Hi. I am 20 y/o dude who has a sorry excuse for a beard. Seriously, all of my friends have full beards and I only have a little bit of hair under my chin. I know it's not genetic, because my dad had a full beard when he was 20 (based on his pictures).My cousin (who is a girl) told me few months ago that I have to shave my beard often to grow a good beard. Is that true? I dunno whether I should accept girl's advice on a man's stuff. Does anyone know how to grow a beard (like a goatee)? It's rediculous, lol. My face barely changed since I was 18.
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There are basically three main things which affect hair growth.  Diet, hormones and genetics.  If you are 100% certain this is not genetic then you must be suffering terribly from malnutrition or have a major testosterone defficiency.\nYou can tell if you are very malnurished pretty easily.  \nYou can also spot testosterone defficiency a mile off (you'd probably have a very feminine figure, have a womanly voice etc.)\nSo chances are it is genetic.  Just because your dad could have passed for Gandalf at 20 would not mean you would have the same massive beard unless you are his clone and 100% genetically identical.  I mean you don't have the same shoe size as your mother, and I bet you and your dad are not exactly the same height down to a 16th of an inch, your have a range of characteristics which you will share with one or both of your parents,  some characteristics which are an amalgamation of theirs, and some which they have carried in their DNA which they do not exhibit.\n\nShaving does not encourage hair growth.  It will not help you to grow a beard, this is an old wives tale and has been scientifically disproved.  It's not even logical - if shaving makes hair grow then a 90 year old man who shaved twice day for 70 years (51,000+shaves) then he should be able to grow a great big Gandalf beard in a week?  Of course not!\n\nYour beard will improve with age.  A reasonably high % of men can't grow a decent beard until their mid to late 20's.  The only thing I can suggest if this is really life and death important is to pay for cosmetic hair transplant surgery - expensive and painful but it works.\nIf you don't want the surgery you could wear a false beard, or try some kind of crazy miracle cure hair restorer.  Or just wait a couple more years - probably the safest and saneist option!
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Time to Change\nUsually, puberty starts between age 8 and 13 in girls and age 10 and 15 in boys. Some kids begin a bit earlier or later than that, and kids can experience puberty-related changes at any point during those years. That may help explain why some of your friends still look like young kids whereas others look more like adults.\n\nOne of the first signs of puberty is hair growing where it didn't grow before. Boys and girls both begin to grow hair under their arms and in their pubic areas (on and around the genitals). It starts out looking light and thin. Then, as kids go through puberty, it becomes longer, thicker, heavier, curlier, and darker. Eventually, boys also start to grow hair on their faces.\n\nWhen your body is ready to begin puberty, your pituitary (say: pih-too-uh-ter-ee) gland (a pea-shaped gland located at the bottom of your brain) releases special hormones. Depending on whether you're a boy or a girl, these hormones go to work on different parts of the body. For boys, the hormones travel through the blood and tell the testes (say: tes-teez), the two egg-shaped glands in the scrotum (the sac that hangs under the penis), to begin making testosterone (say: teh-stass-tuh-rone) and sperm. Testosterone is the hormone that causes most of the changes in a boy's body during puberty, and men need sperm to be able to reproduce (be the father of a baby).\n\nIn girls, these hormones target the two ovaries (say: o-vuh-reez), which contain eggs that have been in the girl's body since she was born. The hormones cause the ovaries to start making another hormone, called estrogen. Together, these hormones prepare a girl's body to start her periods and be able to become pregnant someday.\n\nIt's Just a Growth Spurt\nA spurt is a short burst of activity or something that happens in a hurry. And a growth spurt is just that: Your body is growing, and it's happening really fast! When you go through puberty, it might seem like your sleeves are always getting shorter and your pants are creeping up your legs. That's because you're having a major growth spurt. It usually lasts for about 2 to 3 years, and when that growth spurt is at its peak, some kids grow 4 or more inches (10 or more centimeters) in a year! At the end of your growth spurt, you'll have reached your adult height - or just about. But your height isn't the only thing that changes during puberty.\n\nWith all this quick growth, it can seem like one part of your body - your feet, for instance - are growing faster than everything else. This can make you feel clumsy or awkward. This is normal, too! The rest of your body will eventually fill out and shape up, and you'll feel less klutzy.
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No, shaving doesn't make more hair grow.  It only cuts off the tapered end leaving the blunt end at the tip.  This can make the individual hairs look thicker, but it's only an illusion.  The amount of facial hair a person has is due to hormones and genetics.  Facial hair, like any other hair on the body, also has cowlicks (swirl patterns in how they erupt from the skin).  This sometimes makes a beard look uneven or patchy.
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most boys arent done growing untill around twenty or twenty one, this includes pubic hair, genitles , and muscles........however, most of this is genetically decided.
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What about just asking him to for a short time.  They do grow back ya know.  ;) \n\nMy husband will go times with the moustache - and then time without it.  Sometimes guys think they look older with it.  So he may be reluctant to remove it.  If he believes he has a "baby face" he will want to really keep it.  \n\nMaybe you can just tell him you want to enjoy him like for a month or so and then he can grow it back.  It it works out - you guys could do something like that ever now and then so that sometimes he has it and other times he shaves it.
