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I was judging you for your itchy beard comment, but I see you gave it a year. That is plenty of time to get used to it if you're gonna, and I'm sorry for judging you prematurely. I haven't shaved or trimmed my face in four years and I love my beard. I get a lot of comments/compliments on it. Probably my best feature. I'm sorry beard life isn't for you.
Yeah it got to about a full foot long - I was on track to look like Gandalf, but it was just as itchy at 12 months as it was at two weeks, and I spent WAY too much money on conditioners, beard oil, mustache wax, etc.
My hair grows thick and fast, but the hair itself is brittle - I'd press on my beard and I could hear faint little clicks from hairs breaking, so there was always a layer underneath that was perma-new-beard length.
Looked good though - I did get lots of compliments lol!
You should just razor the neck area and keep it trimmed short if it's thick. Don't use any products. The products can make itching worse.
But if you really want to thin it out and slow the growth, I used to be like you, and chemo has done wonders for that. Slows all the hair actually. (/S)
But seriously it's curious not having a fast growing beard. Haven't known what that's like since I first grew one at 12.
I can't have mine too long, 5-7 mm tops. It just gets so stiff and hard and starts poking me and it also grows too wildly for my OCD brain.
I tried that several times and couldn’t get past three months. It drove me so batty that during lockdown I got up from work and took a shower just to make that feeling to away.