During Covid, because I worked from home, I stopped wearing wigs. When I went back to work after the long break, I tried to wear the wigs again, but they looked like a damn hat, and I just thought they were ugly and looked weird. For some reason, I don't like them anymore, and now I wear my natural hair.
Same!! I just couldn't get back into them. They looked like mops 😂 but I'm glad it happened because it got me into wearing my real hair out and now I love it here ❤
Had a smiliar experince. I quit my job 2017 and started working from home for myself ever since. This limited my wig wear untill I just stopped. When I did, they're started feeling like putting om a hat 😅. I embraced my natural hair for yearrs and last year I got micro locs and I love them. ❤
Along the lines of anxiety, depression is another valid reason to wear a wig. Some days, it’s a blessing to just get out of bed. Questioning someone’s appreciation of their natural beauty seems so small and insignificant when they’re questioning their own appreciation for life itself.
Well, it becomes a crutch I suppose and easier to have that be something to avoid self care. At some point you need to put in the self care and if you can make the effort to put on and style a wig to make it look presentable, because you don’t just stick it on without styling it right, then why not that effort on your own hair?… unless you’re suffering from hair loss from things like alopecia or cancer treatments etc, I think it’s just easy and lazy to believe that’s the reason. Unfortunately plenty of women can spend hours making the fake hair look right on their head, so why not put those hours into self care? To say it’s depression could be true when you see women wearing badly fitting wigs that haven’t been brushed and styled etc, but that’s not really the case that I see. Sorry but life is tough for all and if you actually can put a wig on to be presentable, you can do that with your own hair.
@LeilaVividSounds I think you need to talk to a mental health specialist. A wig is no way close to the effort of 4c hair. Like..how is it the same? If you have white hair, yeah you can put the same effort. If you have true mental illness you have a chance of suffering hair loss from stress or medications. 4C hair needs gentle, patient treatment to properly grow. If I'm having a hard day or week or month, I wear a wig. A big, fluffy curly wig. I don't have to detangle my wigs. Just comb or brush. I have to detangle my hair though. Braid it in parts...like come on. Have some empathy
As someone working in death care, I was an autopsy assistant for 9 yrs and I am currently a records clerk in the same Medical Examiners office. I would not recommend using the hair of the deceased. A lot of people especially with longer hair come in and it is covered in blood, vomit, etc depending on how they passed away. It also doesn't take long for the follicles to start decomposing and the hair coming out at the root.
I used to love wearing my thick, natural hair......until I lost most of it. Hair cant grow through scars. I offer no apologies for doing what makes me comfortable. Im wearing synthetic in my AVI. Its what i mostly wear. I make them work for me.
I relate so much 😭😭 I loved my natural hair until it started falling out. Now I just wear synthetic wigs that look like my natural hair did before I lost it 🤷🏾♀️
@@rmcrave651 my hair is in its naturally curly state 95% of the time. Anything I do I do to MY HAIR…..so like I said…..why doesn’t she just wear a scarf? 🧐
I have waist length dreads and I STILL wear wigs just because I want to change my look from time to time. That’s all. Not because I don’t like my hair texture as I have wigs ranging from kinky curly to bone straight in terms of texture. I just like the flexibility of changing hair look and color whenever I feel like changing my look.
But if a woman wants to switch up their look that's fine but why with hair texture that is of another races and nothing even near what would grow out of your own head? We need to be as black women more honest with ourselves 🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️
@@st4y178 I’m white and I think natural hair is absolutely stunning! If someone doesn’t like it it’s a them problem. If you want to go straight for a bit do, just remember that your natural hair is really beautiful.
I'm a white girl with PCOS and Hypothyroidism. My conditions thinned my hair out drastically. With the help of Minoxidil I have regained SOME density, but my hair is still fine, and thus, I should not be using heat tools or chemicals on my hair (and white hair is already delicate as it is). I wish it was more normal for white women to wear wigs. Maybe it would even dial back people's ignorant criticism for women of color using wigs and weave. Or even sporting natural hair. But when a white woman wears a wig, either she's assumed to be very ill or eCcEnTrIc. Man, I can't grow my hair out past my shoulders or else it just looks terrible. I could wear the most stylish outfit, have my makeup all done perfectly. But then I have hair I can't style, so I immediately look frumpy. I want to be able to have a wig that is the style I'd want my hair to be in if I could have the choice, which honestly isn't much. Everyone should just wear their hair, or buy whatever hair, however they want. It's just hair, and it's nobody else's business.
