Caliboy - Are you aware of the difference between what you want to hear and what you need to hear?
No? Allow me to expand;
What Caliboy wants to hear -
Caliboy, look at all the famous, masculine movie stars who are also bald! That's gotta make you feel better, right?
Caliboy, you're black? It's more socially acceptable for black dudes to be bald! Look at this ripped black dude who is bald! If you just get as ripped as him you'll be solid. Does that make you feel better?
Caliboy, after looking at those photos you posted of yourself for no other purpose than to get validation from other people, I can definitely say you're handsome enough to pull it off. No worries bro! Imagine if you were ugly!
What Caliboy needs to hear -
Caliboy, Rogaine is 100% bullshit. You were suckered by advertising agenda which triggered a fear in you that you're less of a person without something(could be hair, or a car, house, furniture, children, marriage, sex, anything)
Caliboy, yes, you are going/already bald.
Caliboy, yes, using rogaine(a.k.a snake oil from a big pharmaceutical company) is an attachment and a crutch and therefore no point using it. It may be comparable to many things, but it is not comparable to training one's body
at all. But, even working out to get big to apparently compensate for a lack of something else is a crutch. Work out if you want to, not because it 'supposedly' compensates for anything.
Caliboy, even if you are handsome enough to pull off the 'bald look', so what? What if you weren't handsome enough? What do other people's perceptions actually change within you?
It's simple. No need for massive intellectual analysis. No need to seek validation from other people. No need to do anything.