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You are overly attached to the material as shown by this petty complaint, so getting bald is actually a gift from God to purify your soul. (i am also butthurt about my balding:p)

"So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

(…)Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church."

Great text on suffering by a Saint( Even though this case is not suffering per se since you dont have any real complaint like cancer or whatever.)

https://thecatholicreader.blogspot.com/2013/01/catechism-on-suffering.html

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If he has absolutely nothing going for him appearance-wise (droopy eyes, pube beard, soy jawline, tiny arms, etc.), then no, he's no better off. Otherwise, a shaved head generally looks better than some scraggly, receding hairs on a young man's head, especially if paired with a muscular physique. Combined with a healthy relationship with God, he could go from

>balding 20-something with visibly low self-esteem

to

>mr. clean

I say this as someone with good hair genes, so perhaps I'm not one to talk. I just notice that balding young guys who cling onto every last hair tend to be soy boys with noticably low confidence, while bald guys are typically fit and more confident. There's an obvious parallel between those who make the best out of what God has given them and those who are defeatist.