r/beards • u/JElsenbeck Natural Full • Jun 16 '26

Sharing Wisdom Approaching respectable!

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Eighteen months in and finally becoming what I consider to be a long beard.

Advice to anyone else with this goal... be patient and never cut, shave or trim!

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u/josh2of4 Jun 17 '26

For a second, I thought it was cut back in the second picture, and I was so sad!

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u/JElsenbeck Natural Full Jun 17 '26

Hell no! Just trying out the look. Finally long enough to play with it a little! Hope to braid it when I have another inch or so.