People with health issues or alopecia are the exception. It is weird for African-descent communities because most women who are healthy of other races or ethnicities WEAR THEIR REAL HAIR unless they have an illness or they are an actor, singer, performer, etc. or maybe for a random special occasion 2-3 times a year. Wearing wigs and weaves everyday that look nothing like your natural hair texture when you have a head full of healthy hair and no health issues is just weird.
You need to do what makes you feel good what makes you feel pretty and like yourself. Don’t let what others think hold you back. Years from now you will wonder why you didn’t just do what you wanted to do. Let yourself feel free.
I have trichotillomania and I totally relate to the “makeup done, nice outfit, but lazy hair” part, the hair is a BIG part of why I’m insecure about my looks so I might actually get a wig at some point…
I don't knock any woman who wants to wear wigs, but I would only do so if I was dealing with a medical condition and needed it. The idea of putting someone else's hair on my head has always freaked me out. I have always loved the hair God blessed me with, so I've always been content with my hair, exactly how it grows out my scalp. I've been rocking locs for the last couple of years and I've never felt more beautiful. I wish all women could experience this type of love for their natural hair.
I wish I could love my hair. I have spent so much time and so much money trying to love it, only to leave salons feeling the same crushing blow of dysphoria I've felt since I was a very young child. I cannot love my hair. It is physically impossible. The first time I wore a (synthetic) wig, I cried because I actually felt beautiful for the first time in my life. It made me want to take care of myself, made me love myself. Getting a good synthetic wig and wearing it and restoring it for several months and only changing it when I get sick of the color costs me way less money and emotional pain than trying to deal with my natural hair.
@UnderoathHasMyBrain I'm sure your natural hair is as beautiful as you are. Sometimes, we just can't see the beauty in ourselves. There are a lot of natural hair pages on RU-vid that can help you understand and learn how to do your hair so that you don't have to rely on anyone else to do it for you. Learning how to take care of your hair is a journey, and it takes time and patience, but the feeling of loving yourself just as you are,without any enhancements, is totally worth it. I wish you nothing but the best, and I hope one day you can see the beauty in your hair ❤️
@DeliciafromBrooklyn I appreciate it, but that's a matter of opinion. I've struggled with my hair my entire life, and I'm 35 so I'm not some young person who doesn't know what she's doing. It's just dysphoria and nothing can fix that. Plus I prefer long flowing hairstyles and ponytails. The way I feel about my hair won't change, I'm afraid.
My mom has a different hair texture from me, and wasn’t particularly good at doing type 4 hair. We relied a lot on hair salons for my hair care. That’s when I learned how undesirable my hair texture was to people. I had these grown women threaten to not do my hair again if I don’t get a relaxer, comments from strangers telling me to get a relaxer; just straight up harassment for having thick, long, 4a hair. I gave in as a teenager, completely destroying my hair and confidence, and relied on weaves and wigs ever since. It wasn’t until this year (age 33) that I decided to embrace my natural hair, and I feel more myself, lighter, and my hair is healthy and thriving.
South African girlie here. I wear wigs because the price of doing a new hairstyle every month is the cost of 1 wig. R1000 I maintain my natural hair. But I don’t know how to style it and so that’s where the wig comes in. It’s to save money.
I tried to have hair braided onto my hair to give length to my very short hair after cancer treatments. The micro braids gave me a migraine.So the next day after installation I took it out and just lived with my life with short hair until it grew back.
@@deanawells4395 awww that sucks, but I’m sure your short hair was beautiful too. My friends hair grew back a completely different colour but it was in great condition. I’m guessing that’s not the same for everyone though. I hope you are both making a great recovery.
What surprise me the most is that Blk woman now how to do, care for and style wigs than their own natural hair. And do not come for me, I'm a BW with long natural hair.
@@lovelyk1845 most black women don’t like their hair. When you love something you show it off. You can tell how a woman feels about her hair when you see that she either doesn’t take care of it or she covers it up with someone else’s hair.
@@Laoriginal718 For me I have to restart my journey. I was never taught how to deal with it alone/naturally, which I now have to rectify as an adult. But the damage to my 4C hair is done, so I am going to cut it and start over, because learning to manage it in this state is beyond my capacity at the moment lol. I don't blame my mother either, she was going through a crises when I reached the age I should have been taught, and we relied on hairdressers/braiding for too long. Hindsight is everything.
