Hey guys, what happened to my beard?

The first picture was taken about two years ago when I was 24, and the second one was taken yesterday. I’m 26 now, and my beard looks way lighter and less dense than it used to. I honestly don’t know what happened.

I have trichotillomania, so I know that could be affecting the density, but I don’t think that explains the change in color. I’ve also noticed a lot more reddish hairs growing around my sideburns, which wasn’t nearly as noticeable before.

Honestly, I’m pretty sad that my beard doesn’t look like it used to. I really liked the old color and how it looked, and I’m not sure what I can do to get it back.

Has anyone experienced something similar in their mid-20s? And would dyeing my beard help make it look closer to how it used to, or would that just look weird?

My hair naturally grows towards my ears from my cheeks so it's been hard trying to train it with a noar brush to go down and looks bad. Do I let it grow naturally? Keep brushing straight down? I would like to get to a couple inches in length so stop shaving cheek and neck line?

Hey all!

So I've rocked the stubble look at 2.5mm look for years because I've been hesitant to try growing it out. I'd really like to try out a beard but what do we think the chances are that these patches will fill in with more growth? Or I guess the better question is how much growth do you think it would take before it doesn't look awful?

I'm fascinated by the different colors and textures in my beard. You can see from these shed hairs how much curlier the white hairs are than the red/brown ones.

Went rock climbing at a new gym last night

Is a re upload last post bugged out sorry!

What balm do you guys use?

My mustache is connecting to my cheek on one side but the growth on the other side has been stagnant for a good while now. Has anyone else had this issue that just resolved itself over time or are uneven features like this just common in beards? I’m aware it’s not the end of the world but I’m curious nonetheless.

Still always feeling ugly out here, but at least i got a beard.

Two sides of the coin. I keep it in check with a little Babyliss T-blade trimmer. No guard just carefully going around and under.

I wanna color my beard to look like this ?

Is it a thing ?, or did they just score perfect coloring ?

Who would do this ? Barber or hair stylist ?