I can grow a decent amount of facial hair. Unforturnately, it's just curly enough to look scraggly, but not curly enough to pack in nicely on itself. But it's red hair in contrast to my normal dark brown hair, and I don't want to waste it.
I kept my face shaved until my 40s because my facial hair always seemed sparse and thin.
But then a few years ago I just let it go for a while, and now I have this big thick beard that is never going anywhere. Wavy hair plus length suddenly looks full!
Hmm. I'm 39... does something magical happen on your birthday. Patchy thin beard since forever, thinning top of head, but a thick chest, leg and bottom carpet :S
I’m not sure there’s a good way to know without trying. I never even tried a short beard because it never looked right until I got past the “long enough to look good” threshold.
But that doesn’t mean never trimming a single hair, or anything extreme like that. I don’t like mine to grow out to the sides, so I’ve kept the sides trimmed.
I can't grow facial hair for shit. I grow out a moustache after Thanksgiving so i can have a Christmas moustache, but after a month of growth i only get a caterpillar moustache. I also grow a playoff beard whenever the Blues make playoffs, since shaving that nasty fucker is a perfect silver lining when they get bounced. Other than that, i am clean shaven every other day of the year. I already have a baby face, and. trying to grow facial hair makes me look10 years younger in a bad way
I have the opposite problem. I've had a beard the vast majority of my adult life (32M). Whenever I shave my wife will constantly pester me to grow it back since I look like 6 years younger. Add to that I start to actually notice how age has affected my face and end up growing it back very quickly lol.
Also, not sure who needs to hear it, but beard oil significantly shortens the awkward phase (and you should be using it anyway if you've got anything more than light stubble)
I'm not sure what OP would say, but beard oils/balms keep the facial hair conditioned, which gently softens the hair, as well as it acts like a moisturizer for your facial skin which significantly reduces how dry and itchy it gets.
In my experience, I don't know if it helps it grow in fuller, but it certainly makes wearing a beard more comfortable and easier to manage.
I keep flipflopping between shaving and letting it grow. I think I look better with a goatee; but I was getting sick of having my face hair going into my mouth when eating.
I've kept a beard for years, but I've always trimmed and maintained it short enough that this isn't a problem, with the bonus that it also doesn't look scraggly. It's a happy medium.
Just trim your mustache to match the top line of your upper lip. No more food concerns, and kissing is better too. I can't stand having my mustache cover my lips, even though it looks pretty good.