louiseg
15 years agoMember
Wig Shopping
I start my chemo in about 3 weeks and thought I would go wig shopping soon :) I know the Cancer Council in WA has a hire service and was wondering if anyone has used this and what you think about hi...
Hey ladies, i was just reading this thread, and having a chuckle! I bought a lovely brand new wig and luckily I only ended up paying $20 for it (it was subsidised by the hospital) because I never ended up wearing it! It looked lovely on but was way too itchy and hot for me cos I had my chemo throughout summer. I was also always terrified that it'd fly off in the wind in the supermarket car park!..Lol! When I bought the wig, I really thought I'd hate being bald, but to be honest, I actually didn't mind it at all! Infact a lot of the time I had good fun with it...shocking people and seeing their reactions as they looked and then looked again! It was really funny! I went to a Look Good Feel Better workshop too and volunteered to be the 'model' for all the head wear. It was great to get to try on all the hats etc and have a laugh with a lovely bunch of ladies! In the end I made myself a lot of head wear...nice light cotton 'caps' and head scarves for summer and they did me just fine. I had real trouble finding nice looking, reasonably priced head wear for the hot weather, so I resurrected the old sewing machine, got some patterns from Spotlight and made some cheap and attractive head wear! Celeste x