Welcome, Andy. You won't go wrong attending all the wise advice and encouragement from the SLY Brotherhood. Post a pic when you can.
Anybody who makes fun of you being bald would make fun of you with thinning hair...they are going to make fun no matter what...some people are just ball busters. So do what makes YOU feel comfortable...having thinning hair, being bald, whatever. your only going to live life once man...might as well
make it a good one.
Yeah: don't live a life of regret just because of other people's opinions: live YOUR life for YOU and do what YOU want, whether that's shaving, staying with thinning hair, whatever, as long as it's what YOU want. The man down the road don't pay your bills: you owe him nothin