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As you get older the beard tend to stop growing but turns grey ,and the hair starts to grow from the nostrils and the ears at a greater rate for some reason.

 

I read somewhere that's due to the immune system dropping. Not sure how much truth there is in that but it makes sense.

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beards DO stop at a certain length, this is called your 'terminal beard length'. It varies from each person and as you get older it often increases.

 

We know what we're talking about people :)

 

Ok, now were getting somewhere.

So, can we assume every caveman has a 'terminal beard length' and therefore,... some have really long beards that hinder their work, and others just have stubble. Interesting isn't :)

 

Right folks, moving on to pubic hair.

 

Why does that stop at a certain length?

whats it for?

and do you think our cave mans hair would be any longer than ours today?

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Ok, now were getting somewhere.

So, can we assume every caveman has a 'terminal beard length' and therefore,... some have really long beards that hinder their work, and others just have stubble. Interesting isn't :)

 

Right folks, moving on to pubic hair.

 

Why does that stop at a certain length?

whats it for?

and do you think our cave mans hair would be any longer than ours today?

 

 

None of your hair stops growing bud ;)

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So, do you think Scott, such a thing as 'terminal pubic hair length' exists?

 

It does, but it's not due to the limited length of the hair itself, it's down to the dying hair falling out. If you have 10,000 pyubs and 10 fall out per day at 20 months old, they will be replaced with new ones that will grow at approx 0.1-0.2" per month. Depending how fast your hair grows and dies determins how long it appears to be. For every 10 pyubs that fall out, 10 mature giving a constant cycle of maximum length.

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Ah i see. So roughly speaking in 3 years the average male with loose his entire crop of pubic hair which has been replaced with new.

So 3 years is the longest it can grow.

 

10 x 1000 = 10000 divide by 365 days (2.73 years)

 

 

Not done the maths myself, or worked out the accurate figures (I took the average groth and calculated the time with my average max length ;) ). Obviously different hair has different "shelf life" and different speeds of growth.

 

Everyone is always different, the people with crazy length pyubs are exceptions to the rule. Same with the foosty nail growers etc.

 

Don't teach you this stuff in school eh Ed :D

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.......... this thread title is about beards, i click on the thread thinking ill be reading about beards and ive read the last few post and it talks about pubic hair. I didnt read the other two pages but did i miss something? from beard topic to pubic hair growth?? ..........:blink:

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For a serious beard question, I now have one, since I've nowt else to do, so why do some men have clear skin in the "dip" or "mandibular swale" twixt bottom lip and chin. Mine is full of hair, is it natural to have this bit full of hair and therefore do those other chaps trim them, like a masculine George Michael?

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For a serious beard question, I now have one, since I've nowt else to do, so why do some men have clear skin in the "dip" or "mandibular swale" twixt bottom lip and chin. Mine is full of hair, is it natural to have this bit full of hair and therefore do those other chaps trim them, like a masculine George Michael?

 

Everyones different, I couldn't grow a beard if I tried.... I don't have a lot of facial hair at all by comparison to fuzzys. The bit directly under my lip, about half an inch wide, has hair but as it goes down towards my chin it thins out so it doesn't actually connect. Either side of it is fuzz free too.

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