When you lightly dust them over patchy areas, they cling to your existing ... hemming and hawing over my beard. That's when it hit me: Progress happens so gradually that our brains are terrible ...

growing a beard while avoiding patches is possible. Many people have a patchy beard, across all age ranges, and a patchy ...

Not this: This is my beard, if you even want to call it a beard. This footage was taken after I let it grow for two weeks. Two weeks! It's thin, patchy, and in some spots there's no hair at all.

I’ve never really had a problem growing a full beard as much as maintaining it without the itchiness or irritation. My facial hair is rather coarse and, at a certain length, has a slight curl to it.

Not this. This is my beard, if you even want to call it a beard. This footage was taken after I let it grow for two weeks. Two weeks! It's thin, patchy, and in some spots there's no hair at all.