Ola everyone, the 5-week update is here and first off I have to confess I totally backflipped on my proposition, that is after letting the upper cheeks grow for a few days I caved in and shaved them again (Leopard, guess I owe you an apology now).
No point getting into the hows and whys (I'm sure you can all guess right anyway) suffice to say I lost my faith :! reckon for now I'll just focus on nailing the Riker, then maybe experiment with the cheeks again a few weeks or months down the line… perhaps in the summer when growth rate is supposed to be quicker.

Last week has been a roller coaster though. Good days are good, but bad days are catastrophic, and the overall feeling I have for it can swing from "nice" to "f***in' mangy" in minutes On the upside, things seems to keep filling in, the sides are starting to cover and "shingle up", and I can definitely see more volume in the front. On the downside, the texture is getting more and more wiry so it takes an obscene amount of grooming just to keep the darn thing looking half-decent - and the lack of symmetry is driving me to distraction can only hope that the weaker left side will catch up, given enough time. 

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… and one more for the Beard Stare thread.

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That's all for now, look forward to some honest feedback and suggestions from the board.