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I can't speak for everyone, but whenever my facial hair gets long enough it's just a burlap sack on my face, full of itching and regret. It actually seems weird

• sisk 12y ago
  That's a stage early in the growth of your beard. The itchiness can be "treated" (conditioning goes a long way) and, regardless, goes away relatively quickly—for me it's around the fourth week. In your case, if you ever do grow a beard again, I recommend keeping your mustache trimmed. An untrimmed mustache is a substantially greater exercise in patience. You have to train the hairs to not creep into your mouth and, even then, there is a months-long period of time when the hairs aren't long enough to stay out of the way and eating anything wider than your mouth ends with you playing the "am I chewing on food or whiskers" game. As for me, I grow a beard because 1) I can (thanks, genes plus work environment!) and 2) it keeps my face warm during northeast winters.
• tluyben2 12y ago
  That goes away and growing/shaving for a few years it never itches again. I grow because I find shaving a waste of time as do most my friends. It is a good time as in the 80s/90s you could not do this in most company settings: suit, tie and shave! Now it is fine: I did not shave then either and never wore a suit as I find both uncomfortable and it did me good: like metal guys have more chance of picking up girls at normal clubs, it is all about niche. Accidental or not.