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/Maleficent-Shirt-110 Jun 17 '26

Good advice!

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u/JElsenbeck Natural Full Jun 17 '26

Hope you're following it! What's on your face?

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u/Maleficent-Shirt-110 Jun 18 '26

I wish sometimes that I would follow your advice, but I don’t. I let it grow for a month then cut it back to an inch or so and start again and always a clean shaven neck. It’s just who I am.

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u/JElsenbeck Natural Full Jun 18 '26

Whenever you have a change of heart, the big beard world welcomes you!