21 and losing hair. Thinking about HT

[Thebaldone1]

I first noticed I was losing my hair right before last summer. It has taken a huge toll since then and I was thinking about getting a HT for my receding hairline plus to thicken the top a little bit.

I know about rogaine foam and I would love to try that, but having the really bad shed for 3 to 4 months is what turns me away. Especially since I am in college and dont want bald patches all over my head for date parties and etc. I also know about propecia and the only thing that worries me there is the gyno part. I took supplements back in high school for wrestling and got gyno a year later and had to have it removed, so my fear is that it could easily come back.

I'm also wondering what would my hair look like if I buzzed it very short and tried rogaine then? I have read a lot of stories about people having great HTs, but there are a lot that say they don't. Here are current pictures that were taken today. I will post later today when my hair is wet to show how thin, I was once a guy with the thickest hair out of all of my friends