I've been a long time lurker on this site and have finally decided to make a post of my own. I'm 20 years old and for the past three years, my hair has quickly been thinning. The entire top of my head has been effected and I imagine it's just going to get worse over the next few years.
While reading through posts on this forum, I often find that young guys like me feel alone and afraid. I admit that I'm afraid of "taking the plunge" and shaving my head, but I have a great network of friends, coworkers and family who would ultimately support whatever I decide to do. Even so, I'm terrified to shave it off. I worry about standing out in a crowd of peers. At college, there are very few bald guys (I can only think of one out of the thousands of kids at my school). I'm also nervous that it won't look good on me. Some bald guys like Jason Statham, Keegan Michael Key and Bruce Willis look great bald, but all of them are twice my age or more. I've heard that if you look good with hair, you'll look good bald. Even though I didn't really worry about my looks when I had lots of hair, I have trouble convincing myself that I'll look equally as good bald.
I need to overcome this obstacle. It's gotten to the point where I sometimes dread leaving the house without a hat on because I worry about seeing old acquaintances who haven't seen me with thinning hair yet. Over the past couple years, the few rude comments I've gotten from people about my appearance make me wonder what everyone else is thinking, even though they may not vocalize it. Again, I feel like if I was older, this would be way easier because I would have friends that are in the same boat.
If any of you have advice for me, I would really appreciate it. I'm really thankful that there's a forum like this where I can see what others are going through/have gone through.