5 Effective Home Remedies For Beard Growth: [No BS]

Are you wondering how to increase beard growth naturally only with home remedies?

If you answered yes, you are in the right place!

First things first. You have to understand that your genes pretty much define your hair growth rate. However, we will discuss the best ways to boost your beard growth and deeply understand how everything works.

Every single hair on your scalp and body follows a particular cycle of stages in which hair grows, regrows, and falls out until the day when it stops developing altogether.

Beard hair growth involves three stages; anagen, telogen, and catagen phase. Yet, the prime phase to grow a beard is 25-30. Here are some natural home remedies for beard growth;

Take care of your skin
Have enough sleep.
Eat healthily, avoid processed foods & alcoholic drinks.
Don’t take the stress.
Wash, rinse, and moisturize your beard regularly.
Take vitamin B, D, and E.
Quit smoking.
Trim your beard a little every month. (split ends)
Apply coconut oil to have a softer beard and healthier beard

These are the most important things that can move the needle but obviously we have to explain everything and discuss how much these things help you grow a thicker beard faster.

Do you feel disappointed for not achieving the beard that you always wanted? Are you thinking of shaving your beard? Wait!

With a bit of tweaking in your diet and lifestyle, you can have a nice beard. Today, we are going to explore the best natural home remedies for beard growth.

…and much more you need to know about your beard!

Let’s get started!

Things You Need To Know About Beard Growth

In order to make your beard thicker you firstly need to know how everything works.

Your genes are mostly responsible for your hair growth rate. But, hey. It is not everything. Studies have shown differences even between twins growing up differently.

The enzyme 5-alpha reductase can ”decide” about facial hair growth. This enzyme shifts your body’s natural stocks of testosterone into a hormone known as dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

This hormone further links up to receptors on each follicle of your beard hair to improve beard growth.

But don’t rush. More testosterone does not necessarily mean quicker and thicker beard growth. Beard growth is indeed determined by the sensitivity of your hair follicles to DHT.

And this majorly relies on your genes. There is no proof that artificial testosterone or any other nutritional supplement has helped in beard hair growth. However, an unneeded intake of DHT might make your hair grow slower.

And of course, all of these must be discussed with your doctor. The only way he will allow you to take testosterone supplements is if you have a testosterone deficiency.

Let’s now find out more factors that affect beard hair growth.

Factors That Affect Beard Growth

Before we discuss the home remedies you will need to use to boost beard growth it is essential for you to understand and learn the factors that affect facial hair thickness and rate.

Nevertheless, many men usually don’t know a lot about growing beard hair, the factors and phases involved in its growth, and the intake of supplements, etc., before growing one.

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In order to understand the factors and phases of beard hair growth, let’s dig into the primary thing. Beard hair growth involves three stages; anagen, telogen, and catagen phase.

The anagen is the primary phase that involves faster hair growth. This is the phase when your beard hair can grow to its fullest length. This period comprises 12 months.

The catagen stage is the second level. It is also called the resting stage. In this period, the hair growth is slow to no growth. According to scientists, this is the phase where our facial hair needs rest.

In the third and last stage, the telogen stage, new hair follicles replace the old ones. Your old hair falls out, and your beard is filled with new hair.

A legit way to make sure that this period ends with a healthy and beautiful beard is to upkeep your beard routine with the oil, wash, rinse, moisturize, balm, comb and brush.

A fuller and thicker beard can be grown in at least 2 months if you are consistent and patient.

The factors that affect beard hair growth are;

Age – the average age to grow a beard starts around the age of 13. Yet, the prime phase to grow a beard is 25-35. This is believed as the stage where you have a thicker and fuller beard where it will look the most beautiful through your whole beard journey. So, our teenage friends stay patient!
Genetics – if your father has a thick and long beard, then you can have one as well. Beard growing genes can be transferred from one generation to the other.
Testosterone – a recent study has claimed that men with higher testosterone levels are likely to grow a darker, thicker, and fuller beard. Now we know where the whim about the manliness comes from
Origin – this is for sure when you look at the Greek, Latina, Native American, Arab and Indian members of the bearded crew.

Best Home Remedies For Beard Growth

Men have used several methods to get fuller, stronger, and shinier beards over the past few years. Some of them have even opted for beard implants.

It is that important for some of us.

However, most men just want try natural methods to grow a thick beard faster. They choose home remedies to make it more convenient for them.

Here are some natural ways and home remedies for beard hair growth and keep it healthier and stronger over time:

Beard growth foods and supplements

Intake of vitamins might be helpful for hair follicles that have stopped growing. Try to add a lot of vitamin D to your diet. It may stimulate receptors in follicles.

You can add eggs, fish, and fortified plant-based milk into your diet. Also, you can add vitamin B for quick hair growth. Nuts, dairy, and whole-grain bread contain biotin, and fish and meat are loaded with vitamin B12.

