Welcome to the board... I'm glad you are now free to grow and you have decided to take advantage of the beard you have. I believe you will have big success with a circle beard in 3-4 months as I see so much hair all aournd your lips. The bald spot is not very noticeable, so don't worry about it. You will have to contend with a lighter beard that will not show the density quite as well as a very dark beard but I'm sure you've noticed how we all crave the lighter blonde and ginger beards around here... so expect lots of encouragement coming your way.smiley: smile  Don't worry yet about any shaping as that's not neccessary for a while... just keep growing and showing us updates every week or two... and remember the 48 hour rule and the fact that for teens, we insist you post your intention to shave when you are having a bad beard day and want to give it all upsmiley: laugh [well, that may be a little far fetched about needing our permission to shavesmiley: grin].

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