In 2.5 years my beard's been trimmed once.
I took 3 inches off the bottom about 2 months ago.
It had hit terminal length & the whispiness was starting to annoy me.
No regrats - I'd rather the sats.
Discussion
Mine gets very bin ladenesque 🤌
Yeah same.
I've learnt to not give a fuck.
I prefer the flat bottom & the thickness that comes with that.
Beards are a pretty unique & personal thing. 🤷
My terminal length is about half an inch. It just gets more woolly after that.
Terminal length is determined by how quickly your beard grows & how long the hairs naturally stay attached to your face. As your longest & oldest hairs fall out the beard length reaches an equilibrium where it appears to not get longer. Few hairs manage to get to that length & so you get a tapered point to your beard where it gets thinner down the bottom.
The wooliness can be tamed with a brush, hairdryer & some beard wax. This will straighten out the hairs & bring them into line.
This 'styling' takes about 5 mins when you get out of the shower. Finding a decent beard wax is the hardest part.