• Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
    36·
    4 months ago

    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.

  • Dasnap@lemmy.world
    311·
    4 months ago

    If I let my beard get long enough, the neckbeard cowlicks collide and make random waves and spikes stick out.

  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
    25·
    4 months ago

    Legit considering getting my beard lasered off because I have such awful genes for beard hair.

    The moustache is fine though, I get to roleplay as flanders to make my GF laugh because she’s the more outgoing one :3

  • Zink@programming.dev
    18·
    4 months ago

    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!

    • craftyindividual@lemm.ee
      5·
      4 months ago

      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

      • Zink@programming.dev
        1·
        4 months ago

        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.

        • craftyindividual@lemm.ee
          1·
          4 months ago

          Once mine gets to a 5mm it’s very thin and embarrassing. Believe I’d love to give up shaving, and save some money too ;)

  • BakerBagel
    13·
    4 months ago

    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

    • Holyginz@lemmy.world
      14·
      4 months ago

      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.

        • Holyginz@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 months ago

          Oh yeah I get that as well. I’ve just been told the beard strengthens my jaw some which works very well. I have red/auburn hair and so is my beard which i think definitely helps it look better for me with the beard lol.

      • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        4 months ago

        Oh it catches spit. It also catches feces when you flush the toilet as well.

        • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
          41·
          4 months ago

          Honestly the toilet flushing thing is stupid. You’re catching the shit particles regardless just by shitting.

          If you can smell shit the particles are already in your lungs. Along with the myriad of other “gross” particles that just naturally exist in the air like pathogens, mold, skin cells, etc.

          If you’re that worried about it I expect to see you wearing a hazmat suit 24/7

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    113·
    4 months ago

    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)

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    My goatee might not be majestic or massive, but it compliments my face well, and all sideburns do is make me look like a teen trying too hard

    I’ll take what I’ve got, at least I’m not rocking just a soul patch, right?

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      4 months ago

      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.