Hi everyone. I've made a few posts over the last couple weeks, but never properly introduced myself. Better late than never, I suppose.
I've been growing my beard since the first week of Nov. When I was younger I would sport mutton chops off and on, but I've been clean-shaven for the last 12 years or so. However, last year I made a pact with some friends at work to grow my mutton chops back for Halloween. I started growing a beard at the end of Sept. and by Halloween I had become quite attached to it. Still, I had to shave down to my chops or face ridicule at work. So I grudgingly shaved my beard to the chops and kept them for a week as per the deal. But as soon as that week ended I shaved off my chops and started growing my beard back.
I was originally planning on keeping a shorter beard length, maybe 4 or 5 weeks worth, but as my beard got longer it began revealing more of its true character. So out of curiosity I've been letting it go wild. I trim my neck and stache, but everything else is free to do as it pleases. I don't know how long I'll let it grow (probably as long as I can get away with), but I have no plans to trim it back anytime soon. It's really starting to get wavy now. I've attached some pictures that were taken a couple weeks ago. My beard is signifigantly more shaggy now -- I'll post more pics in a couple weeks for contrast. There are also more pictures of my beard in my profile gallery, along with a picture of me beardless and a few pics I just added of my Halloween mutton chops.
I've been growing my beard since the first week of Nov. When I was younger I would sport mutton chops off and on, but I've been clean-shaven for the last 12 years or so. However, last year I made a pact with some friends at work to grow my mutton chops back for Halloween. I started growing a beard at the end of Sept. and by Halloween I had become quite attached to it. Still, I had to shave down to my chops or face ridicule at work. So I grudgingly shaved my beard to the chops and kept them for a week as per the deal. But as soon as that week ended I shaved off my chops and started growing my beard back.
I was originally planning on keeping a shorter beard length, maybe 4 or 5 weeks worth, but as my beard got longer it began revealing more of its true character. So out of curiosity I've been letting it go wild. I trim my neck and stache, but everything else is free to do as it pleases. I don't know how long I'll let it grow (probably as long as I can get away with), but I have no plans to trim it back anytime soon. It's really starting to get wavy now. I've attached some pictures that were taken a couple weeks ago. My beard is signifigantly more shaggy now -- I'll post more pics in a couple weeks for contrast. There are also more pictures of my beard in my profile gallery, along with a picture of me beardless and a few pics I just added of my Halloween mutton chops.
