5 Patchy Beard Mistakes | Eric Bandholz 

Patchy beards need at least 4 months to show what they can achieve. By then look at your beard and carefully decide which style suits you the best according to it's density. Just keep short or shave the weak parts of it and keep well groomed the strongest. Love what you have and rock it.

I am a fellow patchy beardsman, and I have been on the beard train for about a year and a half or more. Everything Eric says in this video is right on point. Most importantly is #5. I have seen a major difference in my beard since when I first started and was uneducated on beard care. Great video for us patchies.

I love the positive vibes on this channel. ✌️

I'm currently 22 and growing out my beard for the first time. I never grew it out before because it's pretty patchy. I'm currently about 2 months into my beard growth and what I have noticed so far is that the longer the beard gets the more the patches start to fill in and get covered up. I'm hoping that by months 4 or 5 that most of or all the patches will be covered up. All that to say that you never really know if you can grow a beard or not unless you give it a try, just let it grow for a few months without trimming it and you might find that you can actually grow a decent beard just like me, I never thought I could grow one before I gave it a real chance to show its potential.

It took me 5 months to grow my patchy beard.

Best Statement and Help on the entire Internet. Honest, Kind and simply Amazing. Thx very much Eric 🙏

Damn im jealous of Carlos Costa. Im not patchy in any way, but his beard is just so incredibly dense.

You're the beard dude, Eric. I love the way you think. You're wise beyond your years, my good fellow. Thanks for being so openly sharing.♥

love waking up and watching these videos, gives me confidence for the day. Aso just got bought the spiced citrus balm, love it so far.

Thank you guys for the video it's been years since this was uploaded but you're still helping people on their beard journey

Hes a genuine guy when he said he has patchy beard...I jus appreciate that part of his totally

Great video as always. A barbershop series edition of emphasising strong parts / shortening weaker, patchier sections would be great!

I love your positive vibe. Always makes my day a little bit better. Inspired me to focus more on the positive things in my life and also to be more encouraging to the people around me. Beard on.

Bruh dropping gems with the life lessons and positive vibes

This was such a good video, guys! Loving the new camera angle too. Keep it up!

another great video, Been growing my beard out for almost two years now and it wasn't till after a full year that my soul patch started to darken up and match the rest of my beard in color. I have had roommates who get annoyed and stop growing their's out after a few weeks and I'm always telling them it takes way longer than that to see what your beard can be.

Eric saying he has a patchy beard reminds me of trump saying a small loan of a million dollars

Love the positive vibes eric, good stuff.

My beard is patchy... especially around the sides. Personally I'm 6 months into growing around my goatee area and I've recently let the rest grow in for about 2 months now. Although it's not a great looking beard I'm happy to just grow it out, rock what I've got and sources like beard brand really give those of not naturally blessed with great beard DNA a lot of encouragement. Thanks Eric and the team.

Great video as usual. Love the alternate camera angle. Beardbrand takin it to the next level. "Keep on growing"

Thanks, Eric! I'm only sixteen but I've been growing for a while. Still got the patchy thing going, but now I have some tips. You've always made me feel better about having a patchy beard, even if it's not a full one! I'll continue to watch your content and I'm confident I'll have a beastly beard some day.

"I'm no Carlos Costa" Lol! Love your videos and work, man. Hugs from Brazil!

Loving this new format. Keep it up fellas

Really enjoy these motivational videos especially on patchiness. I, myself suffer from a thin, patchy, apparently "pubey" looking beard. But I try to rock what I got and your videos help with reassuring that it's okay with what I got.

🙌🏼 Preach! 🙌🏼 I am my own worst critic, I believe I should be president of the patchy beard club. No matter the nice compliments I’m getting on the beard growth, I still have self doubts on the growth and look. I’m 45, first time beard grower, I’m in my 3rd month and I wince at the areas I wish would grow in from one day to the other. Thanks to videos and forums like this right here, keeps my trimmer and shave blade away in the cabinet for another day.

Man, I wish Beardbrand shipped to the U.K.! Thanks for this video, Eric! Giving me the motivation to keep on growing!

Love these motivational clips, keep ´em coming!

Appreciate the encouragement. Takes courage to grow it out when it doesn’t look great off the bat.

Proud patchy beard owner here... Excellent video as always

Sounds true mate my beard was not looking so good at 3-4 weeks mark until I hit the 5 -6month mark and it was looking way better and thicker at that period of time .So beard takes time to grow Promise yourself that u would not give up before 6 month mark ....and u will be amazed what you can grow...

