OK boys. Face it, women sometimes like a manly beard. But do you have what it takes? It requires patience, persistence, (and just enough testosterone) to pull it off.
- The first step in growing a beard is deciding to grow one. This is no trifling matter. Growing a beard takes at least 4 weeks including enduring an uncomfortable itchy period and having to answer ridiculous questions like: “Are you trying to grow a beard?” from your friends and colleagues.
- Don’t shave. Despite the popularly held belief, shaving will not make your beard grow faster or thicker.
- Pick a time when you can get a running start like at the beginning of a vacation or even a long weekend.
- Resist the urge to trim or shape the beard. Let it grow as much as possible before shaving, even if you are going for the “goatee” look. The hairs on your face will be in various stages of growth; not all are actively growing at the same time, so you have to be patient to see where it will fill in and where it won’t.
- What if your beard is spotty? Unlike your scalp, the hair on your face will not cover every inch. Some men will have hair from their eyeballs to their neck. If you’re this guy, then feel free to shave areas to shape it. Most men will have some areas that are spotty or thin, like on their cheeks and chin. This is determined by genetic and hormonal factors. There is little you can do about it, so work with what you’ve got.
- What about applying Rogaine (minoxidil) to your face? Minoxidil is a drug that was used to lower blood pressure until it was found it also grows hair. In topical form, it causes hair growth on the scalp of men and women with hereditary hair loss. Why it works is not really known. In theory, Rogaine could help you grow a beard, but this is never been shown in studies, nor is it FDA approved for facial hair. Applying Rogaine (minoxidil) to your face would likely be irritating and can also cause acne. If ingested or if applied in excessive amounts, it could cause serious side effects like a drop in your blood pressure.
- Biotin is a dietary supplement known to help with hair and nail growth. Consider taking 2.5 mg of biotin each day.
- You might find that growing a beard gives you an itchy, red, scaly rash on your face. Try using a little dandruff shampoo like Head and Shoulders on your beard two or three times each week. You can also apply a mild over the counter steroid cream like hydrocortisone 1% once a day.
- When your beard starts growing, the hairs are often stiff at first; they will soften over time. Consider using a mild steroid like hydrocortisone 1% everyday to help with the itching.
- After 4 to 6 weeks you should have a good idea what your beard will look like. If after 6 weeks you find people saying: “Oh, are you trying to grow a beard?” consider the clean-shaven look.
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can you tell me clearly how to grow moustache,beard,and leg hairs?.
I just turned 17 years old. I made a friend to not shave for 2 months, & in 10 days i already had a spotty, patchy beard goin on, ESPECIALLY on my neck… It itches like hell, but i want to grow it out as much as i can. Im the only kid my age that i know of that can grow a beard like this.
Hey guys, I’m 15years and already have a goatee along with a full grown beard.For some reason i’m able to grow facial hair real quick,literally.
I look much older than my age; its amazing what a beard could do!
If you guys really , really, wanna grow some facial hair, you gotta get some balls first, first rule of hair club, we do not talk about hair club, na really tho, here’s a good trick, I don’t have time to explain how life works for ya but just trust me on this ok, I’m 32 my younger brother can grow a full beard, he’s 28, so I had to figure this out, no matter how old you are , the trick to growing facial hair is to shave, don’t over shave, every 3-4 days , lather up, new razor!!! Go with the grain!!! That means steady , passes in a downward direction, don’t pull back up your face!!! The hair grows the way it’s cut!!!!!! When you drag back up your face , the hair has a good chance of growwing back in ingrown , zit!!! Not good , trust me. !! Just try this method of shaving one thing I can promise you is way less irratation!!
hello
am 23 years but i have no any sighn that i will grow beards, how can get it?
I am tension full witout a beard pls pls pls pls help me of my beard
I have little beard on my face & it is not so thick. It takes hell lot of time this beard. pls suggest me how to have thick beard & I am of 24years old.
Yeah… it’s been like 10 weeks and all I have are chin whiskers and a very quick growing ‘stache.
sir, im 21 yrs and still i dint get beard. im shaving every day but no effect..pls sugest me any alternativess..
sir, i am 18 years old ihave no growth of beard on my face.all of my freands are having beard.so piease please please sir help me how i can get beard soon.
kiran… dont shaved it…
it wont help! seriously…
let it be.. and you’ll get a beard soon =P
im 18 yrs and got a little beard.. haha
imran dont get upset XD
i hav not any sign to grow beard on by face. wat to do? plz suggest something///
@chetan
hai sir i have small beard iwant to grow long plz send me a suggesion
i m 17 years old i have very soft beard in my chin but not in my cheek so how could i grow it give me some ideas or solution of this ???
Hello in a month im gonna be 19 years old. If i want to grow a beard i only grow sideburns my right sideburn is thicker then the left one. I always shave my mustache, but now im gonna let it grow for a longer time, my father doesnt have a full beard, does that mean that i dont get a full beard either? I need some advice :p thank you
im 18 yrs old and have very little hairs on my chin. What can I do to grow a thick beard?
if you can’t grow beard in 6 or so weeks, then you may not have enough testosterone. or genetically, you may not be able to grow a beard. you may have girly face forever
All I seem to grow are messy side burns and stiff hairs on my neck and chin. I suppose it’ll come, I’m only 17.
really? the first time i shaved was in grade 6, just my sideburns at the time. Now im 16 and I have a full beard that I’ve been growing for about 6 weeks or so.
