As someone who believes that there's no such thing as "too much beard" - I look forward to seeing your Yeard! :-{)###> Mine is past yeard all the way to maximum length programmed by my genes....
I happen to have the same opinion re: "too much beard". They always turn my head, and big ones get a double-take and a stare. ;)
I used to poke around that board and one or two others, but it's been quite a few years, admittedly.
I always enjoyed the fact they they always seemed like a good support group to encourage people to keep at it when the rest of the world pressured them to shave it off.
I know it's possible if I exercise a truckload of discipline. My only weakness is my OCD with my own beard's symmetry (the right side grows more full than the left). If I can conquer or at least quell that, I'll be golden.
Given that your beard seems to be quite dense, I think it will look incredible grown out long.
As for symmetry ... it's amazing how things that bug you at shorter lengths cease to be an issue once the beard's grown out more. I don't know if you've ever worn your scalp hair long, or knew someone going through growing it out long - but hair goes through "awkward stages" as it gets longer - and beards do much the same. Patience is absolutely a virtue when it comes to growing out a long beard.
For myself - it wasn't an exercise in "discipline" - it was an exercise in laziness. Wash it, brush it - and otherwise just leave it alone. If you can get to something like that frame of mind, it becomes easy.
My hair and beard both get incredibly wavy beyond a certain point, which is the main reason why I've kept it at this length for so long... but I'm willing to give it another try.
Heh. Using some quick-and-dirty image editing, I merged an old picture with a newer one to perhaps give me an idea of what I might look like in, say, six months:
Had I your lush, thick beard, I would have given my last 'yeard' more of a go. Instead, my wiry facial hair grows with all the neatness of a vandalized telephone cable trunk box. Complete with random salt-and-pepper graffiti as well. It was going since October, and was a good six inches or better. Problem was, it was burned slightly off in one area, mangled by a piece of equipment in another, and in need of more care than I wanted to give it. After getting glue in it and snipping bits out, it looked awful to me, and coupled with the summer heat, I had to let it go. Maybe another try. Hell, I havent cut it back since chopping it over a month ago. ;)
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I used to poke around that board and one or two others, but it's been quite a few years, admittedly.
I always enjoyed the fact they they always seemed like a good support group to encourage people to keep at it when the rest of the world pressured them to shave it off.
I know it's possible if I exercise a truckload of discipline. My only weakness is my OCD with my own beard's symmetry (the right side grows more full than the left). If I can conquer or at least quell that, I'll be golden.
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As for symmetry ... it's amazing how things that bug you at shorter lengths cease to be an issue once the beard's grown out more. I don't know if you've ever worn your scalp hair long, or knew someone going through growing it out long - but hair goes through "awkward stages" as it gets longer - and beards do much the same. Patience is absolutely a virtue when it comes to growing out a long beard.
For myself - it wasn't an exercise in "discipline" - it was an exercise in laziness. Wash it, brush it - and otherwise just leave it alone. If you can get to something like that frame of mind, it becomes easy.
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Heh. Using some quick-and-dirty image editing, I merged an old picture with a newer one to perhaps give me an idea of what I might look like in, say, six months:
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