short lived twists

my hair is fine/medium-low density.
this means the individual strands are fine (smaller than a thread) AND there isn't much hair per square inch on my poor little head.
due to this, i shy away from wearing twists because i feel as though they look very scalpy.
this has been one of my biggest woes as a natural.
i tried some out the other day.
only left in for 2 days, because the look was just NOT CUTE to me. they photograph better than they looked in person.