How should I wear my thinning/receding hair?

[keebler239]

I'm at that "awkward" stage in the hair loss process where I've lost a significant amount of hair, but I'm not quite bald yet. Many people recommend that at this point, you either shave your head or wear a buzzcut.

I feel that in my situation, short hair makes the receding hairline and top thinning more obvious than if it were grown out and styled correctly. I also think that short hair draws more attention to the extra body weight I am currently carrying. I'm getting conflicting advice from family and friends on what looks best to them.

I was hoping to get some opinions from people I don't know, so I've attached pictures to this post. The ones with the longer hair were taken two months ago, right before I shaved it all off. The ones with the short hair were taken a few days ago. What do you think I should do? Thanks in advance