@@Laoriginal718 I have to disagree with that. Not everyone is a show off. Many people cover their hair and chose to share it only with certain people. I'm confused by the mindset that if you love something you would show it off. What if someone said if you love your breasts and ass, you would show it off. If you got it flaunt it.
Temu and Shein are proof that people will turn a blind eye to unethical companies as long as the prices are cheap. It's a sad truth, but consumerism has robbed people of empathy.
“Locks of Love” is a non-profit charity, where people can donate 10” or more of hair, to people with cancer, burn trauma, or alopecia. For the person who said their husband thinks only cancer patients, etc. should be able to wear wigs. I don’t agree, but when I was 13 I chopped my hair off for my mom, and donated 10 inches. So there is a special charity that does donate wigs with donated hair❤.
When I was 9 I donated my hair to locks of love (2007). Now I will refuse to donate because they charge for the wigs now that they make for the people that would need them. Last time I Donated my hair I did Wigs for Kids. Adults can get away with being bald, but growing up being bullied just because I was intellectually different, I don't want some kid to get bullied for being Bald (due to alcolpecia or recovering from cancer)
they're not a good option anymore and haven't been for years, sadly. i switched to pantene beautiful lengths, but then they stopped accepting hair donations. last time i donated, i found a children's charity.
I’m experiencing hair loss due to peri menopause. I would definitely wear a wig if I knew where to start. The ethics worry me. I think I need better education on the issue and really appreciate this video. The thought of wearing someone’s spiritual off cuts so to speak isn’t a nice thought.
There are beautiful synthetic wigs, just search heat safe, synthetic blends and you'll find some things. You can even search like best synthetic wigs on RU-vid. Good luck. I'm experiencing peri menopause as well, just not hair loss. My daughter took care of that part for me, lol.
@@farmhouseonthemountain thank you so much, somewhere to start! I really appreciate it! It sucks. But I keep reminding myself there are much worse things in life. Good luck with yours. Lol xoxo
Honestly, I love my wigs. I wear one basically everyday. The synthetic ones I save for when I want a crazy color or cut. And the human hair I always buy my natural hair color. When I mean business . I had my hair fried blonde a few years ago and had to cut myself a TWA. Through my hair regrowth journey my wigs keep my natural hair protected and healthy. And the reason I have like zero breakage. Now I have the choice of my wig or my 1.5ft tall afro. Wearing a wig doesn’t mean I hate my natural hair and I always hated that sentiment. Also, nearly everything we buy is questionably sourced and there’s not a whole lot we can do about that as consumers. I don’t really buy into the energy transfer in the hair tho. We happily purchase deceased people’s internal organs and put them in our bodies without knowing a thing about the person it came from or even caring, but it’s somehow different for hair. Let me live with my wig made with floor hair. I’ll wash it.
@@EvenningASMR I’m really happy to see you point out the reasons you wear your wigs and your natural hair sounds amazing!! I always wondered about the sentiment you addressed behind BW not liking their natural hair, I thought it was really sad. As a white woman who absolutely loves natural hair, it’s nice to know that it’s 100% personal choice and absolutely nothing to do with not liking your beautiful hair. And I really hope I haven’t said anything offensive as nothing is intended in that manner whatsoever. ❤️
I've personally been looking to learn how to wear wigs as a quick fix in case I don't want to wear my hair out natural. I'm learning from RU-vid, but I find it interesting. Yes, I don't fully believe in the energy transfer thing. If we use that idea, would it not go for everything else? Our foods go through many hands before they get to us. Our clothes go through many hands before we buy them from a seller. Everything we consume has been touched by some kind of person more than once, I'm sure.
Girl who do you know that has purchased an organ bc they need to go to jail 😂 if you mean organ donation, that has quite a lot of complications to it, it’s not just as simple as buying any old kidney and you’re good to go
@@princessk2822trees grown in toxic soil will make toxic fruits. It’s a false equivalency to say food that has merely been in someone’s hands is the same as hair that has been grown from your scalp for years and has been affected by everything you consume and the feelings you’ve felt in that time (stress specifically)
@@princessk2822 fair point. I’m kinda amused that I considered it as I’m Christian and believe the spirit leaves the body on death! I think I was thinking of intentions, as Da_Bear says, the things we go through show through our hair, kinda how rings of a tree show good and bad years, but as you say, it really would apply to pretty much everything we ever touch in life! You both got me thinking. Lol
I had a very nice lady pick me out a wig when cancer treatment destroyed my hair. I’m up to three inches long and still every so often wear the wig. My favorite Ive ever seen was a llama hair wig that was rainbow. It was so pretty…and so dang expensive.