I'm getting mine grow for the first time ever yes I hate the itchy sucks for the timing I'm doing for experienced and at the same time putting my patience to the test.. must important this experience it's showing me to look good not for approval or be a show off I'm not cocky I'm confident cause I deserve it to look good cause it makes me happy just how you deserve to look good. We all deserve to look good.

Hi beardbrand I grew my beard for 3 month loved the way it looked & was quite happy but I got a ingrowing hair that I couldn't stop picking that made a hole in the beard which looked horrendous,I shaved it down 2 short stubble & it's been about 3 weeks but the hole is still there. Will the beard hole grow back over time? Love the videos keep up the good work brother 👍🏻

Hey guys, pretty New to the channel. I enjoyed the videos you guys post, sure helps knowing that there's other guys going through the same thing

Thanks for the tips bro, stay awesome

My Yeard is under process. Three months in, it's awesome.

Hello, internet its your boy Eric Bandholz back again with another Awesome Video of beardbrand... Hahah.. i actually love this intro bro.. BreadBros..

You're beard is one of the best looking in my opinion brother. Growing my beard 6 weeks in and my fiance is touching it non stop. I bought your beard balm and oil I also bought a brush and mustache comb. A little growing tip I've noticed with my beard is to wash with a facial scrub (good quality) like teige Hanley and moisturize at night with organic extra virgin coconut oil. My beard feels thicker and looks healthier.

The Tony Robbins of the patchy beard! Good job and greatings from Italy

Almost a month in, longest ive ever gone without shaving and i plan to go 6 months. 24 years old and its definetely alot fuller than i thought it would be.

men u r the best men i hav ever seen , thanks a lot u make me feel satisfied who i am , ☺ appreciate ur valuable talk.....

Its about getting the most out of what you have and that applies for anything you have. You just have to live with what you got and not be angry because of patchynees or whatever :) be proud of what you got like you said :) great video

nice video as always,positive messages

True true Eric thanks for the vid dude

I love love love your beardstache!

Eric im a big fan i just started to grow my beard for the first time and im listening to what you say about dont shave if you have a patchy beard it my first month eleven more to go beard on bro

its been a long time seeing u. the beard looks fine love your moustache

THANKS BUDDY THIS REALLY HELPED!!😀

Strength Through Joy/Kraft durch Freude, grow your beard and forget about your doubts.

Very nice lighting :) Crystal Clear Audio.

dear bread brand I been thinking about biotin does it help with beard oil please let me know

You're a bloody legend Eric

Let's make patchy beards the look for 2017! I'm growing mine! I'll try to update my profile pictures once I reach my goal... I would love to see the stages of growth of a big mustache like Eric's I've been trying to grow mine but it gets so annoying that I end up trimming it thinking it won't grow as much, but not sure yet. I may need to let it grow for a while to see... thanks for the video!

Is it a good idea in the early stages to trim down the faster growing parts with my beard clippers until the shorter parts can fill in?

Hi..Eric...Hope you are doing good...I have watched almost all your videos..and hats of to your beard..It's an awesome beard...!!! I'm truly inspired with your beard...you are an awesome teacher when it comes to beard grooming and growing solutions...!! However I have a problem with my beard..that is my beard is not only patchy but it is not uniform that is i can see huge thickness in my left cheek and jaws as compared to my right cheek and jaw...And that too even after one month of beard growth and hair is connecting to my chin from my mustache on the right side but on the left side there is no such growth..my chin is completely bald...How can I overcome this..!! I also have observed the overall health of my hair some hairs are very straight and some are very curly...Which looks very shabby..!! Can i ever grow a smooth thicker beard and mustache like you...!! kindly advice...!!

thank you

sir where i can send my pics to show you how my beard is growing. so you can guide me an epic beard of yours. really i am a great fan of yours.

Can i apply mustache wax on my beard ? is it safe or harmful?

What I did was: Keep trimming your beard but never shave it right at the skin. I am doing this for like 6 months now. At the start my beard seemed rather patchy at some places. But now there are hairs growing out at these patchy places that I thought would never grow. Just don't shave it all off. Give these patchy places some time. There might be some hair coming out of them reaally really slowly. As said, I'm 6 months in and its still getting thicker and fuller. Very slowly, but it does.

I was under the assumption that if I trimmed back what I have the rest of the slower growing hairs would catch up and fill in some of those spots. Is there something to this or should I just not trim it at all. I was going to trim it back a little at a time so I get segmented growth intervals as opposed to continuous growth with no trimming in between.

