Hey Bearded Bros, decided at 46 to start growin a beard. I've have beards once in a while when i was younger, but never kept it for long. I was pretty
happy when I discovered that my beard still comes in full and strong, and fast too...this pic I took yesterday is less than a week of beard growth. I
wasn't real happy tho when the beard started coming in salt and pepper. I dont mind some gray, but it was coming in too white for me. I did decide to dye
it, so I used some just for men med brown...i left it on the recommended 5 min, and it darkened it nicely, but there's still some gray in it, which doesnt
necessarily bother me. I think it will dye better and more evenly once the beard is grown out a little. Does anyone else here use this product, or know of a
better one? I'd be interested in knowing! Really cool site, I've thought in the past week about giving it up,particularly after some negative comments
at work, but you guys are very enthusiastic, and have inspired me to keep going!
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Posts: 42 (10/11/08 15:44:34) |
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Posts: 298 (10/12/08 15:09:14) |
Welcome aboard Buckmichaels. You'll find a great bunch of people on here. All enthusiasitc beard growers, and all eager to help and support in anyway we
can. Don't personally know of any other product apart from just for men, but I can help by saying push through the negative comments and keep growin.
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Beard Legend
Posts: 1123 (10/12/08 22:13:35) |
Welcome Michaels! Looking from you avatar pic your beard will be very strong and nice since it's so noticable and not even grown for a week. I do use
justformen and like it, I'm just 16 but use it sometime, haven't seen another product than that one.
Keep growing and updating, don't let the negative comments bother you! 
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
-Shakespeare
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Beard Legend
Posts: 3476 (10/13/08 06:41:53) |
I have a pretty white beard, and have tried JFM on occasions in the past. It works fine, however you will need to keep re-applying it as your beard grows out.
This could mean applications once a week. Also you may find the colour gets darker week be week as you make repeated applications. In the end I gave up and
just wear what beard I have as white.
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 42 (10/13/08 07:42:40) |
Hey guys, thanks for the replies! Yeah, I thought about the darkening from coloring each week, not sure what I want to do about that yet. And you're right,
hatebeinsmooth, it's already grown out enough in less than a week to the point of where I need to apply it again. I'll keep it growin and I guess
decide along the way if I want to keep coloring it. I'll post some pics as soon as I figure out how!
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 97 (10/13/08 16:32:11) |
Welcome Bbuckmicheals to the Board...it is indeed a board of eager and enthusiastic men when it comes to facial hair! As far as the white goes, my beard turned
gray so fast it would have made anyone's head spin...and it was a shock to me at first, but now I've come to love my white beard...gets me a senior
discount every so often at restuarants! lol! I've never colored my beard, though have thought about it many times over the years and have just never tried
it...they do make a version called 'touch of grey' which leaves some gray hairs..how it does this I can only imagine!
 'There are two kinds of people in this
world that go around beardless - boys and women, and I am neither!
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 42 (10/14/08 17:22:41) |
just dyed it again last night, i think you're right, Hatebeinsmooth, it seems i'll have to dye it once a week, and i can see where that would make it
get darker and darker...everybody at work loves the new beard and the new me, and wants me to keep growing it...and thinks it looks better dyed. I actually
like a little gray in my beard, i think it makes it look more realistic to my age. (46)...i'll decide in the next week whether to keep dyeing it, or let it
go "au natural"....but at least on me, i like it darker. I have a real "teddy bear" face, and the beard makes me look tougher and more
rugged!
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 42 (10/14/08 17:54:39) |
how do you download and post pics to your replies?
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 42 (10/14/08 18:35:03) |
Ok, here's a pic of the beard today, Day 10...comin along nicely!!!
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Beard Master
Posts: 966 (10/15/08 03:02:05) |
That's excellent! You're bearded already.
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Beard Master
Posts: 759 (10/16/08 21:50:53) |
Welcome on, and I hope you enjoy the process and the result.
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Beard Friendly
Posts: 42 (10/16/08 23:36:36) |
Thanks guys, yeah, this beard is coming in really fast! I'm not good at trimming the outsides yet, I have a friend who talked me into growing the beard
who's had a gotee for years, he's kinda showin me how to do it, but he gave the best advice, it doesnt have to be perfect.....i'll post another pic
in a few days.
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