I have never worn a wig. I personally don’t feel the need to but if someone wants to wear a wig then more power to them, it’s their body. I do find it extremely upsetting that some women with a darker complexion hate their natural hair though, i think it’s beautiful
Hair is made of keratin not living cells so if someone dies there is no immediate change to the hair, except that new hair is no longer growing in. I’ve never worn a wig but I definitely see the appeal espescially if you want something that is very different than your natural look.
I think the ethical issue is moreso that a dead person can’t consent to give you their hair, not that it doesn’t look as good or something. Plus with not knowing how the person died, you really have noooo earthly idea what that hair has been through
I used to wear wigs but when I saw where the hair actually comes from I was so unsettled I left wigs alone all together. I have 4c pure afro never been relaxed and for me I saw wigs as a way to keep my hair virgin and free from manipulation. But after seeing the documentary on wigs it made me think do I really want someone else's hair on my head and my answer was nope. So next day I chucked them out and that was that
i've been donating my hair to cancer patients since i was a child, and the thought of my donated hair being SOLD pisses me off so much. i had to keep switching charities bc they started selling wigs instead of donating wigs to cancer patients. i don't put too much stock into superstition or anything, but it feels all wrong to sell and buy hair that was cut for religious or mental health reasons, especially since they aren't profiting from their own hair.
I dont wear wigs nowdays, but i used to with cosplay. I like synthetic wigs, especially for chopping them up and creating cosplay wigs, but the sensory overload wigs create makes them so difficult for me. Ive learned so much from the amazing Black hair stylists on how to treat them, best use them etc. I absolutely understand really expensive wigs, since hand ventilation is an absolute nightmare and paying someone to vent every single hair is absolutely ethical
In the military women hair standards for short hair is not being able to see the scalp. So you can have a fade, but you can not be BALD. I suffer from trichotillomania and had bald patches all over my head. I had to wear wigs and weaves (glue ins, quick weaves, sew ins) so that I was within hair regulation guidelines. Now that I’m out, I’m completely bald.
@@monique2324im not the original commenter but those regulations are terrible and cruel. women can deal with hair loss for a plethora of reasons, banning being bald is so ridiculous when some women just are same as some men
@@monique2324i’d say the fact that military hair bans women from being bald is ridiculous. like what on earth does that actually affect?? especially since men can be male in the military (to my knowledge)
Some people are not as fortunate as others, I am one of those people, suffering from hair loss, CCC alopecia, menopause. Truly, I hate wearing wigs its hot, clips are uncomfortable, so I have to make due, or the hand I was dealt with.
So glad you made this video. I stopped buying wigs and the ones that I already have I don’t wear them nearly as much as I used to. I’ve been rocking my short natural hair and been learning how to take care of it. My hair has always been so important to me and that shouldn’t change since I cut my hair. My hair has never felt better.
So to preface what I'm gonna say: I'm a white trans guy with pre-transition hair loss, I started losing my hair at 25 due to long term anemia and I'm now 29 and it's much finer and thin now Despite being a trans MALE hairloss fucking sucks, I dont wear wigs but theres something the kills your confidence to see big gaps in your hair no matter how hard you try to hide it Now I just shave all my hair off and that makes me feel a lot better I used to have such beautiful short curls but now when it grows out it's a straight fine mess and I'm sad lol I cant comment on black women hiding their natural hair with wigs because I'm white and it's not my place but I do hope folks find peace with their natural hair, whether it be through wigs, growing it out or shaving it off people deserve to feel good about themselves and I wish everyone the best
not sure what the back and sides of your hair looks like but lookup hair units for men. they're lace front toupees that are indistinguishable from real hair. if your whole head is balding, a short, male styled lace front wig will be absolutely fine too
As a female person taking exogenous testosterone, you’re pretty much in the same boat as women with severe PCOS, which includes androgenic alopecia (different from male pattern baldness!) unfortunately any solution would pretty much involve blocking androgens like spironolactone, but you’d get the same results from stopping T. Which I’d recommend if you enjoy things like your bones being healthy and your uterus not being atrophied
@@Da_bear-ij9gm I should clarify: My hairloss has been caused by chronic anemia and not hormones, due to other medical conditions I have not nor am I on hormones, I've also already written off my hair tbh, male pattern baldness runs in my family and I am not too stressed about being bald
