Also, not sure who needs to hear it, but beard oil significantly shortens the awkward phase (and you should be using it anyway if you’ve got anything more than light stubble)
I’m not sure what OP would say, but beard oils/balms keep the facial hair conditioned, which gently softens the hair, as well as it acts like a moisturizer for your facial skin which significantly reduces how dry and itchy it gets.
In my experience, I don’t know if it helps it grow in fuller, but it certainly makes wearing a beard more comfortable and easier to manage.
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Also, not sure who needs to hear it, but beard oil significantly shortens the awkward phase (and you should be using it anyway if you’ve got anything more than light stubble)
What does it do? i.e. what problem do you have if you have more than a light stubble and don’t use beard oil?
I’m not sure what OP would say, but beard oils/balms keep the facial hair conditioned, which gently softens the hair, as well as it acts like a moisturizer for your facial skin which significantly reduces how dry and itchy it gets.
In my experience, I don’t know if it helps it grow in fuller, but it certainly makes wearing a beard more comfortable and easier to manage.
Mostly Itch and lack of control.
The longer your beard hair, the more it needs something to keep it from looking scruffy.
Also the itch is just annoying and the oil basically stops it entirely
Thanks. I’d categorise mine as a heavy stubble, but it doesn’t itch at all luckily. Possibly people would argue that it looks scruffy, I don’t know :P
You don’t get the itch with heavy stubble, you get it when you try to grow it out to a full beard.
Yeah, when the hairs get long enough to start curling and the ends poke the skin