those up.. they already think my bras are a treat!


I found "Bailey" and "Amanda"