If you lose it in your 20s, yeah that would be a bummer. But by the time you’re 40s or even 30s, no big deal.
Agree that large and bald isn’t too great a look, but svelte and bald is pretty sharp.
My wife and I went to see Furious 7 due to something that was in it that piqued my interest. My son told me his GF was dying to see it, they went and she loved it. Now she’s not a car or action movie person, so I figured it had to be the guys in the film. To my surprise, most have a shaved head! Not sure which one had her interest, but I found it interesting.
Shaving my head is actually very liberating. Minimizes get-ready time in the AM. Looks very masculine. Haven’t noticed any difference in how I’m treated. Only drawbacks: when it’s very cold (but a black beanie looks really good!) and it’s hard to shake up my looks (so I change facial hair styles once in a while).
Other than that, no regrets. I think it looks way better than gray hair actually…those dudes walking around with large manes of gray look o-l-d.