Hey, everyone!

I have been experiencing hair loss for about five years. My hairline is receding at the temples and I am getting tired of constantly having bad hair days, so I am considering using some hair replacement to fill out the thin parts.

I know that many of you are going to recommend I search this forum, but I already have and though I did find someone in my situation, I can't find any posts after they started wearing. Maybe I will rectify this if I start wearing!

I went to two local hair salons that specialises in hair replacement. The first one told me it was impossible and tried to rush me into a hair transplant. [A good transplant would probably be best, but I would like to think carefully about it for at least a full year before I do anything!]

The second one I went to was a bit more understanding, but I was told that my hair loss was too light to wear hair replacement and that the results would not be natural/satisfactory. But this person also told me that he had never done hair replacements on the temples before - only full caps and severe areata cases.

Is there a minimum size for hair replacement parts? Doesn't seem that way from what I can see in the forum and I know that Toplace even sells partial flaps!

I would like to start with two small flaps that are roughly 1x2 cm (that's about 0.4x0.8 inches).

Is this too small?
Will they not be attached securely?
Is it difficult to make this look natural?