I would like to share with you a story about wearing a postiche.
I received my postiche back in October, just a few days before my family and I left for New York. I was a little nervous wearing my postiche at first because I was afraid it would shift or the wind would blow and people could see it etc. We took a double decker bus tour through Manhattan and as we sat on the open top area I kept checking with my husband and he kept telling me everything was fine. I thought that was pretty good. I didn’t have to hold on to it or worry about it.
Then a few days later the ultimate test came and her name was Hurricane Sandy. On that day we had to run down the street (not far) to get some food because everything else was closed. I ran down the street in the wind and when we got back my postiche was just fine. I just needed to brush my hair like anybody else would. I have not worried about it since. (Come to think of it we were in Disneyland in March and I went on Space Mountain and it didn’t hit me until the ride was over that I completely forgot I had my postiche on! Everything was fine.)
I just wanted to share this with you and thank you.
Nada
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Sometimes you just forget the obvious. Actually, ask my wife and she will tell you that I forget everything. But earlier this week I asked one of the Continental Hair stylists, Seven, to cut in a wig for display. I gave her a very dark human hair wig. She cut it into a bob/wedge with severe bangs. She liked it so much she wore it in the salon.
It was a dramatic departure from her long layered look. The other stylists, and the clients loved it. She was just having fun. She asked me if she could wear it home. I said sure. (What am I going to say?) Someone asked her, “You think your husband will like the look?” She replied, “He better like it, or I’ll find someone who will.”
Seven wore the new look off and on for the rest of the week. It was a big hit with everyone. We work with so many women everyday that just want their hair to look healthy and natural, or to maintain their privacy while they are going through a battle, I forgot that wigs can also be fun. Just like I have said that hair is supposed to be fun, wigs are too. And they should be.
For the last year of two I have been testing the idea of when a woman will decide to come and see me about their thinning hair. In many cases they will see lots of other people first. They ask advice of their hairstylist, their doctor, then their dermatologist and perhaps a naturopath. Get tested for many things and at the end of the journey they decide to come and see me. Its like I am a goalie, the last line of defense.
What makes a woman decide that she actually HAS to DO something about her thinning hair? My observations have led me to conclude that it is when a woman is fed up with her hair loss dictating her hair style.
I am working on my Stockhom speech over the holidays. But really, this is the case. And what I have decided what we do here at Continental is not selling 50 or 100 or 160 grams of hair. We provide a woman with her “look”. The one that she wants to have, not the one she is forced to have.
I think that is one of the reasons why they leave so happy.
I don’t play hockey anymore. Well, I can’t since my broken leg is still healing. But I do get invited to the pub by my hockey guys. So last night, after their playoff game, I went to Mayday Malones (don’t ask) and caught up with some of the old dogs.
The reason I bring thins up is that several of these guys have wives. Some of them still have wives. The sad part is that a few of them have brought their wives to me to get a wig because of their cancer treatments. One of these gentlemen, a bear of a Russian, gave me a hug last night. I asked how his lovely wife was doing. He said she was great. He then brought up the fact that her wig has been passed from cancer patient to cancer patient. It is now on it’s fourth wearer.
“And every one of them is doing well. It must be good luck.”
Amen.
If you have watched the video that is on the Postiche page you will recognize Lisa Marie. She was having a wig cut in and talked about the fact that I was making a postiche for her. This was her yesterday after she had it styled.
