Kevin1090 wrote:
Its been coming along much better than anticipated, but my only complaint is the curly-ness of the hairs, I know that it will eventually straighten out a bit and grow down, but I work with the public, and I don't want my beard to look.....pubey (for lack of a better word). I'm not too worried about the less-than-filled areas as they have been improving drastically.   
Curls and swirls are two different things... I can't tell which one you have. Curls being very tight circulars may not straighten much after getting length whereas swirls which are bigger radius than curls will tend to straighten somewhat with length. I'm glad to hear you can accept areas of thinner coverage such as your sides. I feel that areas of thinner coverage can add to your look but others insist on keeping only the areas of full coverage... this is a personal choice and what looks good to you. Good luck.

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