Toppik

[Guest]

I got some Toppik for me and my hubby that arived 2 days ago..just in time for the parties. I'm wondering how you guys feel about it. I've been usuing nioxin products, so my hair is looking thicker and now as limp...but i put some of that toppik on my hair part and it just makes my scalp look dirty. Is the idea to put so much on that you cover the whole area? I wiped it off the part but it did make my hair look much better in the area on either side of the part...but it made my head itch later in the night. I was so afraid that it would get on my fingers I tried so damn hard not to touch it I had this horrible vision of scratching my head while talking to someone and getting black stuff sprinkle on my forehead..heheh.

 

[msgluv]

HI!
Some people swear by Toppik. They say it works well for them. However, I used it and I didn't like it. Whenever I scratched my head, I would have it in my nails! I also was paranoid that the powder could be seen. I would have your husband and you examine each other (outside... for more bright lighting). See if you can tell it is powder or if it blends in naturally. The color has to match. If you put too little, it won't do the trick, but if you put too much, then it might be detectable. So, examine each other!

 

[Guest]

we both got lucky in that the dark brown matches my hair and the medium brown seems to match his too. He got so anoyed that all night i was like "so how about in this light?" lol. He said it looked good and he couldn't tell i had anything in. I think it works alot better on short hair though..when the hair sticks up and hides the stuff unlike mine that is shoulder length. But i'll try it again and we'll see.
thanks!

 

[Guest]

toppik (or hair so real)

i've been using hair so real (cheaper form of toppik) for two years, and i wouldn't leave the house without it. but i hate it. i hate everything about it. i hate that the dust gets everywhere in my bathroom, on my pillow, on my hands, on my forehead, in my nose (i use a mask to put it on now, it can't be good to inhale that stuff, even if it IS non-toxic). i hate cleaning my bathroom constantly so that people who come over don't know or wonder what all the dust is--and if you don't clean it up often, it mixes w/the hairspray dust and is impossible to get off.

i hate having to worry all the time if it has rubbed off or if i have patches of scalp showing. i hate having to worry if it is all over my face or hands. i hate having to worry if it is falling all over my desk, or on someone else's couch or pillow. i hate having to put it in and make sure it is not showing in my part, and using so much hairspray to keep it in place.

actually, i pretty much hate my life right now. i'm 28 and things have been going on this way for almost 10 years, and it just keeps getting thinner and thinner. i am always thinking about it, worrying about it, watching other people's hairlines jealously.

my friends say they can't even tell with the hair so real/toppik on (i have dark brown hair, luckily). i'm glad that people on the street aren't staring at me thinking about what a shame it is, blah blah blah. but inside, i am completely miserable.

so i don't know what to do. as i said, without it i wouldn't leave the house. i don't know what i'm going to do when i can't use it anymore b/c i don't have enough hair left to look good with the powder.

it is a good product, but a curse nonetheless.

i am still trying to figure how how i am supposed to go through the rest of my life not in complete misery.