I can grow patches and stuble, but not a full beard.
What's the peak-age for beards when it's either that you can grow one or you can't. I'm 19 currently and can NOT grow a beard.
So, who here can grow one?
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Pshh, I'm twenty, and still haven't figured it out.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I'm close-ish.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I grew my first beard when I was 17 or 18, I don't remember which summer it was. I think 18.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
I've got my first beard. It's pretty good (especially considering most of the other attempts from people in my grade). I'm 17.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
I'm 17, so right now it sucks because I have no hope of growing any sort of beard, and yet I can't not shave because it grows alot. And I hate shaving.
Posted by Eisenoxyde (Member # 7289) on :
I was growing a full beard since I was 18, except for where the moustache meets the rest of the beard (although if I grew the mustache long enough, it covered the bald spots.) I've worn a beard every now and then, if I don't shave for 2 days it is really noticable.
Jesse
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
Every now and then, I get one extra-long chin hair. Does that count?
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Yes.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
If given time, I will morph into a wookie.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I'm not sure exactly when I was able to really grow a full beard. I kinda stopped shaving regularly when I was 17. But I'm not sure I would call what grew a beard. It was kinda thin. I'm not capable of a full beard (except where moustache meets beard, that's still a little thin) and I'm 20. I've been capable of this since at least 18 or 19. So 'round 17 - 18 I would say.
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
ME
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
This thread...seems to be purposefully designed to exclude women. Sexist!
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Well- I've seen women that can grow facial hair. At least mustaches as hairy as mine (I'm 18 and my mother has an absolute no-facial hair rule in place in this house. She's dead serious about it too)
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
When I started junior high school, there was a fellow with a full beard in our orientation. We all thought he was a teacher, but no, he was a 12 year old like the rest of us. He was half mexican and half filipino.
Looking back, it's still just as scary to think about it.
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
I have to shave twice a day. I'm 17.
It grows nice and full, but I can't grow a beard, because it doesn't grow on my chin AT ALL. And a beard everywhere but there just looks weird.
Still, I have sideburns to die for.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I am 17 and can't grow a beard...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
It's entirely unfair that my beard started turning gray before it filled in.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
I got a grey streak in my hair at sixteen. I'd hate to think what my beard would look like if I could grow one.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
I'm 16, but I hate facial hair so I shave whenever stubble grows. Which isn't often, I shave usually twice a week, sometimes three times. But I don't know how it'd look if I left it for a couple of weeks. It grows everywhere pretty evenly and kind of thick, just not very fast.
Posted by HegemonsAcolyte (Member # 1468) on :
I have been able to grow a beard since I was 16 I think.
Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
I'm 17. I could grow a beard, but I work in a restaurant so the boss expects me to shave regularly. Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I can't seem to get a full beard, as in all the way around, but I've had a nice goatee and moustache for the past 2 or 3 years (I'm 18).
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I had a full beard at 18, and have to trim it weekly and shave around it every other day to keep my usual smokin' good looks.
I'm considering shaving it all the way off, but nothing's been decided yet.
Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :
I have, and it was hideous.
But I loved it.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:Originally posted by Joldo: I have to shave twice a day. I'm 17.
It grows nice and full, but I can't grow a beard, because it doesn't grow on my chin AT ALL. And a beard everywhere but there just looks weird.
Still, I have sideburns to die for.
Sounds kinda like the Wolverine look to me . . .
Posted by Vasslia Cora (Member # 7981) on :
I might be able but I never really tried. I just don't think it would look very good on me.
My friend however wants to grow a beard but can only really grow the hair under his chin. Another friend commented on the strange "facial topiary", saying it was more of a neck beard than a normal beard.
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
I have often contemplated laser hair removal of my beard. I don't understand the appeal. Bald people are better off.
Then again, I'm sure the grass is always greener on the other side...
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
quote: I got a grey streak in my hair at sixteen.
Yeah, I'm greying too. Half my chest and armpit hair is growing in grey, which is just strange . . .
quote: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Joldo: I have to shave twice a day. I'm 17.
It grows nice and full, but I can't grow a beard, because it doesn't grow on my chin AT ALL. And a beard everywhere but there just looks weird.
Still, I have sideburns to die for. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sounds kinda like the Wolverine look to me . .
