Thank you for the support Slybeard and Woodman55, I appreciate the support very much! Plus, those are some excellent beards! So many good styles here. I have checked out a few other forums and this is by far the best, I can't wait to be more familiar with everyone.

I had some doubts when I started growing but I've made the change, I'm definitely a bearded man now. I learned a long time ago that touching my very oily face meant a lot of breakouts and the beard helps protect my skin.

Really the only reason I didn't start earlier was because I didn't think I could. I didn't grow much facial hair till pretty late and, like many others who didn't know better, thought my hair was too thin and patchy to add up to a decent beard. Now I'm having a great time learning about my physiology and style.