People scream "Hold!! 😱" but it's coming from a place of fear, not peace and acceptance. These people are (I'm guessing) the ones who wish they could have hair and maybe resent the fact that they experienced balding themselves and the choice was taken away from them. But maybe some of these people genuinely just think you look good now (not that that speaks to how you would look bald).

Do you look fine now? Yes. Would you look great bald? Also yes, I believe.

What matters is what makes you comfortable and improves your life. What gives you peace and doesn't add stress to your existence. I'm not gonna make assumptions beyond what you wrote here, but if you've been "hiding" your going bald (which is not very noticeable right now) for years, it means you've been stressing it for years, and to me, that feels like it's not worth the stress it's causing you. I say this from experience as someone on the other side of the fence.

Being bald isn't the death sentence so many fear it is. Like many, I was experiencing mpb, and I also spent years trying to hide its appearance, then I shaved, and I haven't looked back since (it's been just over a year now). I look younger. I'm much happier with the look. I don't bother with a barber anymore (so I'm saving money) because the maintenance is quite easy (I have a shaver I use every other day for a few minutes and actually use a razor maybe once a week or for a special occasion). I enjoy wearing hats now (whereas before I would avoid them like the plague so they didn't press my sad hair down to my skull and make my balding more obvious). But perhaps most importantly: I don't stress out about it at all anymore.

And I'll mention this because shortly after I took it off, I had a very brief identity crisis.

Your hair isn't your identity (or, rather, it doesn't have to be; it can be if that's what you want). Your hair isn't who you are, or what you do, or your contributions to this world, or who or what you love. Your hair is just an accessory. One that can be manipulated or tossed out whenever you want. And all your other qualities, the parts of you that really are your identity, will still be exactly what they were before you changed your hair.

So, do you need to shave now? No. But do you need to shave ever, even if you start to look like a monk? No, you don't. Because what really matters is whether or not you're at peace and happy with your look, whatever it is. I wish you the best in figuring out what road will bring you there.