You are in a similisr position to me at your age I was growing my hair long it looked like a tumbleweed on my head but for wahtever reason I was ok with it.

But it go to the stage I hated it and I decided to wear, that was about 6/7 years ago. I have lost quite a lot on top but what I have left is quite thick and wavy, so all I do is grow my hair out and wear a tiny piece at the front, I could easily wear a bigger piece but I prefer to see a lot of my own hair, Its great I have much more confidence now and all those hours and hours spent infront of a mirror have dissapeared, its silly really when you think about it, so many positives to wearing so few negatives.

You do need to start focusing on the positives, to me wearing is brilliant, is it the perfect solution? No but its damn close. Its not so much dealing with wearing but dealing with your hair loss, everyone does things to make them look and feel better this is just one of them.

Good luck.