Thank you for all your replies, it is much apprecited.

I am 25, so I do not feel that my current hairline is age appropriate - one option would be to shave my head, which looks great on some young guys - but believe me, I do not have the features to pull off a shaved head.

I could of course get a hair transplant, with the right doctor it would look excellent - but for how long? So a transplant is not an option at the moment, as I would have to go back every couple of years and get it fixed up as my hair loss progressed.

I don't have the guts to shave the 'island' portion off to try a hairpiece, as it would be rather embarrasing if the hairpiece did not look right.

Any partial that I wear would have to have temple flaps, because of the nature of my recession - but is it even possible to order anything like that? If I were to make two small templates for the factory to follow - or would I have to order a topper/full cap and then cut it up?