Agree with
@justinbieberscombover. It's a picture from far so we can't gauge his facial features but it seems like he pulls of balding but not sure anything beyond that.
So..It's largely a death sentence if you're handsome, youthful and enjoy attention and socialising. Because hair loss will kill that unless you're black who are mostly immune to hair loss objectively speaking. For every other guy, it will bring them down and girls will no longer make effort for your company. To avoid this "death sentence" either get a good head of hair or change your mindset it's the only way. Most people have a superficial side (caring about their looks) and that will be amplified on a forum like this. It's just that hair loss really is a curse if you have looks as there'll be a noticeable change without aesthetic hair. There's no way I would be getting the same validation without this thick hair. And that's despite a good personality where I really get to know a person on all levels and can preempt them naturally like some can with me which is fun! Career success on it's own or a family can't compensate at least for me entirely. I feel happiest when I'm having fun with the people closest to me or random people that I come across and become friends with and I'm looking my best. Baldness just makes you ugly, inferior and you'll be discriminated against because you no longer look trendy and you'll have to adjust everything in your life. Sex appeal goes out of the window. It doesn't stop you getting a relationship since that involves more than looks or any other barriers such as career, getting good friends, just that life will be
different.
As for the picture of the individual in the OP, they can be misleading. In this case the background, shades, distance e.t.c. Some filter pictures, some people are just not photogenic despite looking the part day to day. A video taken without you knowing from a social distance when you're chilling with others say at a bar or anywhere really, is far more indicative of your sex appeal. And the best method of course being if girls develop a crush on you without much interaction. Then, how hot are the girls? If they are young too it probably also shows you look relatively youthful still too. Anything beyond this is mental masturbation.
I was chilling with a girl who is a part time model and I decided to bring up balding since we're close. I asked her about two guys. One is in his early 30s, pale, beta face, shaved, probably like a Norwood 3 diffuse in reality. The other is handsome and in his mid 20s, looks much younger too and shaved, initially had an unaesthetic combover and was told to buzz it. She laughed at my question (we were a bit drunk) but said baldness suits the older guy more. Despite being unattractive he looked older like 40 plus and "friendly" "wisdom" came to her mind. I think the beta aged face helped him here and he was "normal" to her. As for the other guy, she said he is screwed and needs to get a transplant. That he looks "odd" compared to before with full hair and the combover or shaved doesn't do it. This is the reality, he's lost too many points compared to before. Whereas the other guy probably has lost barely a point. Of course they're both in a bad situation as far as sex appeal goes but the handsome one can turn it around easily still and is going to have some surgeries since reality hit him hard.
The guy in OP wouldn't stand a chance with any stylish guy with good hair, decent enough manly looks, socially adjusted. This is the norm and reality as far as sex appeal is concerned. Even standard looking girls are only truly attracted to such guys, let alone cool pretty girls, it's innate.
I do think though that eventually people should just really adjust their mindset to whatever reality they find themselves in AFTER trying their best because otherwise a lot of time is being wasted which can be used elsewhere in any passion. But of course, I understand depression is no easy thing. By all means, use the forum, but for your betterment and not central to your life in a negative way which is really mainly a problem for some in impact.