Beaverbuzz, I hope you see improvements soon. In the last couple photos you posted of your temples, I do see sparse distribution of hair, and it does look very unnatural. But, you know what, from the photos you posted earlier on in which you had your hair longer, I think your hairline actually looked great! Maybe you should grow your hair out? Because the shorter cut actually makes the unnatural-looking area very noticeable, to be honest.
And I'd also like to add that we all need to realize that beaverbuzz's HT is not about "us." I saw one guy who said earlier in the thread "If you think you needed a HT, I need to go jump off a building." Don't, dude. As a couple others have said, need is subjective.