About Facial Hair...

Anthony W. · 08-21-11, 02:30 PM

Okay, well, if you were looking for a serious issue - might as well check another post. I come here because Google Search has failed me - and I know there are people here from all over.

I keep considering growing a mustache - just like my grandfather had all his life. I think it'd make me look older and more distinctive. Everyone in my family says that if I grew one, I'd look just like him - and he's the person I try to be the most like (his list of high accomplishments is very long).

What are your feelings on them?

Also - I can't get my facial hair to grow in darker than my skin (I'm tan) - I mean - I can grow a beard easily. It'd take me a month to have a full, dark, beard - but I can't get a mustache to grow in darker than a moderate brown.

Any ideas?

Well, thanks

RickC Sniper · 08-21-11, 02:39 PM

If it is the same color of your skin it won't even be very noticeable.

If you want to honor your grandfather try to BE like him rather than try to look like him.

Torplexed · 08-21-11, 02:40 PM

Depends on genetics. If weeks pass and all you have is what looks likes like a fuzzy caterpillar over your lips, I'd say forget it. Older and more distinctive usually just comes how you carry yourself, not facial hair.

Had a friend of mine at twenty who had a full beard. But he confessed it was only to cover a weak chin. Otherwise he said it was more trouble than it was worth.

Anthony W. · 08-21-11, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RickC Sniper

If it is the same color of your skin it won't even be very noticeable.

If you want to honor your grandfather try to BE like him rather than try to look like him.

I am when I'm in public - blunt - down to business - money oriented - respectful - always one to make someone smile - ect

Betonov · 08-21-11, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Otherwise he said it was more trouble than it was worth.

This !!

I had an ''anchor shaped'' beard for three years. Plus I have very sparse hair so it took me a long time to groom it so it looked more dense. Not worth the trouble.

Jimbuna · 08-21-11, 03:20 PM

I always found a felt tip pen allowed you to create the perfect profile

Anthony W. · 08-21-11, 03:40 PM

Gahh so all I can do is wait?

I can't encourage it to grow in darker?

Takeda Shingen · 08-21-11, 03:44 PM

I tend to alternate between a full beard and clean-shaven, depending on my mood and the time of year. In terms of growing advice, I don't have any; mine just comes in full. I suppose it is all genetics; you can either grow a beard or you can't.

Anthony W. · 08-21-11, 03:50 PM

Yeah - unfortunately a beard isn't my problem. I could grow a full beard in a month - but the pencil mustache is what I'm having issues with :/

Though, if the Russian girl I want to date doesn't work out, I think I'm going to try a beard for the winter.

CCIP · 08-21-11, 09:07 PM

Well, there are such things as facial hair dyes if the colour's too light... would be worth considering if you're really that desperate.

Funny, I was in a debate with myself about facial hair for the last little while. I just can't grow enough of it, even though I really like it. Ended up shaving it all off yesterday after deciding it makes me look far too sloppy and unprofessional, but now I feel naked and ironically it's made me look older all of a sudden (odd, usually the opposite happens when you shave...)

TLAM Strike · 08-21-11, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony W.

I can't encourage it to grow in darker?

You can try yelling at it...

Anthony W. · 08-21-11, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

You can try yelling at it...

(@ mustache) GAAHH YOU STUPID, INSIGNIFICANT, HUNK OF MANURE!!! GROW IN DARKER OR I'LL KILL YOU!!!

FIREWALL · 08-21-11, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Gahh so all I can do is wait?

I can't encourage it to grow in darker?

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Go to Drug store
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Turn down Womens Makeup aisle.

Stop a Eyebrow Pencil Section.

Find Darker Shade you want.

Buy It.

Anthony W. · 08-21-11, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

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Go to Drug store
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Turn down Womens Makeup aisle.

Stop a Eyebrow Pencil Section.

Find Darker Shade you want.

Buy It.

Flaxpants · 08-21-11, 10:09 PM

Interesting thread.

I'll ask the wife and get back to you.

08-21-11, 02:30 PM	#1
Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	About Facial Hair... Okay, well, if you were looking for a serious issue - might as well check another post. I come here because Google Search has failed me - and I know there are people here from all over. I keep considering growing a mustache - just like my grandfather had all his life. I think it'd make me look older and more distinctive. Everyone in my family says that if I grew one, I'd look just like him - and he's the person I try to be the most like (his list of high accomplishments is very long). What are your feelings on them? Also - I can't get my facial hair to grow in darker than my skin (I'm tan) - I mean - I can grow a beard easily. It'd take me a month to have a full, dark, beard - but I can't get a mustache to grow in darker than a moderate brown. Any ideas? Well, thanks __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

08-21-11, 02:39 PM	#2
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	If it is the same color of your skin it won't even be very noticeable. If you want to honor your grandfather try to BE like him rather than try to look like him. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

08-21-11, 02:40 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Depends on genetics. If weeks pass and all you have is what looks likes like a fuzzy caterpillar over your lips, I'd say forget it. Older and more distinctive usually just comes how you carry yourself, not facial hair. Had a friend of mine at twenty who had a full beard. But he confessed it was only to cover a weak chin. Otherwise he said it was more trouble than it was worth. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

08-21-11, 03:20 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I always found a felt tip pen allowed you to create the perfect profile __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-21-11, 03:40 PM	#7
Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Gahh so all I can do is wait? I can't encourage it to grow in darker? __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

08-21-11, 03:44 PM	#8
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I tend to alternate between a full beard and clean-shaven, depending on my mood and the time of year. In terms of growing advice, I don't have any; mine just comes in full. I suppose it is all genetics; you can either grow a beard or you can't.

08-21-11, 03:50 PM	#9
Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Yeah - unfortunately a beard isn't my problem. I could grow a full beard in a month - but the pencil mustache is what I'm having issues with :/ Though, if the Russian girl I want to date doesn't work out, I think I'm going to try a beard for the winter. __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

08-21-11, 09:07 PM	#10
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well, there are such things as facial hair dyes if the colour's too light... would be worth considering if you're really that desperate. Funny, I was in a debate with myself about facial hair for the last little while. I just can't grow enough of it, even though I really like it. Ended up shaving it all off yesterday after deciding it makes me look far too sloppy and unprofessional, but now I feel naked and ironically it's made me look older all of a sudden (odd, usually the opposite happens when you shave...) __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-21-11, 10:09 PM	#15
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Interesting thread. I'll ask the wife and get back to you.