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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Beards => Topic started by: DannyBoy on December 28, 2014, 01:18:31 AM

Title: Would you or would you not?
Post by: DannyBoy on December 28, 2014, 01:18:31 AM
If you had hair would you or would you not have a beard? i would still have one.
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Post by: TheSlyBear on December 28, 2014, 02:08:43 AM
Of course.
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Post by: Mike E. P. on December 28, 2014, 06:44:23 AM
Definitely. When I had hair, I tried growing a beard, but unfortunately couldn't do it very well. My hair was very light, my mustache wouldn't come in and I sort of looked Amish. It wasn't till I was bald that I could grow a decent beard.
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Post by: Razor X on December 28, 2014, 07:11:44 AM
I would.  A beard is more than just compensation for a lack of hair on the head.
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Post by: Sir Harry on December 28, 2014, 07:33:02 AM
Yes. I'm pretty much similar to Mike E.P. in that I couldn't grow a decent beard until the hairloss started kicking in. (I was in the military for over 20 years so it was a moot point then.)
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Post by: DannyBoy on December 28, 2014, 08:53:49 AM
I was the same also when i started losing my hair my facial hair wasnt the best i could grown some but like a chin strap with a stache (not connected) at best.
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Post by: Cave Dweller on December 28, 2014, 09:29:31 AM
Although it grew in thicker as I got older, I have had a beard for almost the whole of my adult life, so I had it before the my balding was noticeable and all through the hairloss itself. The answer to the original question, therefore, is a definite "yes" to the beard regardless of my dome's status.
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Post by: tobler1 on December 28, 2014, 09:54:57 AM
I had my beard before I shaved my head...if ever I went back to hair, the beard will still be there!
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Post by: mangosink12572 on December 28, 2014, 11:31:31 AM
Absolutely - - - -A beard or facial hair complements a bald head.    Bald or not - - - facial hair (if well kept) looks good on any guy  - 
Baldies with facial hair are the best looking guys.     Bald is beautiful. 
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Post by: AJ Q-Ball on December 28, 2014, 05:21:21 PM
I probably wouldn't.  I grew my beard out over a year ago when I started buzzing my head since I knew I was thinning up top.  I figured that I needed a good beard if I ever decided to shave my head bald.  Otherwise, a beard would have never been a part of my identity.
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Post by: Cueball77 on December 28, 2014, 07:47:17 PM
I have a goatee. And my wife says I always will.
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Post by: sailor61 on December 29, 2014, 10:31:19 PM
yup...I've had a winter beard since LONG before the stuff on top thinned out and I eventually went sly.   I enjoy the break from shaving plus it mixes up my look for some variety.
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Post by: rss114 on December 29, 2014, 10:44:07 PM
been growing facial hair of all sorts since 17 i go from clean shaven, stubble, goatee, beard. I look about 14 when I'm clean shaven so i usually have attest stubble. i know looking young will be great when I'm older but right now i like looking my age and i need facial hair
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Post by: beardbald on December 31, 2014, 11:10:58 PM
Had it before. I hate being clean shaven
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Post by: SlyMike on January 01, 2015, 04:31:59 AM
Yes, had the beard for 4 years now and intend to have the beard always
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Post by: mrzed on January 01, 2015, 06:44:34 AM
I started my beard in 1980 when I spent a summer in Alaska. Most of the guys grew beards whether they looked good or not. Just the Alaskan thing to do for a guy.  It took a long time for the beard to grow in then. It grows much faster now.

I've never shaved it off, so I'm on 35 years with the beard now. My wife has never seen me without a beard except in photos.  She jokingly says, "Don't you dare shave it off. I won't know who you are and won't let you in the house."

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Post by: DoberDaddy on January 01, 2015, 03:13:01 PM
Beard!!!
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Post by: slymyke on January 01, 2015, 05:34:10 PM
I would have the beard either way.  I hate being without at least a goatee.
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Post by: DOC_OSMC on January 02, 2015, 09:33:18 AM
Beard.  I've always hated being clean shaven, I just don't feel the look suits me. 

