What should I do, if it gets this far?

[Fanjeera]

WHEN it gets this far actually. So this is my uncle and my future. Is it still possible to design a toupee with this receded temple points? Thank you! Should I design a Norwood 3 hair system in my 40s?

Or is there any chance that a hair transplant will work? In the back it's not that receded, so definitely nw6, not nw7. The bald area of the crown is quite narrow.

 

[TooBad]

So this is my uncle and my future. Is it still possible to design a toupee with this receded temple points? Thank you! Should I design a Norwood 3 hair system in my 40s?

Or is there any chance that a hair transplant will work? In the back it's not that receded, so definitely nw6, not nw7. The bald area of the crown is quite narrow.


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I would still utilize a system. My temples are receding a bit too, even with my sideburns. At some point, when it's behind the sideburns, I'll have a temple transplant.

 

[Fanjeera]

Oh yeah, a temple transplant is almost always doable.

 

[HairsonUnique]

This is why I take finasteride. That's a very personal choice Of course.

 

[Noah]

If the shadow that you can see on your uncle's head would actually grow out into viable hair, I think there would be enough to support a decent-looking toupee. The hairline would have to be a bit receded to keep it looking balanced, but it could still look good. My feeling is that so long as the front edge of the hair running up from your sideburns is at least vertical (as it is on your uncle), you can design a hairpiece to fit on top. Once that line starts to bend backwards over your ears, you are in trouble, and then you need to be thinking of a temple transplant or a full cap.

 

[Couperin111]

@Fanjeera my temples have receeded to pretty much the same place as your uncles so I need to choose my hairstyles carefully and also as @Noah said, make sure the front hairline is more of a receeded hairline.

 

[Fanjeera]

If the shadow that you can see on your uncle's head would actually grow out into viable hair, I think there would be enough to support a decent-looking toupee. The hairline would have to be a bit receded to keep it looking balanced, but it could still look good. My feeling is that so long as the front edge of the hair running up from your sideburns is at least vertical (as it is on your uncle), you can design a hairpiece to fit on top. Once that line starts to bend backwards over your ears, you are in trouble, and then you need to be thinking of a temple transplant or a full cap.

@Fanjeera my temples have receeded to pretty much the same place as your uncles so I need to choose my hairstyles carefully and also as @Noah said, make sure the front hairline is more of a receeded hairline.

And how receded do you mean: Norwood 2 or 3?

 

[Couperin111]

@Fanjeera its tough to put a scale on it as you’ll need to design the hairline based on your level of temple hair loss. For me I wear my hair down now which covers up my temple hair loss and hairline. When I did wear it up I tried to make sure the hairline looked natural and in doing so cut the hairline into something that matched my receding temple hair. Once that was done I only needed to worry about the attachment really.

 

[Noah]

I think this looks about right aesthetically for that amount of sidehair:

 

[Noah]

Or you could move the hairline down a bit and go for a more receded look with temple flaps:

 

[Couperin111]

Yep @Noah ’s pictures look spot on. Another option could be to have an inverted hairline with a slight widows peak.

 

[Fanjeera]

I think this looks about right aesthetically for that amount of sidehair:

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Damn what a nice decent small convenient toupee it would be!

 

[zero0x]

Is Scalp Micropigmentation for temples an option?

 

[jeepwrangler]

Is Scalp Micropigmentation for temples an option?

My temporal points receded years ago. I had SMP about 5 years ago to 'recover' them, and while it looks fine with a shaved head, it looks weird with a system. So for that reason I don't recommend it.

I plan on having getting the SMP lasered off and getting a transplant at the temporal points.