I’m female, and this is what I would do also. Well, and get a nice warm hat for winter.
when mrAru started losing his hair [he ended up with alopecia] he wa slooking rather scroungy, so I told him to just go ahead and shave it all off. Works. I hate combovers, toupees and whatever else people do to save a purely cosmetic bit of fluff.
You left out the combover, or worse: the Donald Trump style.
If he did have the procedure done, it may not have been done properly. For mine, the grafts were blended in with actively growing hair, so that if my hair loss spread, the new implants would compensate. I don’t have the gap you mentioned, nor have I seen it in other transplant patients. That is not to say it couldn’t happen.
I’d wear my tinfoil hat 24 hours a day instead of just at night.
If I had the means I’d probably go for the surgery option.
If not, I’d just shave my whole head pretty close to the skin level, and let it be.
Alopecia for females is much less socially acceptable than it is for males. I am moderately daring when it comes to breaking other gender norms (I don’t shave or wear makeup, for instance). But I don’t think I would be able to leave encroaching baldness alone. I used to work with a woman who had significant hair loss, but maintained the length of her remaining hair down to her shoulders (she’s since retired). She was a nice person, but the fact that she didn’t DO anything about it was really baffling to me. I pitied her. I could never do that, myself.
I’d probably have to buy a wig, because I’m one broke lady. If I was broker than broke, I’d rather shave it all off and rock a fully-bald head than walk around with noticeably thinning hair or a bald spot.
I have been shaving my head since 95, clippers no guard. Went from a full mane down to my waist in back, to nothing. I got the MPB gene plus one that causes early graying my goatee is almost all gray now, might shave it off soon. I had a HS teacher who had a 2’ swept combover, swore I would never do that. At the first sign off with it all. I was 25
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Being of the female persuasion, I’d do something, just not sure what. Since women don’t generally lose hair the way that men do (overall thinning vs male-pattern), it might not be a big deal.
Started losing my hair in my late 20’s and was fairly well into male pattern baldness by my mid 30’s. Never bothered me.
Funny thing is that one day at my parent’s church talking to them and some friends of theirs, one of them asks me when I’m going to get a hairpiece like my father, who had worn one his entire bald life. I said I wasn’t, because it didn’t bother me.
Within weeks, my father stopped wearing his.
A woman was having the restoration surgery in the operating room next to mine when I had mine done. She was all smiles about it prior to going under the knife. I couldn’t tell you what we discussed as I was so nervous I could barely see straight, but I think she gave me a pep talk. 
Shaved, Baby!
As I like to look at it, God decided I was gonna be bald. I embraced it!
I am female and have a full head of hair, but I love hats and scarves and wear them frequently. I think I would just increase my hat and scarf collection with the latest styles, and do whatever was necessary to make what was underneath as neat and manageable as possible.
I guess I’d have to release a drug that would cause the rest of humanity to go bald as well.
I am a woman. I would not fight it. I would shave it off and rock it bald all summer. Come winter, spring and fall, I would have lovely scarves and really neat hats. Perhaps a wig or two for special occasions.
And I know you didn’t ask, but I like bald men. It’s a much better look than all the fighting it.
Heheh. I am with you.
Another past tense. Didn’t do anything and certainly not shave the rest. No razor has touched my face or head in about 45 years. (Well, the barber shaves the back of my neck; never understood why.)
I’m 34, and I started going bald at 24. By the time I was 26, it was mostly gone. I just started buzzing the remaining hair and have enjoyed not having to comb my hair the last 8 years. I don’t shave it, just keep it very closely clipped (I buzz with clipper and no guard, but with the clipper blade extended to give about 1/8 inch of hair. )I buzz it every few weeks. Was very mildly bummed when it first happened, but quickly didn’t care. Luckily, I have a nicely shaped head.
Only down side to being bald is that many people think I’m older than I am, but it’s not really a big deal. That and head sunburn if I forget a hat. Luckily, I now always have a hat in my car just in case. First few years I fried my head several times. Ouch.
Other thoughts?
I go with the buzz cut. The low-maintenance aspect is great. My hairline receded very gradually- if I drew a line over the top of my head from ear to ear, that’s approximately my hairline. It’s thinner on top, but there are still plenty of active follicles there. My father, uncles and older brothers never worried or did anything about it and I think that made it easier for me to deal with.
I’m a woman and I’d buy a wig.
