I am 15 years old and I grew sideburns a couple month back and they looked fine when I started to grow them
out. But after a month they actually started to look lighter and less thick. Right now there only visible close up the hairs are long but very fuzzy and light.
Now my question is should I try and trim them now or shave them and start over this time trimming them regularly. Also do you think keeping them short and
trimmed will make them appear darker and thicker?
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What to do with my sideburns?
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Posts: 1 (08/09/08 23:59:08) |
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ShortyDH |
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Posts: 1107 (08/10/08 01:28:46) |
Usually the longer you grow the more dense and thick it becomes, trimming it down and keeping them short won't help I think. Maybe what happens is that you
look at your sideburns in a mirror or something like that and you don't really see what color and density it is in the sunlight outside where people sees
you, that happened to me, and still happens.
Keep growing them, it's all good, your beard still will mature a lot since your 15. 
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
-Shakespeare
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Posts: 320 (08/10/08 02:40:00) |
Sometimes the stubble hairs seems darker/ thicker than grown out hairs because they are blunt. (This happens to be the origin of the "shaving makes it
thicker" myth.)
In your case, it sounds like they are still developing. Its very hard to make a call without pictures, but my general response is to do as little as possible to the sideburns. You can put up pictures if you like for more "accurate" responses. But even then, its up to you! |
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Posts: 1224 (08/10/08 06:59:41) |
Keeping them shorter would not make them appear darker. It is a myth that shaving encourages beard growth.
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Posts: 2745 (08/10/08 10:28:14) |
I suggest you show us pics of what you are talking about. Take pics now before you shave, and then after a few days growth. I predict most of us will think it
looks better grown out rather than closely trimmed, but who knows.
Patience shall be rewarded!
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