also to note is that a lot of human wig hair is also from what’s known as “waste hair”, which is hair taken off the streets, from shower drains, from trash bins, and other unsavory places from countries like India, which are collected by laborers (occasionally impoverished children) who work for extremely low wages. also, while I agree that temple hair is definitely one of the more ethical and cleanest ways to collect hair, it does rub me the wrong way a bit the way the people (usually women) who donate their hair are typically unaware of where their hair goes, and doesn’t see a single cent of money for giving away their hair. and china, the second largest exporter, will sometimes go to very poor women in rural areas and convince them to cut off and sell their whole head of hair for essentially pennies, while they turn around and make hundreds-dollar wigs off of them. there are also reports of hair being forcibly cut off people from uygher (a chinese minority that is currently under genocide by the CCP) concentration camps which was mentioned in this video. even donating your hair to cancer organizations might mean that yes the source is ethical, but the companies that make these wigs might still sell your hair to cancer patients for hundreds of dollars while you see no money from it 😬 it’s unfortunate to say, but it is quite VERY difficult trying to find a truly ethical source of human hair wigs
I wear wigs to switch things up- colors, lengths, styles, textures, etc. My favorite right now is a 26” kinky curly wig (channeling Diana Ross lol). I do also love and wear my natural hair as well. I did lose my hair a few years ago due to a bad color service, so I wore them then more out of necessity during that time until my hair grew back
Same I loss some hair due to a bad allergic reaction to synthetic braiding hair. The chemicals in the braiding hair caused dermatitis resulting in chemical burns on my scalp. My hair is down my back but the scars are in the crown area which is still tender a couple of months later. Wigs will be my go to until my hair grows out again.
Have even read about hair robbery gun point assaults in some countries in latin america. Like literally pointing with a gun to women and people with long hair and forcing to cut it to sell it. Human hair sells good, specially for people who are poor and their currency is less valuable than american dollars. And a lot of black american women love that hair.
Hey if it helps someone and they can afford it, go ahead. I have never worn a wig, but my hair is easy to deal with and I'm broke. There is definitely something to be said about normalizing all hair types in the work place. And there is no way someone would know if hair was cut off of someone freshly dead, I guess its like getting a cadaver skin graft or something. As long as its not stolen, go for it.
im so glad you speak on so many things in you're videos and not just one issue because there is so much to learn from all of this and many lessons can be made , but im most grateful that u included actual white people in the thumbnails where you speak about pp; wearing wigs , because people really have this closed minded idea that wigs are for black people and black people alone lol ?? and its just insane to me because white women make up a very large portion of people who wear these wigs lol , and yes ofc black women such as myself as well but I just love how u showed people that it aint just people of color with alopecia
I've worn synthetic wigs before because in high school I shaved my head, but the school said girls weren't allowed to be bald. I thought that was interesting, because a lot of black girls in my school wore a bles like me. The vice principal, a white afrikaaner, said it was because of "cultural differences". At the same time, they had very racialised and gendered rules. For example, if a boy had straight hair, it could flow down to your ears and eyebrows. If you had textured or unrelaxed hair, you had to cut your hair after it got about a centimeter of height. Boys couldn't wear long hair, and as I found out, girls couldn't wear shaved hair - at least if they were white. Once I joined a Facebook group for models or event promoters so I could make some extra cash. They would often run ads calling specifically for girls with relaxed hair, braids, or wig installs. They specifically stated that applicants with natural hair would not be considered as it looked unprofessional, unruly, and unpresentable. I think the conversation around hair, not just scalp hair but body hair, is a very interesting way to analyse dynamics in a society. Although people gave me a hard time whenever I shaved my head, they gave me a hard time for NOT shaving my legs when I was in primary school. There are just a lot of colonial and heteronormative practices encoded in hairkeeping.
I’m a black woman born and raised in Italy. I am currently 24 years old. I worn wigs for a while, I stopped in 2020 because I began feeling ugly without. The feeling when I Took off the wig and I saw my bad conrows under… was terrible. I was feeling fake. I preferred taking care of my real hair to feel myself, to Not be afraid of the wind and to Not be mocked by other because of I’m wearimgsomebody’s people hair…..
