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I'm two and a half weeks in so far. Its looking unkempt now but I'm determined to leave it for 4 weeks before trimming it.
lezy ****er here beard on and off for a few years now! just starting to grow my miserable looking postman beard for the winter its going to be a cold un.
I'm hopeless at face hair, I tried to grow a tash years ago, I think I was about 35, & my Mum said (in her Sunday voice) 'James, Have you had a wash today?
Never again.
I miss my Mum.
When i grow a beard it looks suspiciously like my first growth of patchy pubes. I like to think of it as my very own contraceptive. Then i shave and look like Justin Timberlake, it's a sad state of affairs.
My last shave was on the 31st of October 2007. Since then, my beard has only been trimmed once, and that was only to tidy it up from the 'bonfire incident' in June 2009.
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Unfortunately, that incident, and the tidy up cost me most of my beard, so despite the timescale, it's only about a year long now. Mine' like most other men of a certain age, is a colourful mix of dark colours, of grey and of ginger.
how long does the itchy phase last? that's always stopped me getting properly whiskered before...
you cant grow a beard !!!! after all theres only one Ed Oxley ! 😉 
I am just starting my itchy stage at the mo 😕 so i will let you know when if finishes (thats if i dont bet to anoyed with it)
I can only aspire to have an Ed Oxley beard 🙂
The itchy stage starts to fade once two things happen. 1)The ends aren't as sharpe from 'the final shave' which seems to take about 2 weeks for me 2)the hairs become long enough not to have that wirey feeling. Think about a piece of fishing wire, the shorter it is the harder it is to bend in comparison to a long piece that just flops around.
i might have to start wearing a suit regularly for corporate bollox. so i want to have a shaved head, big grey beard and then wear sharp purple suits
the shorter it is the harder it is to bend in comparison to a long piece that just flops around
... and thereby ends the case for the defence, Your Honour.
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I've had beards in all sorts of different shapes for 20+ years and don't ever remember an itchy phase, (even when I shaved more than once in three years) ...
Is it all over your beard, or just your chin / wherever?
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holiday beard + helmet hair
Apparently, using conditioner helps with the itching.
Bonfires are a beard danger. I had to cut mine right back after an over enthusiastic bonfire, which also cost me some of my eyebrows and eyelashes.
Had mine about 5 years now...was a short term 'can't be arsed shaving' thing until I performed a technically perfect face plant resulting in 48 stitches and a scar which the wierdy beard does quite a good job of covering up...
Also helped that my skin really didn't like shaving, especially in winter. Don't think I'll be ditching it in a hurry.
Initial itching should be gone by 10 days or so (for yourself, if not your other half...!)
Beards?
You can keep em. I'm waiting to leave my current job and then it'll be a proper set of mutton chops. And maybe some buggers grips.
That's proper facial hair tha knows.
Had mine since 18... Wife would divorce me if I shaved it!!!
My skin didn't like wet shaving, and electric shavers are a bit crap in my experience, so I started to play around with facial hair instead; sideys, chops, soul patch, goatie, wolverine, abe lincoln, skinny mexican mo, tried them all for varying amounts of time.
Nowadays, full beard that is just trimmed every couple of days with scissors to keep it reasonably neat and with the clippers from head to chin every month or so!
Every man should have his beard phase; not a few days dirty stubble, but proper bearded phase. And remember, [url=
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this is good
Bikes & beards...
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All people with beards have something to hide. And looking at you lot I'd agree with that hypothethis.
If I grew one it'd be like surf-matt's anyway, it'd grow quickly and would be grey, so best not bother.
Samurai is right on my part,hiding my lack of chin, most recent beard/bike pic
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jonnyvegas - that is ace, proper belly laugh at work while watching it (secretly) is not a good thing though.
Something to hide? No not me officer, how dreadful, stick to the path, stay away from the moors, etc
aha! some like minded souls! - i had decided to go for 'side-burn September' (instead of the mou-vember thing) ala Guy Martin/70's Jackie Stewart.
its a slow start - it may turn out to be a long term project!!!
I don't think i have the kahunas to go for the full Ed Oxley - plus having an office based job, it may be frowned on...
+1 for frowned on (heavily) at work. Sadly only for weekends for me.
God i must be bored 🙂 Anyway Southern Yeti LMAO!
I don't think i have the kahunas to go for the full Ed Oxley - plus having an office based job, it may be frowned on...
+1 for frowned on (heavily) at work. Sadly only for weekends for me.
Nobody that was good at their job ever got fired or passed over for promotion because of their facial hair, or lack of.
Having a weekend beard is like having a summer penis.
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apparently i have to shave if i go offshore as the emergancy BA dont get a good seal round my face .....
goatees and moustashes only .
dont know how much truth there is to that my boss man just told me to have a trim up to make sure i didnt get run off for not being able to use the BA. seems plausable to me
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Beards?You can keep em. I'm waiting to leave my current job and then it'll be a proper set of mutton chops. And maybe some buggers grips.
That's proper facial hair tha knows.
I have not heard the term bugger grips for ages 😀
"frowned on at work"
unless there is a valid H&S reason i'd say you have a case for discrimination there
we were told shorts were frowned on at work until i suggested i would wear a skirt like the female staff can, shorts at work for the last 6 years now 🙂
How about a beard with saven legs, is that allowed?
I had to stop myself saying to my (female) boss 'no, have you?' when she asked if I'd run out of razors....
is it any longer today?
sorry will post a beard update (pic) next week 🙂
The Beard update... and yes it is still itchy 🙁
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Looks like this is going to take a while Nezbo 😉
It doesn't look any different?...
waiting for puberty?
Christ I hadn't shaved for 3 day until yesterday and had more than that.
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Beards are wierds!
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I get one after about a week - with shades of grey, but I am bald - so look like a bit of a tit. I Normally shave my head and face on same day - so basically from neck up i'm covered in shaving foam.
Had a respectable amount of facial growth but then faceplanted and broke my nose. Had to trim it down because I looked like a tramp who'd been in a streetfight.
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It wasn't a great look.
Usually have a decent stubble, i just shave the edges or shape it as the mood takes me!
Havent shaved at all for the last 6 weeks.
I want to fashion a handlebar moustache!
Oh and i have a Rockspring 😕
You need safety razor. 😆
Hey Nezbo, how's the beard coming along?
I win, this is mine:
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