Agreed that it’s much tougher on women simply because of the social mores in place as it relates to bald women. It’s pretty natural anymore for a man to be bald.

I like the Army angle – never considered that would be a place that folks would accept a woman’s baldness as “cool”. I should also mention that I bumped into a 27 year old AU lady in Northern Cali a few weeks back. She was totally bald and not wearing a wig or head scarf. I’m forgetting her name – but she looked great. She told me she lives in Manhattan and does wear wigs a lot of the time. However, she goes bald some of the time and she claims that being in a big city allows for a bit more freedom in that respect. You stand out less and people tend to have a wider range of what’s acceptable and attractive for a woman. Anyway, just a story.

Good luck finding a good wig maker. There’s a NW AU group that meets every couple months. I haven’t been in years—but the lady that runs the group is named June Secreto. Let me know if you need her contact info. I know they spend a lot of time exchanging cosmetic tips about local wig makers, tatoo artists that apply permanent eyeliner, etc. Thanks for dropping a line!