There's a RU-vidr who makes customized wigs for children, she herself uses one as she doesn't have hair and she is such a kind soul, those girls always have stars on their eyes when they see themselves with those wigs. When I was 14 I donated my hair as a gift for my 15ys, I wanted to do something nice for someone and though idk if it worked, I have hope. On 11 years, nowadays my hair is the longest it has ever been since I was 9. It's virgin, beautiful, healthy, straight with slight waves, but as someone who likes their hair above the shoulders stopping myself from cutting it has been hard, I don't feel like myself and I'm only waiting for the summer to come so I can be myself again. The only reason I haven't committed a crime against my hair it's bc I want to donate it, I want my hair to make someone happy and for them to enjoy it and feel like themselves, just like I do when I have it short. Everybody deserves to feel like themselves, to be happy, regardless of beliefs or life situations. I think that people who choose to wear wigs bc of health, mental or physical, are brave and are making an effort to feel like themselves again... and that's the first and hardest step to make.
For me it's the feeling of it just sitting there on your head. I wore a wig one time just around my house, sooooo uncomfortable didn't even last a hour can't imagine going out with one on.
I love the education, thanks again Busiswa!! I could definitely understand why some would feel uncomfortable with a deceased persons hair, but I think its a very resourceful and smart way of getting healthy hair. Just like how we can donate our organs, I wouldn't mind giving my hair away.
NEVER wore a hair hat. My hair grew from a shaved head to waist length by keeping it in two stand twists, 2 flat twists or wearing headwraps and only washing my hair ONCE a month with African Black soap, use deep conditioner and seal with hair grease. *K.I.S.S. = Keep It Simple Sis*
As a teenager I wanted extensions, and it only took me a few minutes before finding out about the exploitation of vulnerable women to get this hair. It's disgusting that grown women refuse to care, or just turn the other cheek to the mistreatment of the people providing them with this hair. If you like wigs, I love it, but go synthetic or do some damn research into who's hair you're wearing
One absolute idiot seriously tried to argue with me that giving money to these exploited women is good bc then at least they have money 🫠 people will say whatever they need to to justify the choices they already wanted to make
I wore a lot of wigs when I lost my hair (cancer). I had a lot of syntetic ones, and I also have human hair one, made locally, from hair donated to cancer patients by locals. Funny thing is, I donated hair there myself before 😂. And even now, when my hair started growing back, I still wear those wigs time to time, because I still miss my long hair, and it will take years to grow them back. But once they are long enough, I will cut them to donate them again
20:43 DNA is only found in the root of the hair. The shaft of the hair you can only get mitochondrial dna. That's DNA that you inherit from your mother and it's how you can trace your family tree. They would need you hair root for a nuclear DNA. I would talk more about it but I will be honest, I don't feel like making a huge post specifically explaining the difference and what not, lol! XD Plus, I'm pretty sure they would know it was a wig because, assuming it was violent, the wig could have flown off while being attacked, or whatever the case may be.
Anyone paying $10k on a wig… you slow! Cause them wigs do not last for 5-10 years!!!! Keep in mind, the lace will rip; it can get a bald spot; the hair can eventually mat up…. Imma stick to my 200-400 wigs & bundles. Are you wearing the wig everyday? If so, the longevity is going to be down.
It’s sad that black woman get so much flack for wearing wigs but other ethnicities can easily do it. I remember a video of a girl wearing a wig and this guy came bye and ripped it off! It was caught on video and his friends were even coming down on him for this.
It's because black women would rather wear other races of hair. The exaggerated baby hairs, losing edges, neon colors, the screen door scalp, unnaturally shiny... It's the fact that it's obviously fake and don't even try to look like ourselves. We hate our real hair more than the rest of the world.
1. Other races typically wear wigs due to hair thinning balding or outright hair loss.. or for cosplaying. Black women who wear wigs wear them when theres nothing wrong with their natural hair and theyre not in costume. 2. Other races wear wigs that look like their natural hair. Black women typically get long, straight hair wigs, and in colors they clearly dont grow naturally. Big difference.