:-D
Icky, I <3 you for this comment.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
My beard started growing in when I was 14 and was full blown by 16... But due to the strange looks from my classmates, teachers, strangers (seeing as I'm female and all) my parents sprung for the electrolysis...
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Shaving costs so much freaking money. 4 Mach 3 blades are like 8 bucks! I bought an electric, but they don't work as well, and you eventually have to replace the blades for another 20 bucks after a year.
Elijah Wood had surgery and got implants so he could grow a beard.
But, if you really want to grow one in--there is a way to speed up beard growth (and even it out).
Shave every day (twice a day if you want) for a week, whether you've got stubble or not. Go against the hair growth and get really smooth every day. Your facial hair will begin to grow faster and more evenly if it's normally patchy.
I was told this in high school by an actor who was growing a beard. I did it, and sure enough, after the week, the hair grew twice as fast and much more evenly.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I think I was patchy in my early teen years, but by 17-18 I could grow a full beard. I never did though, as my school district prohibited guys from having facial hair. Now in college, I keep a goatee, as most people like it and it's better looking that a full beard.
Posted by aragorn64 (Member # 4204) on :
I wouldn't know--every time I try to start growing one I get ridiculed by family and friends until I shave.
^_^
Posted by Billy Joel (Member # 5357) on :
I have a soul patch, and have had one since I was 18. Never had a full beard. Probably never will. I can go about 5 days without shaving. Technically, I suppose I should say "I go 5 days without shaving." I should shave at least once every two days, but I'm lazy.
Posted by Jayelle (Member # 9745) on :
If you're Riker, growing a beard makes the show better.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Beards are icky. Wombats should not be on your face.
-pH
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Thing is, I oughtta shave twice a day . . .
But I'm usually busy, so I trot around with a soup-catcher on my face.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I once had an awesome full, thick, and lush red beard with two stunning accent braids. Unfortunately, I cannot find the photo.
As I recall, I grew it all in one night.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I've been finding multiple grey hairs since I was 15. Oddly enough, these do seem to be related to stress. The more stressed I get, the more grey I get, or at least the more people mention it.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
I can grow a wicked awesome goat, but the cheeks betray me every time.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I can only got a day or two without shaving. After the first day, it's noticeable if you pay attention. After the second day, it's really noticeable and I had better get off my lazy butt and shave. I shave everyday though just so I look like I'm at least making an attempt at keeping myself groomed.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Beards are icky. Wombats should not be on your face.
Silly pH. Beards are lovely. Stubble is icky and scratchy.
quote:Originally posted by Shigosei: Every now and then, I get one extra-long chin hair. Does that count?
quote:Originally posted by Icarus: Yes.
Aw, carp. I didn't mean on ME!
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Speaking of people with graying beards...
I've got a beard that significantly varies in color from my normal hair. The hair on the top of my head is a dark brown, almost black. However, my beard is a more mid-range brown with a red tint. It's actually a fairly striking difference. Also, I have a patch of hair right under my lip that's almost blonde. It's quite unusual, but I don't think it looks that bad. Most of my male friends think that the beard is awesome, whereas the female friends are split between "Cool beard!" and "EWWW!!! SHAVE IT OFF!!!!".
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
No, beards are icky. Stubble is annoying but can sometimes be hot, as long as you aren't involved in anything that can get you stubble burn.
-pH
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I started with a mustache and I almost never shaved it off. One time when I did shave people were looking at me and wondered what the heck changed. Never again.
I've grown full beards twice, but I've become less fond of them. If you don't take care of it, it certainly won't look very pretty especially on a young person. I then went mustache -> mustache and goatee -> mustache & chinstrap. I think I'm sticking with this. I dream of finding a girlfriend who will just loooove the beard. A friend of mine HAD to grow a beard to get married. Or something like that. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I can grow a goatee/mustache, but my cheeks are all patchy when I let them go. Shame, I've always wanted to have sideburns. I currently have a goatee but no mustache. I wasn't able to grow a good looking one till about 20.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
quote:Originally posted by Gecko: I can grow patches and stuble, but not a full beard.
What's the peak-age for beards when it's either that you can grow one or you can't. I'm 19 currently and can NOT grow a beard.
So, who here can grow one?
Have a little hope- at 19 I still couldn't grow one, but you facebookers can check out my current beard-I'm 21 now. It isn't exactly a mane, but it is recognizable from a hundred paces as a beard, even if the upper lip isn't so much. Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: Stubble is annoying but can sometimes be hot, as long as you aren't involved in anything that can get you stubble burn.
