I almost find it annoying that people would recommend this guy to shave off all his hair when he seems to have a lot of good hair left as a FIRST OPTION.

Your doing the right thing, don't listen to these bafoons. If you find out your not happy with concealers and the partial you can always go to plan B and C. but I think your doing the smart thing by trying out the partial first.

Just remember if you do go fully bald, you can't ever get that hair back, Enjoy for as long as you can.

Best Regards