Hi Dan,
You are being way too hard on your beard. It looks excellent - good coverage/fullness/density, nice symmetry and colour. I recommend you let go of some of your expectations regarding coarseness/texture and growing times and enjoy your beard. Your beard will continue to develop more 3D qualities of fullness and density as you let it grow, you just need to give it a chance. Also, it may just seem like it takes your beard longer to grow because it grows flat along your face; more time will still add more bulk. You definitely have the goods for growing a yeard.
Good luck and welcome,
- Fred

You either live life -- bruises, skinned knees and all -- or you turn your back on it and begin dying - Christopher Pike paraphrasing Dr. Philip Boyce (Star Trek - "The Cage")

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