Ive never worn wigs before because 1) i grew up just wearing my hair out all the time, never having weave or installations And 2) im autistic and so i cant really wear wigs without having an autistic meltdown from the senesory issues i have. I don't have an interest in wigs because of this. I will note that some people think of sensory issues being chalked up to "just not liking the feeling," but that isn't the case as it causes me physical pain and emotional distress. Im also glad i grew up around family that just helpedme with the hair on my head (not going to get into how i was forced to have relaxers because doing my hair as a child was a pain to my mom and they didnt like my meltdowns). Im natural now, and it feels best, and it makes me feel more like myself. When i had a relaxer, it was a means of forcing me to mask my autism. Masking is when an autistic person on thr milder side of the spectrum unconsciously or consciously hide their autistic traits to survive. Although a lot of the topics you cover socially can't apply to me because of my autism, it gives me a perspective and look into allistics (non autistic people) lives and the different things they experience. It helps me feel less excluded, especially with autism not being talked about much within the black community so its always interesting to learn about whats going on socioculturally. Thank you for your content! Edit: I should note that autistic individuals also have different sensory reactions and triggers so it's also completely normal for an autistic person to enjoy wearing wigs too! Autism is a spectrum
I wore wigs when I was dealing with damaged hair (from wearing extensions). It always felt itchy and hot. I never liked the look of wigs no matter how laid they claim they are (wig blindness is real). Specially when the texture is opposite of the hair type. Once I stopped wearing wigs and extensions my hair grew so much faster. So that was a big incentive to stop wearing them.
After decades of doing my natural hair, my hair and scalp were damaged.. I started wearing drawstring ponytails. Great styles, versatility and practicality. Game changer!
I've owned 1 wig in my time taking care of my own hair. It was a braided wig that I did enjoy the convenience of. I call wigs "hot hats" cause I was soo hot wearing mine. I only wore it in-between my box braided styles to cover the fact that I look like Riley from the boondocks with my hair braided to the back. 😂 To each their own but we should all love the hair we have or don't have.
Idk. It just seems wrong to take and use hair fromvpeople who cut them because of religious reason. It just seems disrespectful, they probably wanted it to be in their temple. I am not religious and see religion very critical, if people take it extremely serious qnd put it over their empathy and morals they normally have as a human, but I am sentimental and I think doing symbolic things out of resoect is just a human thing and therefore important. It just feels inhumane and insensitive to me to take the hair of these people, when it was very important for them to cut them in their temple and it being kind of as a ritual. Idk, just a respect thing and some sentimental humanity, even if it doesn't actually actively harm them
Did you listen to the part that said they sell the hair to make money for the temple, so they can help more people? Or that before they used to burn it, so basically it was wasted. At least now it gets used and the temple can get money to feed and shelter people.
Say what you want, people should be able to donate their hair like do their organs. Same safety standards should apply. I want as much of me recycled as possible when I go.
Worn wigs. Had short and long natural hair. Even had dreads and been bald. I love wigs until summer 😁 I just dig hair, I have the longest hair ive ever had right now. Its 15 inches right now. Im 51, so ive had some fun with my hair. ❤
As a non-American, the thought of people walking around with wigs just because is so absurd to me. I saw very few women on Internet in my country using it and people always assume they either have cancer or are in a mania episode and acting weird. Wigs for fashion is just so out of my world I can't completely grasp it
I used to wear wigs many years ago, then went natural and now have locs. What I don't get is why I don't see more women wearing wigs similar to their natural texture instead of straight or wavy most of the time. With that being said people should do them. Sometimes people want a different look without damaging their real hair.
I don’t know how anyone wears a wig. I wore one for a Halloween costume. Nope. I hated it. It amazes me how so many are so good at putting them on and no way can you tell.
My cousin, a guy, grows his hair, head and facial, real long, then has it cut and donates it to an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients. I know about another man who does the same, but just the hair on his head. He doesn’t have a beard. Great gentlemen! ♥️♥️🦋
People's personal choice, their hair and head, their choice. Who cares what other people think of what you do or don't do with your hair, they aren't living or contributing to your life or happiness.
Exactly this seems to only be a black woman thing black women so worried about other blk women’s hair and wat they do with it telling them stop wearing wigs n wear ur natural hair then when u wear ur natural they eyeballing to make sure it’s “natural” meaning no chemicals or straightened it’s damn if u do damned if u don’t black women are so weird worried about others hair like damn other races don’t police they own race hair why do blacks do this bt then shout out how they love bein black n shout out about injustice about blacks
I stopped wearing wigs because 1. My hair is thick as hell and it started becoming too much to lay my wig with my hair 2. I feel like weairng my natural hair suits me more than wearing wigs, I felt like I was hiding myself when wearing wigs 3. I literally cant afford to buy anymore wigs lol
As an alternative fashion girlie, I wear synthetic wigs, my natural pink Afro, and even wigs I crocheted out of yarn my pfp). I love the versatility of wigs. Oddly enough I never wear weaves or braids with added hair. I hate how heavy it makes my head feels at night.
the woman who said she wears wigs to feel more confident had so many contradictions in one speech lol she said I want my daughter to grow up confident that why I wear wigs ?? lmaooo girl then be confident in you're own hair thats the best way. im all for anyone doing wat they want but just have a valid explanation or none at all lol cause thats also an option
I think that you are really stunning as you are. You looked hilarious with your wig. I love way you bring these topics up. I never realized that so many people wear wigs! I can understand that it would be cool to have completely different hair for fun as I have messed up my hair heaps of times bleaching it or dying it funky colours. I can't imagine wearing one though, I think that everyone would know it's a wig if I wore it and I don't need it so that is lucky.
