How to grow out a mustache

Especially when you learn this: Though just 30 days hath Movember, Decatur says “a mustache takes a good three to four months to truly develop.” The hair on your face grows three times as fast as the hair on your head, but it grows differently and mustaches take a bit of time to fill in.

Learning how to grow a mustache takes a bit more than simply growing the mustache. It requires patient trimming, some aesthetic consideration, and the right products to maintain it all. (Much like growing a beard.) You can’t just let the hair grow out and expect a flattering, perfectly groomed miracle.

Expect to see results between one to three months, and results will vary between individuals. As the saying goes, patience is golden. So, if you’ve just started growing a beard, and it is not connecting with your mustache, just give it some time while you use the right products.

As You Get Older Your Mustache Will Likely Fill Out

Instead, their hair begins to grow in patches first and then gradually fills out over several years. While we would love to give you a solid answer and say that 25 years old is the mark when you should expect a full mustache, this simply won’t be true.

The mustache should partially cover the upper lip, but the hair should not be in your mouth. Use Beard Trimming Scissors to trim longer hairs. Trim the edges of the mustache, so they don’t extend lower than the corners of your mouth. Any lower than that, and you’ll be entering horseshoe mustache territory.

You actually do not need to worry, as waxing or removing darker or thicker facial hair does not make more hair grow, or make hairthicker, as the myth leads people to believe. Over time, many find that waxing causes their hair to thin and become less noticeable.

While testosterone causes facial hair to grow, the hormone can’t grow hair if there’s no follicle. There’s nothing special about mustache hair. It doesn’t grow differently than other facial hair. Maybe it’s slightly coarser or thicker, but that’s not a given.

Alopecia areata

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition where your body attacks your hair follicles. It can cause the hair on your head and the hair in your beard to fall out in patches. There’s no cure for alopecia areata, but your doctor can recommend several treatment options that include: minoxidil (Rogaine)

If you don’t like your mustache, shave it off. The great thing about mustaches is that when you shave them, they eventually come back. So I’d recommend that you shave the ‘stache, give yourself a few days to get used to it, and see if you like the way your face looks without it better than with it.

The reason your moustache might be thiner in one side, for example, might be because you shave frequently, and one side is slower to grow than the other. Two things that might comfort you: whenever you decide to grow a full moustache/beard, this asymetry will almost completely disappear.