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Guys - How often do you shave facial hair?

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Reply 20

Hylean

Outside of my vandyke, I shave roughly every three days. My skin can't take any more than that.

Reply 21

HereBeDragons

Original post by eater_of_pies

I thought that was a common myth :hmmm:

It does grow back darker, because the new hairs haven't been bleached by sunlight yet, but it doesn't grow back thicker - it just looks that way because it's darker and the ends are rougher from being shaved :smile:

Reply 22

Rascacielos

You need to consider how often girls shave facial hair too.... :rofl:

Reply 23

Implo

I'm 16, if I wanted to stay clean shaven one every other day, but I normally leave it 4 days to a week, depends what I'm going to do once i get out of the shower, nothing like a good shower + shave :biggrin:

Reply 24

Stryder402

fortnightly, cba to do it every week

Reply 25

fretter778

Once a fortnight. To look properly presentable I should do it every 5 days or so but I'm lazy and don't care :tongue:

Reply 26

Nihilum

What is this shaving you speak so highly about?

Yes.

Reply 27

PoGo HoPz

Once a week usually, my facial hair doesn't really grow back very fast. :h:

Reply 28

thegodofgod

I do shave once a week, although I really should shave more often, more like every two/three days just to look more presentable :s-smilie:

But procrastination / laziness / not having the ability of waking up 15 minutes earlier than normal all affect me :frown:

Reply 29

dreadnaut

I give it a buzzcut unguarded about once a week.

Clean shaven, for me, is pointless. I look like a criminal with a permanent 5 oclock shadow.

Reply 30

don_lad_

every day. I come from a very hirsute family, my dad has to shave twice a day and i'm always a little stubbly by evening.

Reply 31

Steve6

Original post by Implo

same as me except i'm 20
I usually prefer to have some stubble otherwise i'd look a lot younger than i am :frown:

Reply 32

MagicNMedicine

Original post by eater_of_pies

I thought that was a common myth :hmmm:

Yes loads of people get this wrong. Shaving does not make your beard grow thicker. You can get a thicker beard appearance by trimming (not shaving) because hairs grow at different speeds, so if you just use a trimmer and trim to say a no.2 length, then after about 4 weeks of doing that, you have thicker stubble because the slow growers have caught up to the length of the faster growers. If you shave all the time then the slow growers never get chance to emerge. That's one reason why when you get guys that say "I can't grow a beard" the answer is usually because they have never tried...if they allow 6-8 weeks without shaving then start to trim, they will be surprised at what sort of beard they can grow.

ps great username for a Wiganer :biggrin:

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