Your beard looks the best like that Eric. nice and neat!!

It's always tough watching these videos because I see all these great beards and being 19 I can hardly grow anything my family has pretty good facial hair so I'm just waiting at this point haha

ive got the patchiest beard in the world and i bloody love it

Damn. I haven't watched a Beardbrand video in a while. Your beard got so short!

mixing it up with those camera side angles. I'm digging it!

This is inspirational. gonna wait 3 months

Just found this channel, 31 and finally have a job where I can have facial hair. Always thought my facial hair genetics sucked. Maybe I just need to let it grow for a few months before shaving it after two weeks

I see you took my advice for the end of the video thing! :D looks great

Im also having few patchy spots but im growing beard long giving it time ;) so it can fill up hopefully

I have a goatee since a long time and at the moment I let it grow completly since 2/3 months but yet I really think about to return to my goatee.

Hes right..i had a spot on my cheek that had a few hairs only it looked super thin but i let it grow anyway..hairs actually started coming in around them😲 in about 6 weeks..now its nowhere near as thin ..so let it grow boys

your beard stache is awsome Eric

I’m 17 and I let my beard grow out in November (no shave november) and it was pretty thick but still patchy and it doesn’t connect to where my goatee almost connects to my mustache which I hated. But I’m also growing my hair on my head out and idk why I was dumb and cut it off without thinking hair grows like half an inch per month so why would I think it’s not growing anymore if it’s only been one month. So now i’ve been growing it out again for 2 weeks or so and i’m gonna let it grow out until probably May when I graduate. I also know that eventually it’s gonna connect because I have those little light colored hairs all over and some are really light black. My dad couldn’t even grow a mustache until he was 21, he could only grow a goatee. So I have no idea how I can already almost achieve a full beard.

Is minoxidil really work on facial hair

Where did your beard go? It was marvelous!

I'm planning to buy the beardilizer set and go through the "program" . Going to keep daily logs to test its "effectiveness" . Probably going to be my first yt vids lol.

people who have a patchy beard should check the minox beard spot on facebook !

Well, I think that video was made to me haha, btw, great video as always.

im 17 i have a patchy beard and im using beard oil so what to do?

well come back Eric

Well, the thing is, for example, if your cheeks are very patchy, only longer beard can cover that, and short would look ugly. Like trying to pull something that you can't. It's nice when you have full coverage, so you can wear it short or long...but with patchy beard, only longer beard is the option if you want it full.

thanks for the video!! and nice mustache Eric you rocking the short beard

Your beard is looking amazing at that length with the huge moustache at the moment Eric! I dare say I prefer it to your larger beard *Blasphemy!*

Im at a month and i have a decent beard everywhere but the mustach doesnt connect to the goatee and the top of my chins thin. But im not touchibg it for another month and givibg it a chance lol

So theoretically if i always trim my patchy beard down to a quarter inch the spots will eventually fill in?

ESTE CANAL ES MI INSPIRACION.

G,Day Eric and everyone else. here I am at 41 and have decided to grow a beard for the first time, I have noticed I'm getting really obsessed with playing with my beard all the time, sometimes I don't even realise I'm playing with my beard, can this do any harm to the beard or slow the growth?.

Damn bro that motivational speech hit

The problem with mine is the goatee part of the beard doesn’t connect with my mustache and the beard itself grows more down on my neck than my face that’s why I’ve been just staying clean shaven for years now because a beard or any facial hair just isn’t for me I look better without any facial hair anyways.

Where did all the beard length go?

"I'm not Carlos Costa but i got what i got" hahahahahaah like!!!!!!!

i have only one question how do you eat soup with that mustache

I like this dude❤

Does trimming a beard helps

Hi Eric, is it safe to assume that any brand or kind of facial cleansers and face wash are also safe for beards?

I tried to grow it wild but after it grew nearly an inch I found out I have a huge patch from my goatee to neck... my beard literally divides into two parts 😣

when is it time to trim/ start shaping a patchy beard what length is "grown out". I've grown it for around 3 months and the length is 2-3" is it time to work with what I've got?

My side burn and some mustache grows but my upper jaw line to connect it doesn't grow it's pissing me off no hair grows there

My left cheek is patchy and the right isn’t. The left side of my neck grows straight down but the right grows to the side towards my ear lol I’ve never grown a beard longer than a month so this will be my first time and it’ll be interesting. Hopefully I can tame that right side lol

killing it. 👍

great