Beard growing pains
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Re: Beard growing pains
I've had a beard pretty much continuously since I graduated from HS in 1981, with the exception of a few months when I worked a contract job for IBM in the mid 80's.
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Facial hair update!
Shaved my beard in early January. It keeps trying to grow back. I think I'll keep it short for a while...
Shaved my beard in early January. It keeps trying to grow back. I think I'll keep it short for a while...
Living a comeback montage.
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Re: Beard growing pains
For the majority of my adult life I was in the military, . . . . so I had short hair and was clean shaven. But, after becoming a civilian, I grew a beard about 5 years ago. I do use a beard balm every day after showering to help control and shape it. I also do my own trimming and shaping with just a small pair of nice scissors, . . . but I do wish it was thicker than it is and less gray than it is. I did shave it once, . . . . but that felt really weird and I immediately started growing it back. Still, . . . sometimes I'm still tempted to try beardless again.
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This is my first attempt at letting it grow out. I think around 3 months?
We all joke that my parents found me in a dumpster back in Vietnam.
And this is the current me. Rocking that mustache.
I am 100% Asian and nobody in my family has any facial hair.We all joke that my parents found me in a dumpster back in Vietnam.
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You don't look like your avatar anymore. but it also looks good.peskydonut wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:33 pm Facial hair update!
Shaved my beard in early January. It keeps trying to grow back. I think I'll keep it short for a while...
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I know, I feel like I'm living in a lie!pdsf wrote:You don't look like your avatar anymore.peskydonut wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:33 pm Facial hair update!
Shaved my beard in early January. It keeps trying to grow back. I think I'll keep it short for a while...
Living a comeback montage.
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Is a different version a lie?peskydonut wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:50 amI know, I feel like I'm living in a lie!pdsf wrote:You don't look like your avatar anymore.peskydonut wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:33 pm Facial hair update!
Shaved my beard in early January. It keeps trying to grow back. I think I'll keep it short for a while...
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No need to contemplate such deep questions. I fixed my avatar.pdsf wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:03 pmIs a different version a lie?peskydonut wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:50 amI know, I feel like I'm living in a lie!pdsf wrote:
You don't look like your avatar anymore.
Living a comeback montage.
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Re: Beard growing pains
The sight of that double edge razor gave me the same feeling one gets when you see a dude take a hit to the groin. It's just painful to look at.Conchita Turtle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:00 pm I must be the only one who's ever been shaved...
Maybe due to habit.
The thing is, I used to shave once a week, and my skin got really irritated.
Until I changed the shaving system. I removed spray foams, and I removed multiblade head razors, for brushes a good soap, usually from my city's brand, Lea, or La Toja, if I'm in a hurry, I use "American Crew" shaving gel; and also safety razors.
When I started shaving decades ago I used my Dad's razor once and promptly cut myself on the jawline and it bled like a stuck pig.I have had the same styptic pencil for over 25 years. It is down to a nub but still works like a charm.
Like MoT's GrandDad, I can grow a beard at the drop of a hat. I used to be clean shaven for over twenty years while I worked for UPS and a few financial institutions. Once I "retired" it was "whatever grows" will be shaved off in a week. My facial hair comes in black and grey which makes me look a lot older than my 51 years would indicate. When I shave, my wife gets mad because I then look younger than her. lol
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As some aficionados say, "no cut, no glory". The first time, a decade and a half ago, that I picked up a safety razor instead of the Mach3 I did it with "more fear than Scooby Doo". I don't think I hardly cut myself. The problem comes when you gain confidence and start going faster.... With a little bit of habit it is rare to cut yourself.Rocat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:20 pmThe sight of that double edge razor gave me the same feeling one gets when you see a dude take a hit to the groin. It's just painful to look at.Conchita Turtle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:00 pm I must be the only one who's ever been shaved...
Maybe due to habit.
The thing is, I used to shave once a week, and my skin got really irritated.
Until I changed the shaving system. I removed spray foams, and I removed multiblade head razors, for brushes a good soap, usually from my city's brand, Lea, or La Toja, if I'm in a hurry, I use "American Crew" shaving gel; and also safety razors.
When I started shaving decades ago I used my Dad's razor once promptly cut myself on the jawline and it bled like a stuck pig.I have had the same styptic pencil for over 25 years. It is down to a nub but still works like a charm.
Like MoT's GrandDad, I can grow a beard at the drop of a hat. I used to be clean shaven for over twenty years while I worked for UPS and a few financial institutions. Once I "retired" it was "whatever grows" will be shaved off in a week. My facial hair comes in black and grey which makes me look a lot older than my 51 years would indicate. When I shave, my wife gets mad because I then look younger than her. lol
About appearances, I have recently met a co-worker who has a long, bushy and quite gray beard. The first time I saw him I thought he wouldn't have long to retire, I thought he was about 10 years older than I am. He is only a few months older than me.