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    Question At what age did you get a full beard?

    I'm 18, and I was wondering when most members really got a decent beard. I only need to shave every 3-4 days, and it comes in pretty patchy e.i. not much on the cheeks or neck.

    So when did you get a full beard going and when can I expect to really put that razor to the test?

    Sorry if this was already a thread, I searched but I couldn't find one.

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    17, but it was patchy, and still is. I think my family has some indian blood somewhere in our past. I can grow a full blown handlebar mustache in about 6 months, but cheeks? forget it. What does grow on my cheeks grows almost to my eyeballs. My SOTD is more SOTW.

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    i think i were at least 25 or so before i finally started to grow a decent beard.. for the first half of my 20s i only really grew hair on my upper lip and neck.. i just turned 30 and i can now finally have a proper shave.

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    The first scruff appeared at 13/14, i had my first(in hindsight ugly) goattee at 17/18 and a full beard at 21. I'm 23 now(and had a 10 inch long chinbeard until 3 weeks ago, Damn shaving hobby) and still feel like it's getting more coarse. Looking at my dad, it will get very coarse within the next 20-odd years.

    But like you said, it's a genetics thing. And there is a chance that the beard comes through at thirty.

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    I had a beard in high school, so I guess I was 16 or 17 at the time. Back then I didn't shave, cause I got terrible irritation from cartridge razors, so I wore a beard or had the stubbly look from using clippers without the guard on. It's so nice to be able to be clean shaven now.

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    I was about like Dylan. I could grow a fingertip length beard starting at my earlobes and going to adams apple in a month since I was 16 and it's only getting thicker and growing faster.

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    I've got some distant native american in my blood, but some northwestern european as well. As it turned out, I've got a 32 year old brother who still can't grow a decent beard, but I had enough beard to require shaving daily by 14, and a fairly full beard by 16. By the time I was 19, I looked like a young grizzly adams if I let it grow.

    On the down side, my older brother with no beard also has a full head of hair - something I haven't had since I was a teenager. At 30 I have significantly less hair than my 56 year old father, and even less than either of my grandfathers had when they died.

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    Well...let's just say that at 13 I had a good moustache and by 16 I was the designated beer buyer for the summer as I used to look like a biker with full beard,stache and yes even long hair.My nickname was animal, like from the Muppets. But not no mo ha ha !

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    I am 35 and still can not grow a proper beard looking beard unless I do not shave for 3 months due to the inconsistency of growth around my face. A lot of it has to do with a severe acne break out when I was a teen and my penchant for picking at them so it scarred those areas and made the growth pattern different/non-existent in and around those areas. Also the hair on my face just grows slower and is so light that most people can't tell I haven't shaved for a couple of days.

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    Had a moustache in high school, and was able to grow chin whiskers in college. I finally grew a full beard when I was about 24. Still pretty thin on the sides to this day (56).

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