Author Topic: How to stimulate facial hair growth  (Read 3561 times)

Offline GettingThere13

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How to stimulate facial hair growth
« on: March 31, 2014, 02:03:02 PM »
Ok, so I'll admit it - genetically, a big thick beard simply isn't in the cards, however I can still grow some decent scruff. You can't really see it in my picture (I trim it close so there's always just a little stubble, which is all I really want anyway).

Since my stubble is growing in very well in some areas, it's a little sparse in others (case and point... the right side of my face is about 3 months behind the left side. No idea why!)

How can I stimulate more hair to grow and start to fill it in? Many suggest just letting it grow - but since I don't want to let it go too crazy (I'd look REALLY bad), I'm keeping it trimmed to about 1/8", but not fully shaving it, so my face can breathe a little bit. I'm noticing every couple days, more hair shows up. But I'm a bit impatient, so how can I speed up the process? Any tips?

The goal here is to have a solid layer of stubble, that's all I really want. Don't need a huge beard.


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Offline Razor X

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Re: How to stimulate facial hair growth
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2014, 02:09:23 PM »
You can't have a solid layer of stubble unless you have unusually good density.  Letting your beard grow a little longer can compensate for a lack of density. That's what most of us have to do.

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Re: How to stimulate facial hair growth
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 03:55:39 PM »
There is no magic growth potion.  Beards take time to grow, and a stubble beard requires a dense growth pattern to look good.  Like Razor said, more length can help a less dense beard look better.  Beards also can mature rather slowly, so your density will likely improve over the years.  Mine matured and became more dense well into my 40's.
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Re: How to stimulate facial hair growth
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 05:00:53 PM »
Age.