I am a guy in your age group currently thinking of getting a piece. I have some of the same privacy issues as you, so I am attracted by the idea of a hard bonded piece which stays in place for 4 weeks at a time. Could I ask you a couple of qs?

With your hard-bonded HCM piece, is it OK when the wind blows up your hairline or messes up your hair, or would that expose the edge of the piece? If so, would that potentially give away that you are wearing a hairpiece?

You said that you have to do some maintenance of the front of the piece. What does your maintenance routine consist of? Do you ever get hygiene or itch problems with it being in place so long?

Incidentally, how much of your hair is fake and how much is your own?