Making Your Own Partial Hair Piece-temple Recession

[what2018]

Hello everyone. i hope you are all having a good day

So i am currently a Norwood 2.5 i would say
I went to a hair restoration centre just to get more info and some ideas about getting a hair piece and all and well i still have some thick hair but my front hair is getting harder and harder to style
So that why i wanted a hair piece that would cover my temples.However they told me that its still too small and they dont really do hair pieces for temple recession which is not that significant
I wanted then to know how i could do it on my own.i dont need something perfect.i just need a small piece to cover my temple. i tried to look on youtube for tutorials but i couldn't find any information
Did anyone ever attempt at doing one?

 

[lace]

I suggest that you take 1 or 2 good pictures of your left/right side. Then explain what you hope to accomplish.

Next you need to understand hair ventilating. On YouTube search for this term. Many videos showing the process. Doubtful you will see any depictions of small temple pieces. If you wish to create your own then you need to learn ventilation. That takes time and practice.

Another alternative is to buy a low density stock hair piece and attempt to cut out something in the size and shape you desire. But doing so will require a very exact density and color match with your existing hair at the temples. Not a simple process particularly for someone with no experience.

 

[BaldBearded]

I know someone, personally, who does just that. Has two, small pieces, at his temples, and styles around it. To be honest, from a distance, it looks fine, up close, you can tell that something is amiss. After doing this for a year, he is going for a topper (he also has some crown thinning that he currently covers with fibres).

 

[Noah]

Yes, I also know guys who have done this - small insets to fill temple recession, a narrow strip to lower a receded hairline, or a small frontal piece to recreate a thinned-out forelock. All are possible, but I think it would only be an exceptional hair replacement salon that would be flexible enough to do these techniques for you. They tend to want to stick to the package they are familiar with. The guys I know who did it all did it by themselves.

It is fair to say that the smaller the pieces are the fiddlier the process is. The two little side-pieces were very fiddly and would not have stood up well to close scrutiny, although they blended into the guys hairstyle quite well and fulfilled the job he wanted them for. The narrow hairline piece was fiddly to fit, but looked not bad. The forelock piece was a nice job.

This guy -

https://www.youtube.com/user/StickOnHair

cuts his own frontal units out of larger stock hairpieces, which is a larger version of what you will need to do. I wouldn't necessarily recommend his technique (he is rather a klutz, to be honest), but it will give you an unvarnished idea of what is involved. You probably won't have as many problems and mishaps as he has LOL.

Noah

 

[BaldBearded]

The stick-on guy is a hoot, I would watch the older vids, just for a laugh. I have to be honest, even now, that he is wearing "proper`" hair systems, I don't always think he looks so great.