Alora, I'm 63 next week, and a Norwood Type 6, meaning my hair lives in a horseshoe shaped band around the Great Bald Spot that runs from my eyebrows to the back of my head. (That will need one heck of a hairline advance to cover. Ouch.). I don't have enough donor hair sites to cover the area. HRT has resulted in the growth of thin fuzz in the Great Bald Spot, but it's almost invisible.
So, I buzz what's left nice and short, and slap on wigs. I'm used to them, to the point that I feel like something is wrong if I'm awake and not wearing one. At night, when I'm in bed, the wigs are on their stands on my dresser. They're not great in really hot weather, but neither was thick natural hair, from what I recall of the distant past.
I've looked at hair replacement systems. These take two forms, wigs with caps molded to the head that can be glued (!) on for weeks at a time, and partial covers woven in with my own hair to more or less hold them in place (often used for women with alopecia). There are some other things, but stuff like synthetic hairs hooked through the scalp are downright dangerous (you really don't want an infection in the membrane that protects the skull and brain).
The hair replacement systems have high initial expense, and high maintenance costs. They take a lot of specialized care.
For much less than what those cost, I can get new synthetic wigs with really nice caps every few months if I like. The ones I wear now are very comfortable and light, lighter than a baseball cap, and stay very well on their own. I do carry wig tape in my bag, just in case. That's a double sided medical tape that can be used to stick a wig in place for a day of outdoor activity or such, but I haven't had to use it in months.
The avatar pic is wearing a Raquel Welch "Crowd Pleaser" in honey ginger. I happen to find their 'memory cap' designs to be the most comfortable.
It's not so bad... Come... Join us... It will be blisssssssssss...
