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foofooo

16 years old and a beard?

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Hello,
Im 16 years old and Ive been shaving for about 2-3 years now - lately my beard has become more thicker and its growing a lot faster, also my sideburns are coarse.
Ive been thinking of either a goatee or sideburns, but would this be normal at my age? I have a classmate who i think doesnt even shave yet because he has this thin baby hair (very light, white colored) that i had when i was 14 (he is 17)... I have to shave every 4 days or so, but i can feel the sandpapery sideburns already on the next morning...
I'd like a goatee, but the hair at the middle of my chin grows a little slower so its not quite even... What should I do?

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DanoFromCO

Of course you should grow it!

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Feb 6 08 1:49 PM

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Start with reading this .

Give it time to grow, probably about 2 months at your age. If you want to give yourself the most options, grow a full beard first and then later decide if you want to do a goatee or chinstrap, etc.

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margus

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Feb 6 08 5:35 PM

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and here we go with tht full beard madness.

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Margus, ...I am not one to push somebody to grow a full beard if they don't want to, but I suggested it only to give them more options to start with. Please don't make unfounded accusations in the future and address the topic directly.

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Feb 6 08 8:05 PM

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Goatees and sideburns are very common, especially among teenagers, so you'd be fine growing either or both.

If the hairs in the middle of the goatee grow slower then you could trim the hairs at the sides every now and then to match the hairs in the middle.

As Dano suggested, you could grow your full beard first and go from there. Once everything is grown out you could shave it and create any shape of a goatee or sideburns that you like and are capable of. When I grew a goatee for the first time I found that the shape of it wasn't right for my likings, so I was constantly extending it and letting more hairs grow.

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I think either would be fine for 16, I know a good handful of 16 and 17 year olds with goatees and sideburns. I'd say go for it. If you try for the goatee my guess would be like NaturalSpringWater's suggestion, you could just trim the sides a bit to even it out with the middle if it becomes a problem.

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Just sport something you're comfortable with. It's pretty cool that you can start experimenting with styles, which means that you have developed tons of facial hair early on. Many guys have to wait at least a little longer than you do. So GO FOR IT!

Get bearded, in whatever style or variation you choose. I like Dano's and SpringWater's suggestions, because it would be easier for you to choose a carved out style once you have grown your fullest potential first. That way you have the choice of carving or not.

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I feel free to say everything that i want.if get banned for this then its ok.i know that im annoying but thts the way i am.

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It sounds as though you are a lucky guy, with your beard developing pretty early. There really are no hard and fast rules about what guys of your age can or can't wear. Untimately it's up to your choice, patience, confidence and imagination. Some young guys choose to wear nothing at all till their beard is more mature, others want a full beard as soon as they can, and all variations in between. You may decide you don't want a full beard just yet, but if you grow everything for a couple of months, it gives you the greatest choice of styles going forward. So I think I would tend to agree with Dano, grow a full beard for a while, then see how you feel. If you like it, keep it. If you think it is not mature enough yet, then trim down to some other style. In the mean time look around this site and the internet in general for ideas for styles you might want to try. If you could post a few pics of your current growth, I am sure you would get a few suggestions from the guys here as well. Best of luck, and be sure to have some fun with your beard along the way.

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And remember, when you decide to carve out your style (or keep the full beard if it's to your liking) If you shave too much off, don't shave it all off. Minor imperfections can be fixed in a matter of weeks. No need to grow it all over again from a tiny mistake.

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Margus, it's accuracy I care about, not annoyingness (if that's a word), though *I* wouldn't characterize your posts that way. A little blunt at times, perhaps, but that wasn't the problem in this case. I just don't want anybody to think I am in the "full beard or nothing" crowd, because I definitely am not. That's it...nothing more need be said on the subject. BTW, how's the full beard coming

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Feb 8 08 11:29 AM

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Try it, it's absolutely normal, and very cool!

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Ive been letting my goatee to grow for about 2 weeks, but the sad thing is that it isn't even in the middle of my chin. On both sides i have 1cm hair but in the middle about 0.3cm???
Ive been thinking of a full beard (I have pretty thick hair on my cheeks and jaw), but doesn't that make me look a bit like a dosser (no offense anyone).
It seems that my beard is really starting to speed up, I have to shave my sideburns every 2 days now or so, before it was about every 4 days or so...

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You wouldn't expect it, but it's pretty common for the middle of the chin to start out as a slow-growing area, or even a bare spot. Other teen guys on the board have reported the same thing: e.g., flashjack15 had that for a while.

LOL: I had to look up what "dosser" means ("tramp"). Thanks for the new word!

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