The goatee and stache are awesome, and I think that the latest pics you have shared show very promising development along the sides, as jasjes has noted. When those hairs go terminal over the next year or more, you will have a great full beard. Keep it growing right along and you'll see it take shape right before your eyes.

And you did note a very important issue; too much close inspection in the mirror is not a good thing. An occasional look to reassure yourself that it is still there and improving is fine; but too much close inspection is when guys look for defects and then start to find them since nobody's beard is perfect, and few have one as full as they would like.

Just keep moving ahead and enjoying the trip.

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