Thread: At what age did you get a full beard?

I'm 19 and my beard is really spotty, too. It's not particularly thick, but it grows long and irritates me. I also grow some hair on my cheeks. In fact only my 'stache and goatee grow in well. That really started to come in when I was in, like 11th grade, so, like when I was 17.

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Interesting topic on a shaving forum....

I don't consider myself as having a really heavy beard, average perhaps, but I think I started shaving at 13, and had a half-assed decent goatee/stache at 16. At 17 I grew a full beard (though admittingly not quite as filled in as now) when I stopped shaving for 3 months; it was thick enough that I could stick pencils and other objects in my beard. That was a big hit in high school. Once I knew I had the follicles to experiment with I had various styles of beards, burns and staches for years after that, although I did notice that my beard seemed somewhat denser around my mid-20's. Fast forward to today, it sure seems to grow faster than in the past, too.

Well I only asked the question because I'm curious when most members started shaving every day. I wish I could shave every day, but I guess I'll have to give it a few years

Originally Posted by MattCastle

Well I only asked the question because I'm curious when most members started shaving every day. I wish I could shave every day, but I guess I'll have to give it a few years

Yep...you done started a hairy rolling stone that won't stop

Originally Posted by ronnie brown

started shaving at 15 and could grow a beard at 16 when i got out of the service , i couldent weight to grow the beard , would shave it off about every 6 months or so, then when i found straight razors in 07 . now i shave every day and look foward to the shave.

You got OUT of the service at 16? What kind of lies did you tell to get in at 12 years old?!?!

Originally Posted by MattCastle

Well I only asked the question because I'm curious when most members started shaving every day. I wish I could shave every day, but I guess I'll have to give it a few years

I think it has more to do with when your mom's dad started in with it. My dad started later than I did, but his dad started earlier. My mom's dad started about the same time I did...decent goatee/stash (not connected) at about 19, with cheeks and neck coming in thick enough not to be embarassing around 21. Up until 19 though I barely had peach fuzz...I was kinda a late bloomer as they say.

I'm 22. I wish I could say I've been getting a nice, thick, full beard since I was 18, but I can't. Why? Because my face still doesn't want to grow the 20 or so whiskers below the sides of my mustache it'd take to form a 'technically' full beard. What sucks is that where I work the only facial hair I can sport is either a mustache(which I hate by its own) a nicely trimmed and maintained full beard, or what is known as a Van Dyke? I think that's what it's called anyways , I'm from Puerto Rico, we call it a 'lock' in Spanish. Anyways, it can't be the mustache and the goatee separated, they have to be joined. Such a stupid policy... But of course I can't have any of those two options because of those 20 or so whiskers. ****ing frustrating T_T

Especially when my dad has a full beard yet I don't. What's funny is that besides that tiny area I'm practically wolverine with copper wire like whiskers.

That's interesting about it being related to your mother's father. I'll have to ask my grandfather and see what I cant expect .

Thanks for the advice!

well into my 30's before i had a nice beard, now its mostly grey, still i think i'll grow another one day

ian

Started shaving with an electric in high school, but mostly my chin and 'stache. Beard came in much later (20-30's), but still thicker on my chin.

Jim