Yeah, that's key.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
:::spits water on self:::
Damn you HOOOBAAAGGGG
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Stubble is a great look, but it's hard to interact with. Stubble burn is no fun at all.
I have no experience in kissing someone with an actual beard. What does it feel like?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I can't grow a beard because I can't stand the itching. The longest I've been able to go without shaving is, I think, about two weeks.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Yeah, actually, I also had problems with too much sweat, causing my face to itch. That's another reason why I'm not going for a full beard anymore. Neither the goatee nor the chinstrap have caused me any problems though.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: I have no experience in kissing someone with an actual beard. What does it feel like?
Nobody complained. Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I used to have a killer beard. Literally, it killed somebody. No, ok, no it didn't. But it was pretty kickin. About down to my belly button, and I'm over 6', so it was pretty long. I had hair down to the middle of my back too. Man, I used to be hot. Now I'm a huge square with a sidepart and no facial hair. One day I will rejoin the mountainman look. It was a goody. Started growing it at about freshman year of highschool, but it didn't get full until sophmore year or so.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: I have no experience in kissing someone with an actual beard. What does it feel like?
I imagine it varies depending on length, texture, etc. But I'd say you don't notice it much, except it kinda tickles.
Stubble does NOT tickle.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
Take comfort, young fellows: it's common for beards to keep filling in. Technically I think they never stop filling in some, but if you can't grow one by 25, give up.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
My boyfriend's stubble (since he is not allowed to grow a beard *cracks whip*) is more than one color. I think that's pretty common. It's part light brown and part blonde. He doesn't grow hair in these two little parts just under the corners of his lips. It's cute.
He also can only go a day without shaving before I tell him he's like a cactus.
-pH
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
It's been years since I've kissed a girl while I didn't have a beard. Never really gotten any feedback on whether they liked or disliked the beard.
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
Launchywiggin said:
quote:Shaving costs so much freaking money. 4 Mach 3 blades are like 8 bucks! I bought an electric, but they don't work as well, and you eventually have to replace the blades for another 20 bucks after a year.
Now, if you were an old fart like me, who watched the original and live airings of the first SNLs, you wouldn't be buying those.
Making sure my memory was correct on this point, I found the following blog entry:
quote: Back in 1975, the very first show of NBC’s Saturday Night Live ran a commercial poking fun at the two-blade razors that were then being hyped. The Triple Track razor had three blades–one blade to cut the whisker, a second to grab what was left before it could snap back into your face, and a third blade to slice it off. As parody it was brilliant, and so was the slogan: The Triple Track Razor, because you’ll believe anything!
I have a serious suspicion that this SNL spoof was a big factor explaining why it took decades to try to con the public with this one. Hoping the old farts would forget and the younger folks might never have seen the SNL parody.
Be kinda good if they decided to re-air it now. Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Three is the ideal number of blades for a razor. Any more gives me razor burn.
-pH
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
My facial hair only evolves slowly. At 25, I can still go two days without shaving before anything is noticable. The fact that my hair is blonde helps in this regard. It's there, but you can't see it. I have never worn a full grown beard. But intermittedly I do go around sporting a goatee, usually without a moustache.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I won't be satisfied until there's a 10-blade razor so I can shave my entire face in one quick smooth motion.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
That's not quite possible, you know Lyrhawn. Because shaving your entire face in one motion, would entail going round to the other cheeck in that one motion, where the direction of hair growth is the other way around. Don't you think that'd give a strange result, even if you had ten blades? Correct me if I'm wrong though... Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
*tries not to bring up the comparison of area of legs vs face*
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
No problem growing a full beard, Hell I can grow a nice crop of hair just about anywhere but the top of my head. Just love shaving the ears, and back.
My theory is that your hair doesn’t fall out it just burrows in and pops out somewhere else.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: I have no experience in kissing someone with an actual beard. What does it feel like?
My husband has a beard and I like it. With a beard, it's soft hair that occasionally needs to be trimmed so it doesn't tickle. Stubble is never, ever comfortable, and he'd have to shave twice a day not to have that, especially back when we were dating and making out at any opportunity Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Edwaurdo, they are really, really long, and face forming, blades.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Beard since age 20 (the first time I had a job that allowed it), mustache since it grew in around 16 or so.
