What do you do about a weak temporal point/temple recession?

[Alsh]

It seems that it's really hard to get a hair system looking right when you have a weak temporal point along with temple recession.
While the hairline may be low on the front (mid-frontal point), the lack of strength in the sides makes it look strange from a side profile.

Temporal point for reference:

https://imgur.com/sjsrfzF

https://imgur.com/AkaNDmG

We often have a lot of off cuts, is it worth/possible to reconstruct a temporal point using .03 poly?
What about getting a small hair transplant to re-enforce your side walls?

 

[Noah]

Hi Alsh

You're right - severe loss of temples is one of the situations which make it harder to achieve a really good look with a system. That said, you have nothing to worry about, at least for the foreseeable future. Your temples, while perhaps not as lush as they once were, are still ample to support a system and achieve a realistic balanced look. The problem only really starts when your side hair recedes to the point where the hairline is concave rather than convex - i.e. it heads backwards from your sideburns. You still have distinct temple points.

For a guy who is not as fortunate as you, and has completely lost his temple points, the choices are:

- to move the whole front hairline of his system back, to create a receded look in balance with his receded sides;
- to get a small hair transplant to restore his temple points; or
- to add temple flaps to his system, and brush the hair down and forward to cover up the lack of side hair.

Guys who wear a full cap basically have to use the third technique. They don't attempt to create temple points with the wig; they just have a dense shaggy style which covers up the lack of temples points.

It is not really possible to recreate temple points with a hairpiece - whether 0.03 poly or lace. The hair on natural temples is very fine, low density, and angled very sharply as it emerges from the skin. It is not possible to recreate those features with a hairpiece. The base would be visible. I have seen guys try to do this, and it just doesn't look right.

Noah

 

[Alsh]

Thanks for the reply. The photo above isn't my case but the advice still stands. I may update the post with my own sides.

With that in mind, how good are hair transplants to reenforce your sides - I'd imagine the surgeries are tough to get right given the detail required in the area.

You probably don't need many grafts though and it could be a cost effective way to boost your appearance

 

[Noah]

Agreed; a small number of grafts would go a long way. But it is a specialist job, and I think you would be well advised to shop around to get a surgeon with a proven track record. I have seen a couple of good examples. It is something I would consider for myself if my sides got a lot weaker.

 

[JohnathonNY]

You could try getting your temples SMP'd in a bit. That's what I had done. My temple hair is diffusely thinned, but the layer of SMP underneath makes it look much denser that it already is.

 

[SD1984]

Usually you just need to have your hairline higher, and have a lower density unit

 

[Fanjeera]

How does a base with temple flaps look like?

Not only moving the whole hairline back, but making it strongly recessed should work as well. Basically moving the hairline back yes, but especially the lateral parts of the hairline. A strongly V or M shaped hairline to the point of NW3. By then you're probably 50 anyway, so it would look good.

 

[Jbalding]

Your temples dont look bad man. My temples have always been like your current temples, ive NEVER had triangular temple points like you drew. Just be careful you don't fall into "hair greed". We are able to have any hair style we want with these systems, but it does not mean you should.

 

[Blue eyes]

I wear a full cap and I would definitely be interested in Temple flaps. How would that be incorporated when ordering your specs?

 

[yurguardianangel]

Undercut style would work if you have this issue.

 

[Blue eyes]

What is an under cut style?

 

[BaldBearded]

What is an under cut style?

When the back and sides are shaved or buzzed really short, and there is not much of a fade or none at all.

 

[Hair2019]

If you have longer hair, it usually covers the temple points anyway so you can't really see them. But for guys with shorter hair where they're more exposed, it might be more of an issue.

 

[Blue eyes]

sometimes even with longer hair you want to push it behind your ears as this will expose the temple areas. So you would want the temple areas to look as natural as possible.

 

[Hair2019]

sometimes even with longer hair you want to push it behind your ears as this will expose the temple areas. So you would want the temple areas to look as natural as possible.

Well that's true. I sometimes brush my longer hair behind my ears, sometimes not, it just depends what style I feel like having that day. Luckily my temple points are still fine, though, so it doesn't really matter either way to me.

 

[Blue eyes]

But for those of us who are missing our temp hair what is the best way to recreate this in a full cap system?

 

[SD1984]

As a guy who's lateral humps are thinning, I'm completely f----- if I ever lose those. Hopefully they hang on for quite sometime so I can throw some dermatch in them. Once those are gone, a system is basically impossible.