I refused to ever go down the chemical path and just lived with the ugliness of having splotchy hair on the crown of my head. It didn't seem to impact my dating

I refused to ever go down the chemical path and just lived with the ugliness of having splotchy hair on the crown of my head. It didn't seem to impact my dating life much but there are so many variables in such things that it's hard to know if things would have been somehow better if I hadn't started thinning. But then I went through a very stressful period of life and the hair loss accelerated and I started shaving it completely. Though I have since grown my hair out again, the pre-stress slotchiness is still there but I in general don't care. Being Mr. Clean level bald for several years did come with some lessons. The biggest was that even with thinning hair, it provides far more thermal regulation than you'd expect. Without any hair, your head can quickly overheat in direct sunlight and you lose tons of heat during cold weather. Get accustomed to having hats. For me, the newsie type hat worked best but for some reason, there are plenty of people who think if you wear that particular type of hat, that you're trying to fool everyone into thinking you're not bald. Some people can be very assholish about it. But for the bald it is a good hat because there's not a lot of empty space for where hair usually would go. It does a nice job of replicating the thermal regulation hair normally would. Mesh trucker type hats are generally not a good choice. There's too much airflow and the bands tend to be abrasive. Another thing you'll have to deal with if you still have significant amounts of hair outside of the balding spots is how much more time you're now going to spend keeping it shaved clean. Stubble might be seen as sexy on your face but it looks bad on your head. Any time savings from not needing to shampoo, condition, and style your hair can get consumed by needing to keep it shaved. There are specialized types of razors made for head shaving that use standard shaving cartridges. It's worth spending a few bucks on getting one instead of using a razor designed for your face.