If nothing else, thank god it’s the era of embracing shaved heads. Now it’s not really a problem going bald. I can imagine it was pretty traumatic 40 years ago. Then 30 years ago, you’d be mistaken for a racist.
Another vote for cutting it short and embracing it.
Cut it short and accept it. There’s really nothing at all that can be done short of wearing a rug and having people make bad jokes about you. Hey, at least it’s not a question of giving up beer!
I’ll jump on the “Embrace it” bandwagon. A few years back, on a lark (and knowing full well that chromocephalism was in my future) I shaved clean…I loved it! I’ve done so on several occasions since…thinning hair in front doesn’t bother me as much as it used to. It’s now extremely short, and I’m a sexy bitch.
Now that my crop circle is getting larger (damn aliens), I’m accepting of the fact that no longer will I have long, luxurious locks. I’ve always heard “if you know how to use it, it doesn’t have to be long.”
Or you can get a high-quality toupee
Thinning hair is a part of life for most men. Don’t sweat it so much. Short cuts of the Casear variety work well, but if you must have length look at photos of dudes with nice spikey bedhead styles and notice that most of them have the hair around their temples combed forward, not up. That’s not on accident.
You’re not bad by a long shot. Your best bet might be in talking to a decent barber or hairstylist about creative and stylish ways you can maintain your look.
I knew a guy who’d survived lymphona. The chemotherapy made his hair fall out in patches, so he just shaved his head. At that time, his job was going door to door raising money for an environmental group. He was rather young, too, and it was the height of the skinhead craze. He told me one house he stopped at, the guy who answered the door and listened to his spiel smirked and asked him why his head was shaved. He was obviously expecting some sort of smart-alecky skinhead answer. My friend said he told him: “Because I’ve got cancer.” He said the guy’s face just dropped, and then he just melted into the ground apologizing his butt off.
Repeat after me: “I’ll have a number two all over, please.”
“Yes, just a number two, thanks.”
“Yeah, I like it that close.”
This has worked for me for ten years. Embrace it. The day I went from shaggy-but-thinning to high and tight I had more girls hit on me in one day than I ever had in any one year of my life up until that point.
Chick here, chiming in to say OMG PATRICK STEWART IS SOOOO INCREDIBLIEE FRICKIN HAWTTTT!!!1!
…and that I honestly don’t care, and never did care, what’s going on with your scalp follicles, *except *if you’re doing the fake thing (e.g. plugs or weaves or, Og help you, toupees) which is a huge instant turnoff.
seriously tho, PS rawks mi werld! u think im kidding…
Started balding at 16, most of the way there today at 22. Shave it, don’t worry about it too much. The only really bad part is the stress early on while there’s enough to fall out in large quantities.
And unlike hair, beer is not going to abandon you 
Don’t know about that. There are times when it ejects from your body at exceptionally high speeds, especially after a big night out.
I’m unlikely to ever go bald myself and at 41 still have naturally very thick hair, low testosterone presumably. Nonetheless I still prefer to keep it very closely cropped which I’d also recommend to you with your problem. A Number 1 is very neat and easy to maintain, it will conceal your balding or at least make you look like you are cool enough to not fret over it. And don’t be surprised if in a bar you find women wanting to stroke your head. I’ve found many women enjoy stroking cropped hair as it has a rather distinct feel.