I watched a documentary about how the hair for human hair wigs/weave/bundles/etc is harvested and it's very insidious and exploitative so I've been hesitant to use anything other than synthetic
I have long thick hair. It’s down to my waist. I don’t have a reason to wear a wig and I’d have to cut and thin my hair to do so. Why bother? That said, I am big on coloring my hair to cover up the gray. My profile pic was taken in Tokyo in November 2022. I’m 62 in that picture. Getting rid of the gray is a huge part of my beauty routine and I do it myself. If something happened where I lost my hair, I’d look at wigs or scarves. Probably scarves. I can wear a different scarf for each day of the week. So many possibilities!
@@raqui174 I don’t wear makeup, I don’t even own any makeup. It’s not hard to do. When you accept that God made you in HIS image you don’t feel the need to do the things that displease Him. We all struggle with something but disliking something and hating something is two different things. Weave/wigs is self hate and makeup is witchcraft.
For me, i grew up never really seeing wigs, and over the years my exposure to them was western media (im north african and currently live in the middle east). Honestly i was really sheltered growing up as well, and didnt even realise i was seeing wigs growing up, i used to think everyone had such nicely styled hair - which really made me start to be really critical and more aware of my hair once i started to hit teen years or so. Thing is, i always had a hate- love relationship with my hair (stemming from elders and surrounding culture but thats a story for another day 😭) and as i grew up i started even experiencing hair loss, due to genetics and probably even mistreatment from heat and so on. Im muslim, so wigs and adding any sort of extension, human or synthetic, is a no go, Its part of my religious belief. Even so, i have started to see wig shops open up here surprisingly, and the talk of wigs has been inescapable in my recent feed; to the point that ive gotten so accustomed to them. The thought of wearing one used to intrigue me from time to time, especially since my confidence has been sort of tanked with my hair issues. But in recent times, ive been trying to put more effort in nourishing my hair and putting more effort and love into it, its been easier with access to content creators with similar hair types to mine, and the surge in curly hair "acceptance"/ "awareness" ? Lol idk.
Back in the day, people used to save the hair that would naturally fall out and create hair "rats" to make their hair look more voluminous. I wonder if there is a way the same concept could be used to create a wig out of your own hair.
I tried a wig once, weave bundles and weave braiding hair. Natural 4 C is hard for me to maintian without chemical which i refuse to ever do again so i chose to wear a fade over 17 yrs.
I’m right there with you. Last time I relaxed my hair has to be the last as I lost hair and realized “Well you have been box relaxing your hair for over 15 years 😅” it’s grown back with me using less heat and certain products but it’s just so difficult to deal with and sometimes I cry from it 😭
I have lupus and lost half the hair on my head in a year. I’m at the point where I feel like I need to wear a wig or hair topper. It’s been a really demoralizing experience. I can relate so much to the woman speaking around 13:37 that it almost made me cry.
I have alopecia but I have very thick hair naturally. I have donated my hair to wigs4kids and I am growing it out to donate again. They accept grey hair and they do not make you donate money or make recipients jump through hoops to receive a wig. Donate if ya can. 💙
i wear wigs for cosplay and versatility. there’s a lot more variety and a lot LESS anxiety when it comes to styling the hair BECAUSE there is no serious attachment to it. i prefer wearing my natural hair, but wigs are definitely fun to experiment with if you’re looking to change things up. ❤
I had stress induced alopecia about 7 years ago, I spent 6.5k on two human hair wigs from a celebrity wig designer and nobody knew it was a wig. Hairstylists would ask me who colored my hair..I had to cover up the patches where my hair had fallen out so I went this route. However I felt uncomfortable wearing them as first I have sensory issues so it felt always like it was a hat. Lastly it felt like I was playing a role in it and was not myself regardless on how they looked. Years after now, I have sold them and have had my natural hair back, they helped my hair grow back so I’m grateful for that. However the whole feeling of them I didn’t like, I would never wear one now unless I had a medical issue again.
