When you said I had thick curly hair when you were younger I assumned you were in your 40's or 50's...not 22.

Must be a sod to lose hair at that age.

I never liked my wavy hair as a teen...always wanted straight hair...it looked so much cooler, but now I'm approcahing 40 I'm extremely grateful for the curly hair it covers so much more than stright hair would.

I keep my hair long and used a very small sraighter piece at the front (its only around an inch acoss by a couple of cm depth) so its very small.

Now some might say I should have a wavy piece not a straight one but I mix my hair in with the piece so it gives a pretty flawless look and straight hair can me curled and is easy to style.

Its hard to give you too much advise without pictures of how your hairloss is and what you want to achieve.

I've always thought use what you have....as long as you can.