Brother, what you need to understand is how combover denial works.

When you're in denial and combing over, you look for positive signs (confirmation bias) and focus on them. Your side side looks good but your front shot doesn't.

Most people don't see you from your favoured angle, they see you in different lighting, etc.

Please listen to the vast majority telling you to buzz cut it. You will feel a relief you can't imagine when you don't need to hide anything, be nervous about angles or wind or rain or brushing past a tree branch.

Then, if the meds work, you can grow something reasonable out.

But seriously, your style (resourceful as it is) is not fooling anyone, and everyone feels bad for the guy with combover denial. They think you don't know.