The dreaded hug!

When you wear a wig, there are often small problems.

None of them are that bad. But lots of little irritants.

The wind and the way it flicks your hair up in one unnatural uplift.
The sunglasses, ie where to put the arms on the sides of the glasses, under your wig or on top.
The heat and the perspiration it generates underneath, which can cause overheating issues.

This is just to name but a few. But one that I often forget, is the dreaded hug.

Hugs can be quite wonderful. In fact, reserarch has show that a proper deep hug, can benefit you in many ways.  See some of the things that I have uncovered are:

Hugs can instantly boost oxytocin levels (the love hormone!!!)
Hugs strengthen the immune system.
Hugs boosts self-esteeem
Hugs relaxes muscles.
Hugs balance out the nervous system.
Hugs teach us how to give and receive.
Hugs teach us to let go and be present in the moment.
Hugs reduce blood pressure and slow down the pulse rate
Hugs bring down levels of the stress hormone, cortisol

However when I see someone coming towards me with arms open wide, I dont think lucky me, I am about to experience a ton of health benfits, I think OH NO, this person is going to pull my wig off!!

You see most hugs involve the other persons arms reaching up around the neck and folding in, often tightly. For the average human, this is nothing other than lovely.  However for us wig bearing folk, we know it entails us, quickly holding on to our hair, so it doesn't get dragged down our back and ultimately off our heads!!

That said, whatever you do, don't stop hugging us!! Us baldies need some love too.

It's just one of the those little things us alopecians need to factor into our lives!!

So go share the love and reduce someones blood pressure. Go hug your neighbour!