I'm pretty excited, I made an appointment today to get fitted for a wig early next week. Right now, my own hair simply isn't long or abundant enough for me to do any feminine styling with it. To help my confidence while out and about, I'm getting my first wig to hopefully add some more feminine dimension to my appearance. I'm super excited!! I found a shop nearby that has been in business for 49 years. I reached out to them via email to see if they were experienced working with transgender people. I got a very polite email back from the shop's owner explaining that yes indeed she's been doing this for decades and has worked with many transgender people.
So today I called to set my appointment and spoke to the shop owner again. She remembered my email and kind of had a laugh about my shyness and her experience. She explained how she has worked with many transgender people and really enjoys it. She then asked me very directly if I was a male changing to female. Maybe not the ideal way to put it but I confirmed. She then asked if I would mind coming in dressed as a female for the consultation/fitting, I told her I thought that was probably the best way to do this so yes, I'll be there in full makeup and dress. I've got my appointment all setup for early next week and I'm super excited. Honestly, can't wait to see what affect a feminine hairstyle has on my overall look. I don't expect it to work any miracles, but I'm hoping to see a better reflection than I'm used to.
I'm still torn on my long term plan. On one hand I'd really like to wear the wig and let my hair grow out to a shoulder length in the meantime. However, I'm concerned with work and how I can still put on a professional male businessman look until I'm ready to go full-time at work if I have longer hair. On the other hand, I think the more prudent path to take is going to be to keep my natural hair in a short feminine/androgynous style until I go full-time at work. At that point then I can start to let it grow out, continuing to wear the wig until it gets to a length I'm happy with. I'll figure that all out however after I see what I end up with as far as a wig.