Facial Hair Experiments

Come on, own up....

[Nick_W]

I ran out of shaving cream 2wks ago and thought I'd see how a beard suited me....

Anyone had any odd facial hair experiments or can offer tips and advice on being furry?

I'm not even sure it's growing right, I'm 32 but didn't even need to shave regularly till I was 24 ;)

Nick

[jeremy goodrich]

Funny thread - I have a "soul patch" as I like to call it, that stays more often than it goes. (little tuft of hair just below the bottom lip, shaped in a triangle ;) )

As for full blown beard, no way, tried once for about a week or so, and the thing drove me insane.

>patch above the chin

Ya, that's the only spot on my face that the hair hasn't sprouted yet, I figure given time, it might fill in, but at 26, I would have expected to be able to have it everywhere by now...(not complaining, though).

[Nick_W]

>>People think I look mean with the goatee it seems

That's why I shave my hare to grade 1 ;) People tend to leave me alone hehe!

I'm enjoying the experience. Itchiness set in at about 4/5 days, moustache and chin is much heavier but most of me is well covered and I'm going to let it run wild for at least 2mts before i get the hair trimmers on it to even it up...

I hate shaving, I've just never been 'heavily bearded' despite starting at the usual time of around 13/14 so despite my years, I've never tried it.. seems to be working out okay though and not shaving every day is awsome!

Nick

[jatar_k]

That's why I shave my hare to grade 1

me too ;)

I guess it could be the tall shaved head earing and tattoos thing that is just emphasized with the goatee.

Keeps people from buggin me I guess. ;)

I am a little worried that your hare may be a little uncomfortable with this arrangement.

[Jenstar]

Btw - I'm surprised there aren't any girls chiming in on this. <ducks>

Okay, edit_g, here ya go ;)

Imagine 60 grit sandpaper. Now imagine giving yourself a facial with a sheet of the stuff. That is a pretty close equivelant of what it feels like to be with a guy who is either attempting to grow facial hair, or is in the "too damn lazy to shave" category. This starts with the five o'clock shadow stage and lasts until about 3 or so days in.

Once it hits the "soft" stage, that's fine. It's those three days of suffering from guy-inflicted beard burn that's the BIG problem.

Of course, once the beard growing hits the Grizzy Adams or Gandalf look, talk about a turn off ;)

[georgeek]

Sounds like some of you guys stand a chance of a gold medal in this [worldbeardchampionships.com].

[Webwork]

My mother's maiden name is Murphy, so in honor of her roots, when I grow a beard, the brown hair on my head is matched by red hair in my beard. Deep red patches.

At the moment I sport a mustache. Since my 17 year old son insisted on shaving his "beard" (sideburns) with my mustache trimmer the poor trimmer recently died.

Now, for wont of a trimmer, the old 'stache is getting a bit bushy and long and I find myself playing with it more, including an unconscious habit of playing with the ends of the hair with my tongue.

This recently resulted in a woman commenting that I was a tease.

Took me a moment to catch her drift.

Now, I can't stop.

I think I need a 12 step program.

[dragonlady7]

>"soul patch"

My boyfriend, all of 23 years old and not terribly hairy, decided to try growing one of those.
He was doing all right-- most people didn't even notice it because he's blond, but sure enough, there it was-- but after some time, to his dismay, he realized it was off-center. And that's it... just, one side, no hair grew there, so the whole thing was off-center.
So, it went byebye. Too bad, it was cute.

Stubble can be erotic. No, really it can. But, it's certainly not romantic. And I said *can be*, not *is*.

Guys trying to grow goatees are very funny. :D

[jatar_k]

luckily for me the actual trying stage only lasts a day or so and then it just seems to be there.

but then again, I'm not 23 and it is very dark hair. ;)

[coconutz]

>>working on a comb-over employing 3 new sources of hair: Hair growing on my ears, my newly bushy eyebrows and nasal hair.

Might want to consult B.D. Tyagi [news.bbc.co.uk] and Antony Victor [news.bbc.co.uk] about the ear hair.

[robertito62]

> When I passed 35 I had to start shaving my ears too.

hehe.
I am a living experiment on trying to vaporize those off... to no avail.

As a hairy beast -one whose hairs grow from top to bottom in a straight line, no pause between neck and chest- I would advise everyone here never, ever, ever to get the 'as seen on TV shaving creams'.

Unless your idea of shaving ear hairs includes losing half your ear.

Sticky open to receive never-tried-before experiments on how to handle such hairy situation.

[AAnnAArchy]

<<Sticky open to receive never-tried-before experiments on how to handle such hairy situation.>>

You haven't seen the waxing on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy? Backs & eyebrows. Looks a tad painful, but a hairy back scares me...and apparently other people too.

[ppg]

> how to handle such hairy situation

I just go over my ears with the clippers too :)
thankfully I'm blonde so if I can get them down to a millimetre or so they don't show. You just have to be careful not to catch your earlobes in the teeth of the clippers. *wince*

> B.D. Tyagi and Antony Victor
My god I'm an ear hair amateur! I feel so much better now :)

[richardb]

Amateurs the lots of you! Worry when your wife forces you to do your tongue, twice daily.