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Guest Taralahara

hey everyone,

I was wandering if anyone knew the better quality wigs to buy. The reason being that my new job I have very short hair, and was going to wear a wig until either I go full time, get another position, or job.

Tara

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I would not worry so much about the brand, but rather to find one that looks good on you. The Breast Form Store that sponsors this site has three some that are very decent and will wear well.http://www.thebreastformstore.com/transgender-wigs.aspx. I have wigs by John Renau, and Louis Ferre that I love. My suggestion though is to go to an actual wig store and try on some wigs for an idea of style. Your price range for the better ones in synthetic wigs are going to be $80 to $150. Do not buy a cheap human hair wig though.

I have dealt with these two companies who are on line and one for me is close enough to drive to. http://www.acewigs.com/ or http://www.wilshirewigs.com/

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I have had luck with the Breast Form Store and also Beauty Trends. They carry Revlon and other brands.

Hugs,

Charlize

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Curious about what people wear and recommend. Human hair? Synthetic? Human hair kind of freaks me out a little bit, and then I see that they require washing... do synthetic wigs require washing? Pretty ignorant here. How often does one need to wash a human hair wig? Every day? And special tools are required? I'm really mad at male pattern baldness right now. ;)

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I ended up at a Trans store and bought a Estetica wig, model PEACE, color R32F. It's a fairly dark brown and I fell in love with the style, color and feel. The filaments are heavier than the $50 wig I have and lays more naturally. It cost $160 in the shop, but was $130 on amazon.

We may get other wigs for fun, but this style is me.

Here's a pic of the wig I found on the net (no, that's not me. LOL):

estetica-wigs-peace-long-synthetic-wig-3

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Curious about what people wear and recommend. Human hair? Synthetic? Human hair kind of freaks me out a little bit, and then I see that they require washing... do synthetic wigs require washing? Pretty ignorant here. How often does one need to wash a human hair wig? Every day? And special tools are required? I'm really mad at male pattern baldness right now. ;)

Charlotte -- My gallery has me modeling several wigs in it. I have wonderful success with synthetic wigs in the $80 - $175 range. Synthetic wigs require washing after about 40 hours of wear, but it is just putting shampoo on them, rinsing them out completely and letting them dry thoroughly before you brush them out and restyle them, which they will do almost by themselves. Human hair wigs get washed at about the same frequency as your natural hair. (My hair is colored and I only wash it about once a week to keep the color stable). For my wigs, I use a hair brush that is only for the wigs, but it is the same kind as I use on my hair which is the tipped, wide spread, nylon bristles. On synthetic wigs you DO NOT use any heat implement on them or you can make a real mess. Feel free to PM me if you have more questions. I have over 15 wigs, including a couple I show in my gallery here just for fun. (A pink one and a purple one!!) http://forum.lauras-playground.com/forums/index.php?app=gallery&user=14243 I can wear my own hair now, and do on most days, but the wigs are my hair too, I bought and paid for them.

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Curious about what people wear and recommend. Human hair? Synthetic? Human hair kind of freaks me out a little bit, and then I see that they require washing... do synthetic wigs require washing? Pretty ignorant here. How often does one need to wash a human hair wig? Every day? And special tools are required? I'm really mad at male pattern baldness right now. ;)

For my wigs, I use a hair brush that is only for the wigs, but it is the same kind as I use on my hair which is the tipped, wide spread, nylon bristles. On synthetic wigs you DO NOT use any heat implement on them or you can make a real mess.

I was strongly instructed to never use a brush with 'bristles' made from anything except metal. While brushing them, plastic on plastic causes too much friction thus heat damage. At least that's what I was told.

-Fiona

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Curious about what people wear and recommend. Human hair? Synthetic? Human hair kind of freaks me out a little bit, and then I see that they require washing... do synthetic wigs require washing? Pretty ignorant here. How often does one need to wash a human hair wig? Every day? And special tools are required? I'm really mad at male pattern baldness right now. ;)

For my wigs, I use a hair brush that is only for the wigs, but it is the same kind as I use on my hair which is the tipped, wide spread, nylon bristles. On synthetic wigs you DO NOT use any heat implement on them or you can make a real mess.

I was strongly instructed to never use a brush with 'bristles' made from anything except metal. While brushing them, plastic on plastic causes too much friction thus heat damage. At least that's what I was told.

-Fiona

Backwards there, metal is harder than plastic and can wear the plastic as much or more. The fibers they use now-a-days are pretty rugged. My two wig experts (one a designer and the other a manufacturer's representative from Revlon.) had no preference on the synthetic wigs as far as combs go, but both used nylon brushes like I described. For human hair wigs, the stainless steel bristles were slightly better because the hair in the wigs is no longer getting natural lubrication and the steel does help move wig conditioner around a bit on the hair fibers, but again, no hard and fast rule. My wigs have held together very well with what I have.

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Hmmmmmm...... I guess it depends who you ask. After your response I did some net searching and some suggest standard brushes while others say steel only :) . I tried to check out the website for the company that manufactures my wig, but it's down for remodeling.....

*HUGS*

-Fiona

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