Any one have any tips to grow my beard?
I've tried rocking a 5mm cut which was OK, but then started doing 3mm. (I know these a super short lengths)
I'm not sure if I am one to actually grow a beard or not. During the lock down I let it grow for about 5 weeks and it was more patchy than a full beard. Also my hair seems to grow in a pattern (swirl on my right cheek) and tends to lie flat on the face.
I wanted to cut it down to 6mm yesterday so left it to grow for 2 weeks after a 3mm cut. First of all even after this time it still wasn't at 6mm and the 6mm guard on the clippers wasn't taking off much hear.
The second issue was above 5mm my hair seems very unruly. I.e each strand seems to go in a different directing to the rest same on my chin.
I wanted to experiment yesterday with fading it in a little, but bodged it up and ended up cutting it down to 3mm again which made me feel sad. So now I need to wait at least 2 weeks to try again.
My plan this time to get a bit more control over it and not have strands all over the place is to cut it next week to 5mm and then the week after try 6mm. I am hoping the hair would be more even across the area and not so disparate.
Also the clippers I bought which is the
Phillips 9000 I now regret. 1) it only goes up to 7mm and 2) the angle of the guard doesn't allow you to see where you are cutting if you want to do anything fancy like a fade etc... So as I actually want to do this things I am tempted to buy another set of clippers.
Any tips, for a first time beards man. How do I grow it, make it uniform etc... I know just letting it grow is the answer but there must be something I can do to it in the mean time.
Any set of clippers people recommend for longer beards and for doing stuff such as fading if I wanted?
Don't laugh but I had a go at this yesterday and needed up bodging it up. The hair on my jaw line was half 6mm and half 3mm
Then I thought for next time I will try something like this. Which to me looks like essentially a 4.5mm all over (with fade) but leaving the moustache and chin to grow. But as I said above I have uneven hair strands in this region and now where near as thick covarge. You can see more skin if you know what I mean.
Not sure fades are for me to be fair as I neither have the skills or the right beard hair to pull it off.
OK... I think I know the answer know to the out of whack bristles on my chin etc... use a pair of scissors.
My beard is very thick / dense, which dulls the blades very quickly when wet shaving (and one of the reasons I've taken to growing a beard instead 
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