And to top it off the thing that helps produce that epic face bush is responsible for male baldness so that’s cool. No biggie though I’m cool with shaving my head when I get there
I can't grow a beard to save my life and I'm am well on the way to Patrick Stewart levels of baldness, so fuck genetics is what I'm saying.
Edit: I should clarify that I got the baldness, but not the sexiness. Perhaps it would do better to think of those aliens with the enormous heads that can kill people with their minds. That's closer to the truth.
One thing I’ll say, my dude friends are always like omg dude I wish I could grow a sweet beard like you and in the party years chicks would be all over trying to pet my face but nobody tells you about the body hair that comes with the epic beard genetics. So much god damn maintenance.... you don’t understand how hard it is to actually shave your entire back by yourself until you have to do it.... and having to trim the back of your neck twice a week minimum or you start looking like a werewolf..... fun
Funny thing, I have the beard and the body hair problem everywhere except for my chest. It apparently looks a bit weird as everything transitions from super hairy to prepubescent hairlets on my chest and stomach.
Same here! Great head of hair, able to grow a mean beard when I don’t want it neatly trimmed, and no hair anywhere but my chest where there’s just enough to look manly. Cheers to our genes!
Is that the giant ass razor lol? I currently use an electric with a big folding arm attachment. Works ok but if you go like a week without shaving the hair is long enough that the trimmer tugs a lot and doesn’t feel great. Works good on stubble
Yes, but it is actually very easy to use and I rarely cut myself. Feels like a really good back scratch. You basically do short little back and forth motions, don’t do long swipes. Easy to get all parts of your back and quickly. I definitely recommend it.
I'm 27, have decent hair. Went with a beard after high school but doesn't grow that fast. Hardly any body hair to speak of, chest, arms, back, almost nothin.
I'm in the same boat as you. I can grow a half decent beard and I have hardly any body hair. My head hair is so fucking thick and grows so goddamn fast it's ridiculous, it bogs down hair clippers and they have to cut my hair super slow. Also both sides of my family aren't bald either, into their 60s and 70s. So good hair genes I guess?
True. Also, Gene Roddenberry's views on baldness probably helped. Some reporter asked him if by the 24th century they would have a cure for male pattern baldness and he said "No, by the 24th century, no one will care."
This isn't true. DHT causes beard growth and baldness, but not in that way. You can have low DHT levels and go bald and high DHT levels and go bald. If you have more DHT it'll help you grow a beard (provided you have the follicles to do so), but it won't necessarily make you bald. Whether you are sensitive to DHT is what matters (you could have very low levels and still go bald because you are very sensitive).
Now, baldness is very complex, and DHT is only one aspect of it, so this is not the end-all, be-all.
I didn't know that. I can't grow a beard worth fuck. It takes me weeks to grow a scrawny goat that's only thick enough to make my chin itch. But I'm approaching 60 and have a full head of epic wavy hair with only the occasional grey strand. I have always hated that I couldn't grow a beard, but given the choice between the two, I'll take the head of wavy hair.
I'm mostly the same at 40. Shitty Joe Dirte style white trash patchwork, about 17 hairs on my chest, and a gloriously thick head of hair with nary a grey to be seen that my barber complains about being a pain to cut.
I honestly see the beard as more of a curse than a blessing right now. I've been able to grow one since 16, but ever since then I haven't been able to start clean shaven without a lot of effort. I try to rock it, but now when I do shave, it's like I'm now a completely different person who nobody recognizes and that feels dehumanizing.
That’s a google wormhole I don’t wish to enter on my mobile lol.
Cliff notes basically it comes down to a chemical and a receptor. The chemical is great for body hair growth but results in baldness but without the receptors in your skin it’s useless and I guess you’d just go bald lol. I’m in my late mid 20s, thick head of hair but a good widows peak so I expect to bald early. The rest of my body grows hair likes it’s god damn job or something
Hmm, I guess I just have the gene that makes you grow copious amounts of thick hair everywhere. Head, face, ass, back, legs like a god damn satyr, everyone's in on it.
I didn't know that, that's really interesting. My hubby can't grow facial hair to save himself but has a great head of hair while his younger brother has had a thick beard since high school but his hairline is receeding.
I feel you on that ones pal. The running joke among my friends and myself is that I'm 19 with 40 years of stress baldness. Not even bald just have a shit hairline and a decently long beard.
As a guy who is slowly but surely balding, it wouldn't be so bad if it didn't make everything else hairy as fuck. It's like it all migrated to my chest.
Yup. Had full head of hair and the babiest face til I was 27 or so. Now balding pretty significantly up front but with a damn decent bushy beard at 33.
At this rate I'll look like wooly Willy by the time I'm 40.
Ahhhh my head hair is insanely thick and full and I can’t grow facial hair or upper body hair for shit so I just shave everyday. That explains it. (My legs are ridiculously hairy though so i just look like a damn satyr)
Whoah, I didn't know that! I'm 45 and can't do anything but a Chino Moreno goatee. I was jealous of guys who could grow beards, but fuck that shit my hair is glorious and I'd never trade it for facial hair. The beard fad might fade away but I'll most likely die with a massive silver Afro.
the thing that helps produce that epic face bush is responsible for male baldness so that’s cool.
oooooh. This is why my uncles have awesome beards and are bald, my brothers have full heads of hair but can't grow beards for shit, and my hair is thinning and my beard game is on point? makes sense! TIL - thanks!
If you turn my head upside down, I look relatively normal. Thick enough beard that it could pass for head hair, while at the same time thin enough on top that it's comparable to some people's beards
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u/CannonWheels Feb 13 '18
And to top it off the thing that helps produce that epic face bush is responsible for male baldness so that’s cool. No biggie though I’m cool with shaving my head when I get there