Longest time without shaving

davyjose

This one's really for the guys, although girls, feel free to let us know.

So Anyway, what's the longest anyone's gone without shaving, or trimming?
I haven't shaved since Sunday, when I last saw my girlfriend. I'll be seeing her again on June 13th (aww - long distance relationship), and was contemplating not shaving until then. How long will my beard be? I haven't decided yet, but i've not much better to do.

Basq

I didn't shave for a solid month or two in Summer 2005... just to see what it was like.

I was informed it wasn't a good look for me!

phantom_lord

i dunno, something like 12-13 years...?

Ruu_Old

About 3 weeks here, couldn't stick it (pulls at collar) and just wasn't me.

Caco

Meh, not much more than a few days for a shave round the edges to keep it tidy. Then maybe once every two months I'd trim the beard.
Go for it though... beards ftw!

Rb

I grew a beard before for the laugh, didn't shave for 3-4 months although I did give it a little tidy up every now and then, so I don't know if that counts.

davyjose

Yeah I'll see how far I get!! It'll be a bit of craic.

It's been a good few months so far.

Orizio

I tend tosport a goatee every once in a while,so a few months.But I always tidy it weekly.

PeakOutput

slighlty ot but i went to the barbers for the first time in 7 years today........felt good

zuutroy

Havent had a wet shave in about 4 years....use the hair trimmer and give it a raw blade every 3 weeks or so.

zuutroy

PeakOutput wrote:

slighlty ot but i went to the barbers for the first time in 7 years today........felt good

Haha...last time I went was before the Ireland vs Saudi match in 2002. I really must go to see what its like!

1huge1

Well im still in secrondary school (5th year) and it seems to be uncommon for anyone to have any bit of a moustache or whatever so the longest ive gone is about 3 weeks and that was over the summer, plus im blonde and it dosnt look all to good , ah to have black facial hair...

seamus

Spent most of fifth and sixth year in school attempting to grow a smig. Vice-principal would usually nab me after about 2 weeks and tell me to shave. Think I managed three weeks once.

This year I had to let a smig grow for about 2 weeks - I had stitches in my lower lip, so shaving was a no-no, and just leaving a small patch of hair would have been gross, so I let the whole smig grow. Grew to about half an inch, and I was told it looked great. But my girlfriend didn't like the feel of it, so I'm back to baby-faced as I have been for the last seven years. That said, I usually only shave every 3-4 days, so my beard is always somewhere between fully shaven and 1/4 of an inch. Much longer than that and it gets stupidly itchy around the neck, so I can't stand it.

ethernet

I won't be winning this competition ...

4 days. It's just annoying after a while when you starting rubbing it and then it gets irritated. You don't want to damage the other half's face now either

Actually shaving? Probably about 3-4 months since I last did. But I trim regularly.

Alter-Ego

About 16 years...i didn't really shave before puberty.

I shave once a week so theres is usually a period of looking rough.

Caliden

2 weeks. The neckbeard wasn't a good look.

Kazooie

7 days (I know it's pathetic) at the minute and my face feels like it's on fire. I'll try hold out for a few more days.:D

6th

Start a Beard Blog over on https://www2.blogger.com/start .... then you can look back on it.

Longest I went was 3 months and that was quite a beard. Usually if I grow a bbeard now I tend to shave the neck to be comfortable.

connundrum

I had a gotee for 4 years without shaving it, then I got rid of it and I thought I looked fatter without it. So now I have it back and it's been about a year so far.

Went for 3 and a half weeks without shaving at all before, had a bit of a Moses beard going on. Then the missus said she wouldn't speak to me till I got rid of it

I wish you well daveyjose, but I must warn of the itchyness.. its a bitch

qwertplaywert

in 3rd year, ah,to have hit pubrity early!been shaving since first year!
i hate to say it,but if im going to a family event, my mother makes me shave
at the moment, have not shaved in few weeks, beard starting to appear,vice principal will be on me on monday!
from junior till back at school,plan not to shave, see how far i can go!

Call Me Jimmy

qwertplaywert wrote:

in 3rd year, ah,to have hit pubrity early!been shaving since first year!
i hate to say it,but if im going to a family event, my mother makes me shave
at the moment, have not shaved in few weeks, beard starting to appear,vice principal will be on me on monday!
from junior till back at school,plan not to shave, see how far i can go!

The principal makes sure guys have shaved? Does that mean well-kept facial hair is a problem too or is it just the nacker-taches that land people in trouble?

PeakOutput

Call Me Jimmy wrote:

The principal makes sure guys have shaved? Does that mean well-kept facial hair is a problem too or is it just the nacker-taches that land people in trouble?

ye when i was in school we would get in trouble if our facial hair was too long and our head hair too short.......i still went in bald almost always........

brianthebard

Six months I think. I won't be shaving til I finish my exams its a good luck move of sorts that worked during the xmas exams. There's enough to be worrying about without looking good!

Cormic

About a week for me - it looked silly on me so I shaved it off.

brianthebard

connundrum wrote:

I wish you well daveyjose, but I must warn of the itchyness.. its a bitch

I think its worse the first time, then you are either used to it or your face doesn't notice as much but its not as bad after the first time I think.

skywalker

Think the most Ive ever gone is a few weeks. My beard comes in very patchy so at that stage it has to get the chop. Smig is much easier to manage aswell.

Neck itchiness is a killer, it gets progressively worse till one day it just annoys you the whole day, forcing you to shave whenever you get home.

Tar.Aldarion

Over a month as a lazy college bum.

TechnoFreek

I didnt have a wet shave for the last 3 years.
I go for the stubble look so its just a trim with the beard trimmer once a week.

Don't know if that counts!

Jimoslimos

Couple of weeks, eventually had to shave because I occasionally use breathing apparatus kit in work and the face mask doesn't get an airtight seal with facial hair:(