Heightism is one of the last unspoken prejudices. You are actually slightly taller than me. I'm now 58 and yes, it, amongst other things, has blighted my life. You say you are going bald at 28. Imagine being short AND going bald before you are 20. Looking back i had no chance with women. I deluded myself that i would eventually meet someone but that never happened and all the time it was eating away at my soul , my self esteem, my confidence and generally making me feel that life wasn't worth living. Short male syndrome ( doesn't really apply to short females) is so deeply entrenched in our psyche that even i look at short men and think they are in some way not as manly as a man of average height or taller. Life is so unfair isn't it. The only advice i can give is ti try and do everything you can to give yourself an edge. I think i am pretty intelligent and had my school and family experience been different i could easily have gone to university and got into a higher paying/status job and who knows with the increased self esteem and confidence maybe have found an enlightened woman who saw 'me' and not just how tall i was.
Shaven heads are more or less acceptable now so (if your head shape allows) do it but don't get loads of tattoos. Some women like them but a lot don't. Just to say that i empathise totally with you and how miserable it makes your life. Of course you don't get any sympathy cos people think it's ok to make fun of short men when it is not acceptable if he was black or gay or mentally ill. PM me if you want to talk further. And if people think this is a trivial thing then i would just say that i don't want a lonely old age reflecting on what could have been. I'm sure you know what i mean.