Tried shaving it off once, during a vacation a few years back, just for the heck of it, and vowed to never do it again; since the last time I saw my chin it had gone from a sharply jutting angle of masculinity into a soft and puffy, pastry-like mass between my head and my neck. I let the beard grow back just to make sure where my jaw actually was.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I always chicken out after 4 days at the most. My wife insists she likes it scruffy but not hairy. I do not know why but at the very center of my chin for about a half inch in either direction its NO HAIRS land.
I could grow a killer set of mutton chops, but those do not seem to be in style. My wife wants me to tryout a mustache but I just do not think I have the thickness to pull one off, maybe one day Ill just stop shaving and see what my facial hair does, I suppose its always a good thing to know.
Now if only I could halt the slow progression of my baldness. Can't I just wake up with it gone? Why do I have to watch it disappear hair by hair?
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: It's been years since I've kissed a girl while I didn't have a beard. Never really gotten any feedback on whether they liked or disliked the beard.
Mm. It stays.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by MyrddinFyre: *tries not to bring up the comparison of area of legs vs face*
Not to mention the angles. And don't get me started on the bikini line.
-pH
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I've had a beard since freshman year of college. It was too much trouble to shave back then. Now...meh, it's like part of the whole biker mystique. And without it I look like a Muppet Baby.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
blackblade, you could arrange for someone to shave the hair off your head as you sleep. Then you will wake up with it all gone. Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
I probably can, sadly. Yeah, hairy women's faces run in my family. Thank you, Finnish ancestry. Thank you SO much. I have to wax my face every few weeks. It sucks so much. I can't wait until I'm a rich wedding photographer so I can just get laser hair removal and be done with it.
Anyway. I am opposed to Katharina's idea that stubble burn is no fun. I enjoy it quite a lot. I married an Italian, so I'm pretty much used to it anyway. He doesn't get five o'clock shadow; he gets five-minute shadow. The man is a facial hair factory. <3<3<3<3
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Libbie, be careful with the laser hair removal. I have a friend who had it done on his face, and he said until the treatments are done, which can be like six months, you have nasty red bumps all over your face.
-pH
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Depends where you get the stubble burn O_O
I'm a hairy person too. I actually never really cared (I'm a mix of all the hairiest ethnicities you could think of)... but the other day I saw a Ten Years Younger on TLC. While doing this lady's makeup, the guy said, We HAVE to wax that lip. Nobody likes a woman with a moustache. That's just awful.
Me: O_O
Never knew that people cared so much about hairy females. Kinda made me angry!
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I can, and sometimes do, grow a beard.
It usually lasts about a month, tops, before the itchiness forces me to shave it.
I am also the king of stubble, and not because I like the way it looks or feels but because I'm lazy.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
quote:rich wedding photographer
They exist?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I have hair, but it's mostly blonde. Like I have a happy trail. But...yeah, blonde. So it ends up looking more like a muscle line. Rawr!
-pH
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by mackillian: blackblade, you could arrange for someone to shave the hair off your head as you sleep. Then you will wake up with it all gone.
Shaved my head a year ago, it all grew back. I am bald enough that you know its disappearing, but not enough that I dont "Still have my hair"
Its a precarious stage to be in, as I am not sure if my hair is going to continue dropping out or if it is going to halt where it is. GAH! Why can't I just know!? I should be fully bald now, my father was and so were both my grandfathers! What is my scalp DOING?
Posted by Morydd (Member # 5004) on :
I have a beard. Occasionally it becomes a goatee, but may not do it again. Of course I can't grow nearly the beard I want because my wife has a limit to what she'll accept. Until it turns white, then I can go all Santa Claus. I'm almost 30 and still have a patch on each cheek that is sparse and blonde so it looks like there's a hole in my beard when it's not grown out fairly well.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
quote:What is my scalp DOING?
Battling inevitability.
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
Our High School had a beard growing contest. I won for Ugliest Beard. They gave me a razor.
I did have a mustache for 30 years. I grew it to look older. I don't need it any more!
Posted by Youth ap Orem (Member # 5582) on :
That's me at Universal Studios with my new half brother. See the amount of facial hair? That's 9 months worth of not shaving. I know I don't look like it but I'm 23 years old. Think there is any chance I'll be able to grow a full beard and sideburns?
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