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"So I now come bearded..."

Probably one for the guys on the forum (unless you are a female so pumped with steroids and testosterone that you may be eligible to take part in the debate...)

I have decided to grow out my beard. I'm sure we all have done it at some stage and I was wondering how long it took you to shave it off again. Or did you decide to keep it? Any tips on getting pass that itchy stage?

I think the last shave I had was last Monday, so today marks the week point. And the record for myself.

And I'm sure facebook pics will follow before the enevitable beard shave commences...

Probably one for the guys on the forum (unless you are a female so pumped with steroids and testosterone that you may be eligible to take part in the debate...)

I have decided to grow out my beard. I'm sure we all have done it at some stage and I was wondering how long it took you to shave it off again. Or did you decide to keep it? Any tips on getting pass that itchy stage?

I think the last shave I had was last Monday, so today marks the week point. And the record for myself.

And I'm sure facebook pics will follow before the enevitable beard shave commences...

Most I've ever gone without shaving is 2-3 weeks, as my beard grows fairly quickly it was rather long at this point. I wasn't intentionally trying to grow a beard, I had just become lazy.

By that stage it was incredibly itchy, which is what caused me to shave it off.

Normally I will shave two or three times a week considering my mood, this week for example I haven't shaved since Thursday so it's getting a bit long.

Hopefully jubba will pick up on this thread as he is the only bloke I know that regularly grew a full-on beard. He's the man to speak to on such matters!

Have to shave every day , if I left it a week I'd have a beard easily.

I used to sport a goatee for a while but got rid of it after a couple of months and haven't gone back to beardsville since.

Im 22 and cant grow a beard, its a sad story and should be a charity i feel lol.

For some reason my facial hair hardly grows, but i think id be too lazy to shave and resemble Ron Burgundy after getting fired if i could grow one!

I've been told by my office that they like it. One girl said it makes me look more of a big muscle-y man rather than a boy...how a bit of facial hair does that I don't know. I think I look older and intelligent :)

It's beginning to itch like mad though!

It's going tonight...

May keep it on a rotating basis - but it's getting too itchy. Not bad though. I can get quite used to not shaving!

I only ever grow break-up beards when I get dumped or whatever. I look like a bit of a baby so it doesn't suit me.

Im quite lazy when it comes to shaving so I would probably have a beard if it wasnt for the little voice insisting "daddy you need a shave".

The comment in the opening post about females so pumped with steroids and testosterone reminds me of my holiday in Turkey many years ago. We are in a club and my mate says to me "is that a man or a woman?" and points to this character dancing topless on the bar. Lets just say there were 2 well defined, shapely characteristics on display to answer that stupid question and I was about to tell my mate to open his eyes when one of the lights passed over the face of this dancer and he/she was well on his/her way to a beard.

I got rid of it 2 days later than I said I would in my previous post...haha, work want me to grow it back.

It's growing back - and I now have ROUGH stubble - it feels much more like real stubble than the stuff I used to have. Slowly growing back now and a beard trimmer will be on my wishlist...

My new style + my beard has attracted a lot of female attention, so obviously worth growing back... :p

As a student, compulsory laziness dictates that I mustn't shave my beard until it gets the point where water can't penetrate it to get to my face. Uses too many razors now though, and I can't really afford to buy them, so i've decided to try and keep on top of the shaving. Lots of girls comment that I look a lot better clean shaven, so who am I to question them?

And besides, shaving it off after months of not shaving requires far too much effort.