I think its all about getting used to seeing a person a certain way. They look weird if they make such prominent changes to their appearance. All you baldies out there...what's gone is gone, try to live through the rest with a little grace.
About Rahim Shah the only change I noticed in him was that he has put on some weight...which is a good thing.
All is not lost. Look at that Pakistani guy Sajid Hassan... so charming inspite of his hairline (does he even have that line any longer) aur kon hei...ummm....my mamoo oh he is drop dead gorgeous...receding hairline and grey/white hair, he may not be the best comparison for someone your age but atleast you have somehting to look forward to :p
and yes, on positives, people like me become much more kushada-peyshani with the passage of time, a symbol indicative of wisdom and much thought.
dont we take less than perfect eyesight to be indicative of much reading? why not those who have less than perfect heads then.. shouldnt they also be thought of as those who have used their heads a lot?
and if baldness and affluence didnt go hand in hand, why would those who succeed enough in life to be rid of petty financial misery be called farigh-ul-baal?
yes ! a time will come, when people will want to lose hair ! when people like I will be envied, imitated perhaps by the thoughtless, presumptuous ones who would shave their head.. in a vain pretence to simulate what is real, what is genuine.
the time WILL come when the light radiating from our shining, glorious heads will be mirrored in the dreams of the fair un’s, and clogged bathtubs will be the greatest sight possible to man.
Seriously though, a time may very well come, or it may not. I suspect that it has something about seeing whole, perfect people. Baldness is a major mark off of wholeness or perfection. Either way, I'm not becomin an engineer, I like my hair so much, I've been saving it from haircuts since I was 8. :p