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What It's Really Like to Lose Your Hair in Your 20s

When she went completely bald at 26, it was other people's reactions that she struggled with the most

by Laura Zinger, as told to Emily Woodruff, Andrea Jordan  |  2 COMMENTS

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Pink Hair, Don't Care
Pink Hair, Don't Care At first, I bought a human hair wig, which turned out to be an awful decision for me. It was $1,200, and incredibly hot and heavy -- especially in Chicago's 90-degree weather and humidity. I was DYING. Plus, you have to wash it every day, and it reacts to humidity -- all the bad parts about having real hair and none of the good! I switched to plastic wigs, which are $40 to $60, and much more comfortable. Because they were cheap, I got a bunch of them. At any given point, I'd have about 20 wigs in rotation. I'd be a blonde one day, and have pink hair the next.

Photo by Michelle Kaffko, courtesy Laura Zinger

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