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well heres what i do.\ni use a soap cake in a cup and a boars hair brush\ni also use the m3 razor but that isnt neccessary and razor you can get at the store is usually fine i like a three blade but anyone you want is great.\nright after your shower while the hair is wet, wet the brush and run it on the soap cake and then apply to your beard mustache. then i start at the side burns and try and get them as straight as i can even with the crook of my ear. then you go over your beard once remember that the hair above your chin will most likly have a slightly different grain or direction than the hair below. after you go over it once run your hand over it and see how well you did. if you missed some you will feel it and you will also be able to feel the grain a lot better. lather up again and then shave against the grain or in the direction that you felt the hair the most. like you run your hand from smile to ear and it feels pretty smooth but from ear to smile it feels rough so shave ear to smile to catch the rest of it.\n\nyou can also use an electric razor they get closer but can cause some mad irritation. put baby powder on your dry face and run that electric around. i used to use one but i lost it in the move and didnt have the money to replace it i liked it better but you use what you have to.\n\nHope that helped
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Everybody develops at different stages. I didn't get facial hair until the age of 20.
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Shaving does not cause it to grow back like a man's beard. I would say wax if you want, I don't see why it would stimulate new growth.
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Ok, my son is 15 and since I'm always honest with him, I'll be honest with you.  Consider yourself lucky that you are well endowed, it's much better than not having enough.  As far as shaving...it will not harm you and women do prefer it to be shaved or at least trimmed.  It is good for your health to get an orgasm, however, it does not improve your health for a woman to to help you achieve one.  It's safer to just do it yourself.
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No, that's just not attractive to me.\nHuman adults are naturally hairy. Why would someone want to look like a kid?\nAnd what's the big obsession with shaving everything lately? \n\nFYI, there is nothing so sexy as a man with a hairy chest, and I think it's best to keep the "other" hair as well.
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Ok, here goes. When I was in my teens, I was shaving my under arms from top down. This is backwards as any woman knows. I thought it was easier, and if i went against the grain (so to speak) it would be a closer shave. \nThat summer my mom took me aside and told me that under my arms was getting dark. I was shaving them wrong. Do you remember Miami Vice back in the 80's? The dark look on the mans jaw. It wasn't stubble. \n\nIf you shave agents the way the hair grows, You'll get a dark look.\n\nChange the way you shave.
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Many young women are hairy. Our culture these days promotes the hairless look, but it takes a lot of time and money (and I think it's a little sick that many men seem to want it). It's not at all unusual to have a slight mustache (it can be bleached), hair below the navel, some facial hair, and hair on the big toes. I was in this category. I remained hairy until menopause. After I was 45 or so, the hair on my arms and legs got a little lighter and less coarse. The hair on my big toes has thinned out and is barely noticeable. I got electrolysis for the hair on my face that was too dark for my pale skin. I hear there are laser treatments now that get more hair in a single treatment, but my electrolysist said that she sees a lot of women for whom laser treatments didn't work thoroughly enough.\n\nGood luck.
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haha. dont worry about it. my brother (17) gets his hair cut at home ALL the time and it looks pretty good. and yes, people at my school are pretty damn shallow too! and sadly, a lot of girls think hes hot, which is a disturbing thought for me :(\n\nbut my dad is the one who cuts his hair. first, my DAD went to go get his hair cut then he just sat at the salon while waiting to get "picked up" or waiting for his turn. then he sort of got an idea. let your DAD cut your hair...he's the guy. plus, don't guys hair grow out pretty fast? my brother shaved his whole head once which really pissed off my parents but it grew back in less than a month.\n\ntry it out. if she ruins your hair or something, shave HER hair of when she's sleeping. just kidding :)\n\ngood luck
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It depends on how close you are to them. I myself have some unwanted facial hair, and being a female, I had all my best friends suggest waxing, bleaching, whatever. It hurt me the first time said something to me, but only because I thought she was trying to tell me she was ashamed to be seen with me if I had my hair up in a pony tail. Try it out if you want, but don't make it about you. Try saying you only brought it up to save her/him the embarrassment later. Personally, I never did anything about my manly side burns. Mainly because they aren't as bad as some people made it out to be. Although the waxing is still under debate. And the fact that I am so sick of society telling ME what is wrong with ME instead of taking a look in the mirror. Anyways, Good luck, and remember not to let it sound like you are ashamed of this person. =)
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relax. keep whackin! hair growth, acne, glasses,etc, are not caused by masturbation, they all just happen to occur  during puberty.\n                                    enjoy\n                                                   peace
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It does vary from each guy, just like if a guy grows a beard or a mustache what you women may think of them.  What you have to do, is really just look at it in the mirror and see how you like it.  Heck, this could be a good time for you to get to know yourself.  Find out how you like to see yourself down there.  Being a man, it isn't a "big" turn on or turn off.  If you keep it trimmed you would be at the "in between mark", you don't have a full "head of lettuce" and then you are not shaved bald.  So then whenever you meet a guy, and you two become serious, then you can grow it out and tell him to "trim it the way he likes"...that way you'll find out what way your guy likes you down there...
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It's always good to not have too much facial hair, may it be for men OR women :P People simply look more 'cleaner' and thus BETTER,without hair on their faces (this is indefinitely true for umm women but waiiit we ARE talking about men here so..). Personally, I think MOUSTACHES are worse than beards.. for some reason, I find men with moustache to be the ultimate nightmare (I got stuck in a lift with a man with a moustache a couple of days ago... traumatised the hell out of me). Clean-shaven men are sexier. All that so-called 'raw appeal' when it comes to men with facial hair is bull**** to me.. raw appeal oozes from a mans character and skin.. not hair, for gods sake.