I'm not quite as bad as the above comments...but if I need to look clean shaven I can't skip a day. Even after I get a really close shave now, I find I have a definite shadow on my face, and a real scruffy look the next day. I too am even finding myself plucking out some nosehairs because they've gotten too long! I'm almost 24 now, and my beard has gotten substancially thicker in the past couple of years. It's not terribly thick, but I wonder what it'll be like in a couple of years. If it's anything like my Dad and brother, then I have to watch out, they get 5 o'clock shadow at 8 am!