Wigging Out

Living with a hairdresser, who also happens to be a drag queen, and having a roommate who is also a drag queen, I'm surrounded by hair, and talk of hair all the time  The're re are mannequin heads around the house, with various stages of wigs, or hairpieces, or whatever.  Given the fact that I'm a balding person, it's kind of a mean reminder of the fact that my hair is rapidly migrating from my head. 

 When I first met Dan, he let me know that it was possible that he could "give me hair." The idea at the time, seemed foolish to me.  Everyone already knew that I was balding, and so it would be quite obvious that I had done something to my head, if I just mysteriously showed up with hair at work one day.  He never pushed for me to do it.  He just let me know that it was an option, and that if I changed my mind, that he'd be willing to let me try it out.  Given that this is what he does for his life's work, it was a great offer.  And, an offer that I considered very carefully, for a long time.  

So, I finally decided to give it a shot. At worst, I would hate it and want to take it off. At best, I'd love it.

The day came to do it and i was more than ready for it to happen. As I have been nearly bald for a long time, it was a bit weird sitting through a "real" haircut. And seeing how much hair came off the hairpiece surprised me. I'd forgotten how much hair the average person actually has.

When he told me it was done, I was scared to see the final product.  I knew I would look different.  I just didn't know what to think. Because,  at this point, my thin hair had all been shaved off. So I was either going to be really bald or I was going to have to live with hair I didn't like until the rest of it grew back.

Fortunately,  everything worked out fine. The new hair looks great. It still feels weird having hair when I previously haven't. 

The same day we went to Boston, for something to do. As a way to break in the new hair without running into anyone that we knew. 

Well, that and, now that I had my new hair, it was time for Shaunna Rai to get some new hair too. She ended up getting two new wigs in Boston. 

The big test with my hair came on Monday. Over the weekend the response to my hair pictures had been good. But it was the coworkers' response that scared me most. These are the people I see every day. If they didn't like it, I'd never hear the end of it. Thankfully, they all liked it too. Although, a couple of people didn't even recognize me!

Overall, it was one of my better decisions. And now i have my own hair that I get to wear. And I can stop being jealous of the fact that Shaunna Rai and Vanila Honey-Bush have a ton more hair than me.