How to expedite a beard? Any tips....?!

[Bristol Pete]

The question may sound mad, but I wondered if there is anyway I can expedite the growth of my beard? I am going for a full un ala Paul Mcartney 1971, Let it be album cover as pictured below.

We have had many beardy chats on here before but wondered if there is anything I can do to speed it along.

I have come up with the idea of washing it with shampoo in the shower each day

Any others?

Oh, and I am not cracking up again, just want the damned thing to arrive

Pete in Bristol. At home. chilling. with tea. lovely.

Sweat a lot. Apparently, this is supposed to encourage more rapid growth.

[Mep]

think twice mate, the ladies don't like a beard and you'll get stopped every time you go through customs :-)

[Drd]

Got to be 'man'ure

[LV426]

I don't think you can realistically accelerate it by much.

What you can do, though, is stop yourself from looking "unkempt" in the meantime by continuing to shave, say, your neck and on your cheeks, so it looks like it's an intentional "style". Then, once it's "taken", stop the shaving and let it grow.

As for ladies liking a beard: as with all things it's a matter of taste. Some do, some don't. Mine does.

ZZ Top anyone?

Originally Posted by mep

think twice mate, the ladies don't like a beard

I beg to differ!

[Bristol Pete]

Thanks guys. My beard is a funny thing. Takes about three weeks of looking like cat weasel that wham, suddenly I look like George Best!!!!

As for the subjectivity of beards, I too concur with Nigel and Shadowritten on the women side of things.

Pete.

[krish]

put a plaster caste around your face
- apparantly results in hairiness around broken limbs

[Bristol Pete]

put a plaster caste around your face

On my way to hospital now....."err, doctor, I think I have broken my face!!"

[stevegreen]

Originally Posted by Bristol Pete

On my way to hospital now....."err, doctor, I think I have broken my face!!"

stop..........it's too easy................

[NicolasB]

Avoid anything rubbing against your face. I have to wear a CPAP mask while I'm asleep, and the parts of my beard that are under the mask straps grow slower than the rest. I'm not sure if it's friction or lack of oxygen....

[krish]

from dictionary.reference.com/search?q=beard

beard

n 1: the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face [syn: face fungus, whiskers] 2: a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses 3: a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) 4: hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals 5: tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface [syn: byssus] v : go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

[Mr Cat]

Originally Posted by NicolasB

Avoid anything rubbing against your face. I have to wear a CPAP mask while I'm asleep, and the parts of my beard that are under the mask straps grow slower than the rest. I'm not sure if it's friction or lack of oxygen....

blimey...I guess you must look a bit like your avatar then..?

[Mep]

Originally Posted by Bristol Pete

Thanks guys. My beard is a funny thing. Takes about three weeks of looking like cat weasel that wham, suddenly I look like George Best!!!!

As for the subjectivity of beards, I too concur with Nigel and Shadowritten on the women side of things.

Pete.

I'm just jealous really as I've never been able to grow a decent one

[Bristol Pete]

'm just jealous really as I've never been able to grow a decent one

Thats no bad thing sometimes. Costs a fortune in razor blades and razors over the years.....