Frontal thinning- PLEASE HELP

[bham1]

Hi Guys,

I have frontal thinning and a receading hairline. Its affecting me in ways i can't even describe. I have included pictures. Reading these forums is quite disheartening due to lack of success of growing back hair. Every post i read has someone says how awful propecia and rogine are and how much worse they make your hair and how it affects you mentally and physically. what options do i have apart from shaving it all off, which isn't an option as i would look absolutely horrendous. Is there anything that works or helps? Really struggling to find good results. A hair transplant is too expensive for me right now.