Almost 22 and beardless

The fella in the video I posted above had pretty much a "baby face," and yet after minox had some impressive results. He had the genetics, but those genes were not, for whatever reason, being expressed.

The minoxidil basically can help to coax the beard area to say, "Oh, yeah...I can grow hair! I totally forgot about that!" Youtubers who grew out their beards and got off minox have posted that they still retained their facial hair, unlike scalp hair in the "male pattern baldness" area which tends to fall out after not using it.

 

Its been starting to come through more fully since around 28 which is when I decided I could start to do the 5-oclock shadowesque look. I did have an ok soul patch(under the chin) I sported at 25ish. Prior to that didnt mess with the non clean shave since is was so inconsistent.

I say keep it less than a centimeter if your patchy. Trim to about a 1/3 of a cm (1/8 in)to stay classy and allow you to see whats coming in throughout the month.

 

Well, it's an option. Heart problems are usually not an issue for young men although it may take some getting used to.

I guess I'm just trying to say that genetics are only part of the story.

 

Could be sooner, later or never. Thats why i said dont try to grow it out past half a cm and be patient.

 

Yeah, makes sense. Give yourself a chance to grow. People always say "shave more, it'll grow better" but I found that not shaving for long periods really helped more.

You're right.

 

Yea shaving won't help growth...it can be detrimental as it can pull up or damage folicles delaying any progress. Thats why I trim it takes care of split ends that would develope and slow growth cuts far enough down the hair that its likely not going to damage the root and also keeps one from looking dirty with patches of some long spread out hairs.

 

I'm 33 and still very unsatisfied with my beard. Hairs are so thin, sparse and patchy.

 

Look at your family members. Can they grow beards/mustaches? If they can then you should have the genes. If you have the genes then you need to look at yourself and see what could be preventing it from growing. How many glasses of water do you drink? How much sleep do you get? There's a lot of factors that go into this. Quitting porn is definitely going to help.

 

I was looking in some of my old photos for something else, when I came across the photos of me with a facial hair. There was some growth under my lip and on my chin, but nowhere else, and, in a shadow you can't even see it. Granted, I've auburn hair (greying now), and a pale complexion that all too often turns to pink, but this had been after months of growth. I recall going to a party for my late grandmother and feeling that nothing was 'happening' with it, so I should just get rid of it.

I'll tell you this though; I probably look better at 40 than I do at 25, although both versions need to lose a bit of weight.

 

I never said it would stop you from growing facial hair. I said it would help grow facial hair. Speaking from my own experience it helped my testosterone get back to healthy levels. Your body can also use nutrients that you would have used for masturbation for other things.

 

Try Rogaine on your face.

 

It's been mentioned earlier in the thread.