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    What age could you grow a beard?

    Posts: 461 Member
    edited January 8 in Chit-Chat
    Purely out of curiosity. Especially given my facial hair is patchy at best. I'm 22. :grumble:

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    • Posts: 1,699 Member
      14... Been a pain in the *kitten* ever since
    • Posts: 461 Member
      14... Been a pain in the *kitten* ever since

      Show off.
    • Posts: 1,297 Member
      Sorta now. Definitely not when I was 21. The past year it's gotten WAY less patchy.
    • Posts: 1,709 Member
      My brother is now 18 and cant grow a beard.
      but, his legs surely makeup for that.


      Do ya'll shave yall's legs?
    • Posts: 1,444 Member
      Around 16 or 17...
    • Posts: 433 Member
      Think I was about 16 when it was full-on.....though pretty close beforehand. Think that was right about the time I stopped swinging from the trees and dragging my knuckles :wink:
    • Posts: 5,754 Member
      15. A shave for me lasts about 2-3 days. I don't grow it out because it gets itchy.
    • Posts: 1,387 Member
      I'm 44 and still waiting. But that's mostly because all the red hair interspersed with the dark hair makes it look patchy. ( the curse of being half mick and half wop). Maybe when it all goes gray.
    • Posts: 433 Member
      I'm 44 and still waiting. But that's mostly because all the red hair interspersed with the dark hair makes it look patchy. ( the curse of being half mick and half wop). Maybe when it all goes gray.

      Doesn't help. I'm "salt & pepper" at 40, and it still looks patchy (at least to me)....
    • Posts: 625 Member
      I grew my first full beard at 20 years old. Honestly I wasn't really able to grow much facial hair at all until I was like 18...over the years its gotten much more epic. Although it's so itchy and uncomfortable that I am usually relatively clean shaven now. Plus beards don't really look great in my profession.
    • Posts: 387
      14
    • Posts: 1,912 Member
      Well i am 40 now but it's just really not happening :bigsmile:

      sorry i just could not resist! :laugh:
    • Posts: 5,922 Member
      23 and it's a bit patchy when it grows out. Getting better though.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      My brother is now 18 and cant grow a beard.
      but, his legs surely makeup for that.


      Do ya'll shave yall's legs?

      I made a promise to myself a long time ago that i will never shave anything but my face. I shaved my belly once and oh, the pain. Razor burn and little hooks that grabbed my shirt... Ugh.

      I was sporting a mean neck beard by about 18.
    • Posts: 87 Member
      I had a goatee at 18, didn't try for a full beard until I was 30

      What you need as a good BEARDSLAP

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    • Posts: 390 Member
      i havent hit puberty yet
    • Posts: 416
      I'm thinking after menopause but I'm really hoping not
    • Posts: 365 Member
      14... Been a pain in the *kitten* ever since

      Same here..
    • Posts: 2,544 Member
      show previous quotes

      Same here..

      Same. It had advantages then. Agree now though its just a PIA.
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
      11 (The perks of being Italian ...)
    • Posts: 1,093 Member
      My brother never could grow a beard. And he tried really hard. Some men aren't so hairy...
    • Posts: 2,394 Member
      My HS graduation pics show off the wicked pork chop sideburns I had (hey, don't judge).
      Grew in a full beard the next year.
    • Posts: 2,086 Member
      Around 15, I guess.

      Although I have a couple of friends *down under* that had a full beard much earlier.
    • Posts: 1,036 Member
      14
    • Posts: 1,642 Member
      16
    • Posts: 2,096 Member
      12 or 13, I matured young......freaked out the kids in little league :laugh:
    • Posts: 11,788 Member
      I was born with this beard.
    • Posts: 1,036 Member
      My HS graduation pics show off the wicked pork chop sideburns I had (hey, don't judge).
      Grew in a full beard the next year.

      Same at my HS beards weren't allowed so I grew the gnarliest pair of chops.
    • Posts: 390 Member
      I'm 29 and I'm starting to give up hope! :P
    • Posts: 171 Member
      about 13; also the time I started going gray. Some guys beards just don't happen. My friend's 45 and still can't grow a decent beard. He can grow about 6 decent beards spaced out around his face - not flattering :)
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