Over the years it's filled in more, but I still have patches I'm conscious of on the sides, a bit above my ears – and the crown is thin.
It's definitely got better, though –slowly, and I don't think it's ever going to be the same as it was –but I've learned to work with it.
I think my hair loss was a mix of stress, after multiple deaths among my family and friends, and androgen sensitivity –I have other symptoms that seem connected to androgens, but the hair loss due to the stress element seems to have recovered with time.
Do you know what's causing yours?
My hair's long now, for what that's worth, and people are always surprised when I show them the patches (10 years after the events that triggered the loss).
I went to a hairdresser once who specialised in working with women with hair loss and she was great –showed me different styles that could cover the worst of it and talked me through options re: extensions and hair systems if I wanted to go that route.
Perhaps you could find someone like that who could help you choose a style with a forward 'sweep' to cover the areas at the front?
Something I learned was also that the lighter my hair, the less my scalp showed through the patches –the contrast between skin and darker hair makes it show more (not great if blonde won't suit you, but perhaps worth thinking about if it might?)
The hair systems the hairdresser showed me were amazing –pricy, but amazing –but I decided too big a step for me at the time.
I know there are options for powders that you can shake onto your scalp to disguise the patches too –they're like tiny filaments of hair in your own colour that stick to what you have and fill the gaps.
And yes, it really does suck. My DP is losing his hair too and it's hard for him, but it's a different story as a woman, I think. Hope you find something that works for you.