Quick pictureless update, only to announce a change of plan… as in, after reading a few other folks' threads on the board (one for all Leopard's) I've come to realise that my cheek coverage, while definitely sparse / patchy, might not be as unredeemably bad as I thought. So, as of today I'll leave the cheeks alone, save my good ol' DE razor for the noggin and start growing as full a beard as I can get. The growth on the front and around the jawline is pretty much established by now so I hope that'll take some of the attention away from the sides during the first awkward weeks. Then if it turns out to be a dead end in two-three months I'll always have an established Riker as a fallback option. Getting very excited about all this now!

I'll follow up with pics on the next weekly update, till now, have a good weekend everyone