How to Grow Facial Hair Faster
Few things are more sexy to some than facial hair on a man. While the rate of facial hair growth is largely dependent upon genetics, a few things may stimulate faster growth. Does this Spark an idea?
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Make sure you have certain minerals and vitamins indicated as beneficial to hair growth in your diet. These daily nutrients include, but are not limited to, the following: 15,000 IU vitamin A; 50 mg each vitamins B3, 5, 6, and 12; 2 g vitamin C; 800 IU vitamin E; and 50 mg Biotin.
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Get adequate sleep. Your body uses the time you are sleeping to repair, restore and refresh, and sleep will help your hair grow.
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Limit the amount of stress in your life and learn how to handle the stressors that are present; stress can slow down hair growth and make your hair weak and brittle. Exercise, meditation, yoga, deep-breathing exercises and stress-management classes are all recommended strategies for dealing with stress.
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Keep your face clean, moisturized and exfoliated to allow for good facial hair growth. Steam opens up pores for easier cleaning and closer shaving. Exfoliating removes the dead skin cells and keeps your pores and hair follicles clear. This will allow better hair growth and limit the incidences of ingrown hairs. Moisturizer keeps your skin healthy, which allows for better hair growth. If your skin is dry and flaking, you will have more ingrown hairs, and your facial hair growth will become stunted.
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Tips & Warnings
If you want facial hair now, retailers sell human hair mustaches, beards and sideburns that can be applied for temporary aesthetic or entertainment purposes.
There really isn't a cure-all or magical way to grow hair instantly. Genetics and medical conditions affect hair growth and limits how much you can do to overcome sparse facial hair.
There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Having too much of any vitamin or mineral in your diet can cause harm to your body. This includes ingesting too much of the hair growth vitamins and minerals. Stay within the recommended guidelines.
Contrary to an old wives' tale, shaving does not make hair grow back in thicker and faster.
Minoxidil has been used in many hair-growth treatments for the scalp, but not for the face. There is a caution for women on the labels of products containing Minoxidil that if any gets on the face, it could result in facial hair growth. This means it is possible it will help men. However, using Minoxidil for a use other than what it was designed could be risky. Talk to a doctor first.
If you are a young man just growing in your first facial hair, wait it out a bit. Men and women tend to grow more facial hair as they age. Facial hair growth also tends to speed up with age. Many young men who start out with sparse facial hair notice it fills in and grows more quickly as they mature. Your facial hair growth will continue to change as you age, and young men who are just getting their facial hair can expect it to fill in over the course of one to three years.
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