I’m 14 and I already can grow a full moustache and sideburns
Some people are naturally hairy and therefore more prone to growing a fuller, thick beard. If you have fair, thin hair on the rest of your body then the chances of you growing a thick beard are quite slim. Yes, it can look cool having a rugged manly beard or stubble…
But being hairy has it’s down-sides; i spend a fortune getting rid of my terrible back hair!!
@Kla Boy
Hi sir i am 26yrs old i have little beard on my face & it is not so thick. It takes hell lot of time this beard. pls suggest me how to have thick beard, thank you so much in adwansed!
im 15 and iv all ready grown a beard but it is sort of thin on the jaw near the chin, but it will probably grow thick in time and im going for the 5 o’clock shadow look and if i saw so in about couple of months the sides will thicken and look good. but iv been growing facial hair since 11 or 12. and it all started with a moustache
i know some friends who are 16 who have just started growing moustaches and some guys who think they are and say that they shave :L it make me laugh really =D
very helpful
On the 10th of may i turned 25years old, i really find it difficult to grow beard, i hardly got 3-4 hair on my jaw since my birth, i heard that shaving help to grow beard, and i do since about 5 weeks,and now i couldn’t even gain a hair back since then, am just confused, but am here to seek a better advice from your good ideal, on how to grow a beard in a very fast way,may be you seek for me on what to rub, or what to eat,cos my junior one’s has grew, even shave almost everyday, and make fun of me.
Hoping to hear from you in a soonest time.
thanks.
I NEED HELP ? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN GROW A BEARD AND GOATE
Sir,
I am 25 years old I have a good beard but its not thicker. I wana be thicker beard on my face. How can I make my beard thicker. Please suggestion me. I’m thanksfull to you.
i have same problem . plz help
Wow…your post mezmerize me! Thanks for feeding the reader with these valueble info.
@R
the stache is always cool, dont worry about not being able to grow a beard, some beardos can’t grow a propper stache.
hey i have no beard tell me how to increase my beard
@TERRY MILLER
im 13 years old, i started shaving with my dad at age six whenever he shaved.. now i have a full man beard and stash. makes me feel weird around friends because they dont. i think shaving so young stimulated my hair growth…
Hello, I’m turning 16 in a month and I’m trying to get my beard before I switch schools. How much Biotin should I take? My dad also keeps telling me to shave to make it grow faster. Please help, I have about 4 months till the next school year.
Hello i am 9 and i have complete moustache and sideburns.
sir, i am 20 years old ihave no growth of beard on my face.all of my freands are having beard.so piease please please sir help me how i can get beard soon.
HEY HELP ME HOW 2 GET BEARD ON MY FACE I M 20 YR OLD I HV VERY FEW I WANT 2 GROW WEN I GROW ITS SEEMS WEIRD NT BEARD…send me some gud tips 2 grow it….thanx in advance
youre not getting a beard because you keep shaving it@kiran
sir im 20 years old i dont have beard i would bee happy if you suggest any soluion for my problem i want too meet some girls :’(
PS: i dont want to use any kinds of drugs
What is it with all of these Middle Eastern people posting about wanting a beard? Although it’s hilarious how they write English. As the great Michael Scott would say, “welcome to my convenient store would you like some cookie cookie, try my cookie cookie”
It’s also great how half of them are asking why their beard isn’t growing in when they state that they are shaving. Are they even reading the post? And what’s up with the 9 and 10 year olds growing beards. I mean their still in 4th grade!
@kiran
Maybe you shouldn’t shave, dumb ass!
@Takis
Ummm…. OK. You haven’t even started in. I have never heard or seen that in my life.
9 year old with a mustache and sideburns… You lucky if you got pubes yet.@Man Child
@Charles Fraightwit
Ahem… “…only seventeen?” Dude, I was shaving in Grade 7, at twelve years old. You guys all juicing estrogen instead of testosterone? Anyway, you guys all fail.
@Man Child
Nice one, Man Child…
Iam 17 years old and i have like hairs under my neck and i have automatic jew line so i dont need to shape it up just need my neck sorting out. this artical is very helpfull it besicaly saying what my friend told me i thought my friend was lying but he is right i know now you have to leave it for while because some areas in your face will grow faster then some bits so it looks like you have bald patchs and that makes you want to quit growing a Beard, but i been growing it about 2 week i know what it finaly starting to look like.
Just try not play with it to much or look in the mirror to much because then you get funny ideas about shaving or triming.
the gaps will automaticaly fill up as it grows leave it dont think about it . hope this is help full and i tryed my best on grammer and spelling if i got bits wrong iam sorry iam not retard .
hi i’m 23 years old i dont have beard i would bee happy if you suggest any soluion for my problem i want too meet some girls :’(
PS: i dont want to use any kind of drugs