+1
beards huh.
i have one, more or less. i can never get it to fill out though; and as thin as it can be it doesn't help that it grows kind of wildly. maybe 8 years ago i grew the thing out long. 3 - 4" was long for me. like Yoda noted, the longer it is the more manageable it is. at least that was the case for me. creams, wax, whatever, helped tame it with weight. i still had to keep the mustache area trim as that, to me, was the hardest part to deal with, what with hairs constantly tickling my upper lip, getting into my mouth, raking food, etc. i think that was far worse and longer to deal with than the under-the-neck itch while waiting for things to fill out.
now i'm lazy. i just run a 5 or 7 guard over it all once a week to keep it relatively short. only problem i guess is that the shorter it is, the thinner it looks.
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