I've have all forms of facial hair since my early 20's, from a simple goatee on just the chin to a full goatee to the beard I have now.  I've shaven clean in the past for job interviews, but no longer do that.  It took me this long to grow a beard that I feel looks decent so I'm not about to start over again.
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Post by: Rusty Shackleford on January 06, 2015, 12:36:33 AM
I probably wouldn't.  I grew my beard out over a year ago when I started buzzing my head since I knew I was thinning up top.  I figured that I needed a good beard if I ever decided to shave my head bald.  Otherwise, a beard would have never been a part of my identity.

Denying a beard that outstanding its right to grow is nearly criminal.
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Post by: Adamski1972 on January 06, 2015, 04:11:31 PM
Have had either a goatee, moustache or full beard since I was about 21 so the answer frim me of course is yes. Only shaved my face completely 2 times in the last 22 years and regreted it both times.
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Post by: Baldtxn on January 08, 2015, 11:22:26 AM
Yes, had the beard for 4 years now and intend to have the beard always

dude your beard is epic! you ever try a comp.? did you place? I am doing one on the 24th but just a local thing and doing it for fun since its my birthday :)
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Post by: SlyMike on January 08, 2015, 11:28:26 AM
Thanks! I did a competition in September, it was amazing but I didn't place. I have another in April.

Good luck with your competition!
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Post by: slybeard on January 08, 2015, 11:58:47 AM
Yes, I would still have the beard.  for me, a full beard was long in coming - I was in my mid 40's before I could grow a full beard.  In my mid 20's all I could grow was a mustache, the a circle beard by 30.  I always had what I could grow, but the full beard came after going sly (at the time I was BBC, but now have MPB).  So I have never had a full beard with a full head of hair.
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Post by: imaginary on January 08, 2015, 04:29:25 PM
Beard
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Post by: tobler1 on January 08, 2015, 05:14:09 PM
Slybeard, I couldn't imagine you without a beard...or not sly, for that matter.
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Post by: DannyBoy on January 13, 2015, 02:58:20 PM
Good to hear guys i have made a bit off a mistake with my beard just the cheekline is a bit low for myliking should be back to normal after a few weeks.
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Post by: Quiet_Dan on January 13, 2015, 03:40:49 PM
Beard all the way! I tend to mix things up with my facial hair pretty regularly.

I started shaving at age 12 in primary school when class-mates started teasing about trying to grow a moustache (or whatever peach fuzz amounted to that) I wasn't trying just had never considered shaving at that age.

about age 15 I started to grow a goatee and sideburns, and so every licence photo I've had from Learners at 16 y/o through to renewing year before last I have had facial hair of some description
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Post by: DannyBoy on January 13, 2015, 03:53:48 PM
Thats similar to me quiet Dan i also had a mustache round 12 years old but i didnt aim for it its just like yourself i hadnt shaved yet i remember peeps saying to shave and me just no caring.
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Post by: Rusty Shackleford on January 14, 2015, 09:08:37 AM
Beard all the way! I tend to mix things up with my facial hair pretty regularly.

I started shaving at age 12 in primary school when class-mates started teasing about trying to grow a moustache (or whatever peach fuzz amounted to that) I wasn't trying just had never considered shaving at that age.

about age 15 I started to grow a goatee and sideburns, and so every licence photo I've had from Learners at 16 y/o through to renewing year before last I have had facial hair of some description

I hated guys like you in high school!  ;D
No really, I did and even back then I knew it was pure jealously.
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Post by: nuts on January 14, 2015, 01:57:26 PM
I've had a beard for 48 1/2 years and shaved dome for 10 years so yes a full beard is part of my identity and I can't imagine every shaving it off.  My wife and children have never seen me without a beard.
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Post by: slybeard on January 15, 2015, 11:49:07 AM
Beard all the way! I tend to mix things up with my facial hair pretty regularly.

I started shaving at age 12 in primary school when class-mates started teasing about trying to grow a moustache (or whatever peach fuzz amounted to that) I wasn't trying just had never considered shaving at that age.

about age 15 I started to grow a goatee and sideburns, and so every licence photo I've had from Learners at 16 y/o through to renewing year before last I have had facial hair of some description

I hated guys like you in high school!  ;D
No really, I did and even back then I knew it was pure jealously.

+1 on that Rusty.  Beard envy started very young for me.