Well honey, I'm not LG, but here's my opinion for what it's worth.
Go for it. But not with just any hooker. Do some research here on TER, talk to some girls on the phone, and explain your situation. Many escorts will not deal with you due to your age and lack of references.
But RESPECT and kindness and just being nice will eventually prevail.
You will find some who will laugh at you and hang up, some will politely decline, but eventurally you will find one who understands and with whom you can explore a great first time.
Expect to pay $2-300 for a quality escort.
And relax. There are profesisonal escorts in every city who will understand and want to help you. Just take your time to find them.
And don't do dumb ass stuff like ask them to come pick you up at your Mom's (seriously I've had that... giggle). Be a man, a GENTLEMAN, and you will go far with the ladies.
And remember this last piece of advice a wise man once told me. "Treat a lady like a whore, and treat a whore like a lady, but treat a whore like a whore and she will kick your butt!" 
Giggle,
TS Jamie
Dear dropglock [and I do hope you don't have a Glock,]
I can see that you've had advice from all corners. Mine will just be another one in the midst. However, it is a good thing to ask all sorts of questions before embarking on a project of this sensitive nature. The question you were 'asked to ask' from another person is odd, to me at least. "Enamored????" I don't think you should become "enamored" with anyone at this point! You should go out there and have fun, and yes, develop your social skills with non-professionals your own age. It's healthy and it will certainly give you a more realistic picture of what it's like hanging out with girls - the good, the bad, the joyous and the sad. You won't get that from a provider, unless you spend loads of time with her, 99% of the time for a fee.
So what would be the advantage in meeting with a provider? Well, for one, you'd get your cherry popped in a professional manner, as long as you choose a provider who is sophisticated, worldly and knows how to be gentle and sweet with someone inexperienced. She would explore your body - and you hers - in a leisurely and sensual manner, experienced, with no fumbling or unsafe sex. The event would most likely be substance-free, i.e. you wouldn't be high on drugs or alcohol, since most professional ladies prefer meeting with clients who are "clean."
Now, will you "know more about women" after this experience? Guaranteed that you WILL NOT. What you will experience is a paid performance. Depending on the provider, the performance will be good, great or flawless and you will most likely leave happy, content and have a good night's sleep. But if you imagine that you are going to "get close" to some type of womanhood and its secrets, you are wrong. The provider will show you a good physical time for 60 minutes (or double, if you book for 2 hours,) and yes, she'll be sweet and kind, but no more. In other words, once it's over, it's over. You are expected to part company and, unless you contact her again and pay her again, she will be off limits to you as a person.
I also don't think that having sex ONCE with a paid woman (or with any woman for that matter) will help alleviate the nervousness you feel when talking to girls who are attractive. You will need to mature and find confidence within yourself to stop being so affected by a woman's looks. The thing that will help is living life, going through school, getting a job, having friends and being recognized by your buddies, your family and your colleagues as a nice person and someone cool to hang out with. That's what will increase your self-esteem and prevent you from getting too nervous in the end. Also, remember that attractive girls can feel terribly insecure, since they never know if a man is interested in them for looks only, or also in them as a person. Many attractive girls who are construed as "stuck-up" are actually trying to mask their own insecurities and therefore seem to be unattainable or snobby.
Now, as far as this "messing with your ability to relate to ladies," I'm not so sure. For that to happen, you would have to visit with providers lots more than just once to get deflowered. In fact, socializing and sexualizing with providers would have to occur on a regular basis for months/years, in order to establish some kind of psychosexual pattern.
So, it's up to you. Do you go for it once just to get it over with, or do you wait until you meet someone who's interested in boning you as much as you are in boning her? Yup, having paid sex will probably give you "temporary relief," but beyond that, please do not fall into an imaginary trap of some continuing relationship, or you might find yourself sorrier than you expected.
Hope it helps,
the Love Goddess
