Desire a thick, full, luscious beard, but every time you look in the mirror all you see is sparse patchy facial hair? It can be very discouraging and frustrating. While some people are genetically unable to overcome patchy facial hair, they may be able to see improvements with a few changes.
Ways to fix or disguise patchy facial hair:
- Let your hair grow out for at least a month with only light trimming.
This will allow you the check if the hair is actually patchy or just slow growing. - Keep your beard at the length of the shortest hair.
- Try styles that work around your patchy hair.
Try moustache only styles, or sideburn styles that allow you to shave where the patchy hair is. - Eat healthy nutrient rich food.
- Use hair growth supplements.
When it comes to patchy facial hair you need to work with it, or work around it. For more on dealing with sparse facial hair growth, read on…
Why is my facial hair patchy?
Before we move into the ways you can fix patchy facial hair, let’s answer the most frequently asked question on patchy beard, “why is my facial hair patchy”?
Patchy facial hair can be caused by various factors. They include poor diet, lack of sleep, genetics, stress, lower levels of testosterone and medical conditions.
If the patchiness is as a result of a medical condition like alopecia areata, the solutions in this article are not for you. You will want to consult with a medical professional who can provide the advice you need.
Alopecia areata is a medical condition in which your immune system mistakes your healthy cells in the hair follicles as an enemy and attacks it. This results in loss of facial hair in small circular patches. Other symptoms include inflammation, redness, and irritation.
Ways to Fix Patchy Facial Hair
Allow time for your facial hair to fully grow in
Beard growth takes a process, so be patient. Beards appear patchy during the first few weeks especially around the cheek area. This area grows slower than the rest of the face.
Leave your beard to grow for at least a month. Trim it regularly, to keep it neat. It might be that your beard is still in the growing phase, and not patchy at all. If it is patchy, read on.
Keep it short
Instead of attempting to make it look fuller to try to cover the patches, you can trim the beard evenly and short to make the patches less obvious. Keep your beard trimmed to the length of the shortest patchy area and it will help it blend in more.
Choose a facial hair style that minimizes the patch areas
Unfortunately in some cases your facial hair will just not come in the way you would like. Maybe your sideburns are patchy in this case you could go with a goatee beard style that eliminates the patchiness on your cheeks or its your chin that doesn’t grow properly you can choose to wear only a mustache and clean shave the areas that grow in patchy. If you experiment with various different facial hair styles you may find one that’s easy enough to maintain and works with the patchy areas to eliminate and minimize them.
Eat healthy
Eating a good diet will nourish your facial hair and boost your facial hair growth. Make sure your diet is rich in omega-three, Vitamin B, C, Zinc and iron. Take a beard growth supplement if needed. Add egg, almonds, oysters, cauliflower, milk, and avocados to your diet. Eat fruits especially orange. Orange is rich in vitamin C, which can help fix patchy facial hair. Drink lots of water too. One sign of malnourishment is thinning or patchy hair so keep an eye on your diet if you want full healthy looking facial hair.
Healthy living
Live a healthy lifestyle to fix patchy facial hair. Sleep well, exercise regularly, reduce stress and stop smoking.
Use patchy facial hair supplements
There are certain vitamins and minerals your body needs for facial hair growth. They include Vitamin A, D, E, K2, C, biotin, boron, magnesium, calcium, zinc, selenium, and iodine. You can also take a ready made supplement to help.
You can get some of these nutrients in your food, but to get them in better volume, use supplements that supply these nutrients. Multivitamin and amino acid supplements are good supplements for facial hair growth.
If you are looking for a solution you can purchase then looking in to Rogaine may be a solution you look into or specialized supplement offerings that can help with your patchy hair.
Condition your facial hair
A dry beard can lead to patchy beard. Use beard oil products or balms to condition your beard. Apply the beard oil, and use the beard brush to spread the oil throughout and style it.
Dye the patches
Dyeing the patches is a simple and effective way to hide the patches especially patches that appears unfixable. To make it appear natural, use a dye that matches your beard color. If you think you can handle it, give the job to your hair stylist.
Conclusion
Don’t be discouraged when your facial hair appears patchy. Facial hair growth goes through processes so be patient. While waiting for full growth, enrich your diet with the necessary nutrients for beard growth, use multivitamins, amino acids supplements, and live a healthy lifestyle. You can dye the patchy facial hair to hide it especially if the patchy facial hair appears unfixable.
Also there may be no need to “fix” your patchy facial hair. If you do a search for the term “patchy facial hair” you’ll see there are a lot of famous people in the world and leading men that have patchy facial hair and just own it. They incorporate it into their style and where their beard as is which is probably the easiest solution.
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