I started slowly at 19, and I've got a pretty wicked widows peak now at 25. I just buzz it super close. My advice, which seems to be what everyone is saying -
1.) Start lifting. This really helps rock the look.
2.) Try buzzing your hair short. I was terrified of doing this at first, but now I look at pictures of me with long hair and it looks just...wrong.
3.) The advice that everyone will give you to "just own it" and "rock that shit" sounds a little condescending at first, I know. "How in the hell do they know what this feels like?! My head is lumpy like a goddamn space-rock! I am going to look terrible!" While this may be true, the advice still stands - it's really the best thing you can do. It is going to take a while, and it took me about a solid year to really do it, but you have to stop caring about it. You have to stop giving a shit about hair. There's a lot more than hair that makes you, you.
And as a side note, I've gotten a lot more action with women after I started buzzing my head. I wasn't exactly a chud before, but losing my hair really broke me out of my shell. I used to have to have my clothes, hair, etc perfect before I would approach a woman. I don't approach women now because I'm in a serious relationship with a wonderful, beautiful girl, but before I met her and I was out trying to meet people, I would march right the hell on up with my balding dome sparklin'. I honestly think that balding ended up being the best thing to happen to me, in terms of "manning up" and "doing me."
That confidence is said to be seen as attractive to other people - may be true, but the truly wonderful thing is that I don't particularly give a shit if it does anyway. I just realized there's a lot more than something as silly as hair that makes me the rad guy I know I am. If people don't like a bald head, it's whatever. Who cares? If they're gonna make an entire judgement of character over that kind of stuff, then you're improving your life just by keeping them out of it.
It's the same with you, man. This can be a "growing" experience (HAHAHAHA FUCKING PUNS OUTTA LEFT FIELD) if you let it be.