Exercise – exercise, particularly High-intensity interval training, can promote testosterone levels, which in the reaction can help boost hair growth.
Sleep quality – are you having enough sleep? It’s a major factor linked to a decrease in the testosterone level that our body naturally makes.
Washing, rinsing, and moisturizing – washed and moisturized skin is more contributive to healthy hair growth. Wash your face with natural soap or herbal face wash. Use oil or lotion to moisturize your face, like coconut oil or castor oil after bath.
Don’t smoke – smoking has been associated with hair loss and hair damage. Many chemicals in tobacco smoke result in DNA damage to blood vessel inflammation that nurtures hair follicles. Leaving smoking may let your beard grow by minimizing inflammation and blood vessel damage.
Coconut oil as a home remedy

Coconut oil has been used for centuries to grow long and thick hair, and today this is one of the top oils used for hair growth. This oil has plenteous benefits that ease up hair growth and increase the growth rate.

Coconut is famous for having deep conditioning characteristics. It contains fatty acids, and the oil has richer penetration potentialities into the skin, and hence it helps in hair follicle moisturization.

It also can fight dandruff and thus elevate healthy follicles and amend hair growth. We are well aware of the fact that dandruff suppresses hair growth; coconut oil can help.

How Long Does It Take To Grow A Full Beard?

A full beard can take 2-4 months to look fuller and longer. Our facial hair grows between 0.3 – 0.5 mm every 24 hours, which means one-third and a half-inch a month.

Genetics acts as the key here for the thickness and length of your beard hair, and the time it takes to grow a beard can deviate from 2 months to many years, based on how long you are trying to grow a beard.

Although hair usually grows half-inch a month, most of the time the longer you grow your facial hair the ”fuller” it will get.

Research shows that if a beard is left untrimmed, it will grow to 3-feet long.

It is very doubtful that it will grow longer than this because a beard’s growth stage only endures so long. (most hairs fall and they are replaced)

Generally, your beard won’t get any longer after 6 years of growing it.

How fast it can grow depends on various factors like age, race, and a lot of them mentioned above but in general 2 months are enough for a medium-length full beard.

At What Age My Beard Stops Filling in?

When you grow a beard, it just looks like forever till it becomes your favorite beard.

If you are a beginner and in the initial stages of beard growth, don’t be afraid – there are plenteous things that you can do to make your beard thicker, longer, fuller, and softer, including waiting. I usually say that some of the worst problems with a beard can be solved only by waiting.

Contrarily, if you are at the beginner level of beard growth and puberty, you may have a significant time to wait.

Even if some men do have full beards at the age of 20 don’t expect your beard to stop filling in before the age of 30.

If you haven’t seen any significant growth until the age of 30, chances are you won’t be able to grow a thick beard.

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Growing a beard is a rite of transition for many boys. It is something that many people are crazy about and can become impatient if it looks like it’s never developing.

How To Make My Beard Thicker If Nothing Works For Me?

Growing a thicker, darker, and fuller beard can be challenging for many people for various reasons. The issue for most men is that once the beard hits a specific point, itchiness increases, and thus they trim or shave a beard at the initial stages of growth.

Adding it with an improper skincare regime and poor diet, the facial hair looks weak and thin.

Men feel that the full beard is linked to masculinity, wisdom, leadership and power, and if nothing for you, here are some tips that you can implement in your daily life;

Use a beard roller. Beard rollers have not been 100% proven to work. However, in theory, they do boost the circulation in the selected area therefore they may help.
Don’t take the stress. Stress can increase cortisol in your body that will cast a negative impact on testosterone production. Stress can also cause blood vessel contraction, which will further reduce blood flow towards facial hair follicles.
Try some supplements after you talk to your doctor. Add zinc, magnesium, copper, vitamin B, D, and E into your diet to make it thicker and fuller. Flaxseed oil, nettle, and beta-carotene can also increase your beard’s thickness.
Apply beard oil daily. It moisturizes your skin and reduces itching and dandruff.
Use Minoxidil. Minoxidil is proven to work up to a certain extent but it does have its drawbacks. (If you stop using it, hair falls)
Last but not least, the beard transplant. This solution is tough. Not everyone wants to have surgery. However, in my opinion, this is the solution that has the most chances of succeeding.

Conclusion

To sum things up, today we discussed the best home remedies for beard growth, the natural ways of thickening your patchy beard fast.

The most important factor that affects beard growth is genetics however there are some things that can help.

Most of them have to do with testosterone levels, dieting and keeping your beard healthy and clean.

We discussed a ton of things. I really hope you found our article helpful, interesting and you liked some of our tips.

If you have any questions, feel free to write them in the comment section below and we will be more than happy to help.

Until next time,

Stay safe,

Tasos

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Tasos Moulios

Tasos Moulios is the founder of Beardlong. He loves trying different beard and hair styles and blogs about them. The tips he shares come from his own experience and love for what he does.