Michael Palmer

Bearded since: 2003. I am a dedicated, permanent beard grower.

Comments:
I grew my beard because of a traumatic experience at a job. I had sideburns and longer hair and they made me cut it to get "promoted". Once the terrible trimming was done they gave me the promised promotion... for 2 weeks! Then they demoted me back to my old position. In protest I stopped cutting my hair and beard completely. Since June 2003 I have had one small hair trim and completely shaved my beard twice. Each time I shaved it I immediately grew it back. I am currently on a 3-month, no-trim binge.

I love it. Sometimes I think about trimming but then I slap myself and get back to growing.