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No oil, serum or roller gives you density overnight. Your beard reflects your health: sleep, food, water and stress. And longer isn't always better, so ask your barber where yours peaks. Keep on growing.

I did it years ago too. Harsh soap strips the skin under your beard, and that's where the itch and flakes come from. Use a proper beard wash, rinse well and pat it dry. Keep on growing.

Beard oil is for dry skin and hair, and a few drops worked down to the skin is plenty. What most guys are missing is a proper brush. Keep on growing.

8 Habits Ruining Your Beard (I Made Most of Them)

Nobody warns you about this part. Once you hit your 40s, hair starts showing up where you never asked for it. Nose hair gets so thick your trimmer gives up, eyebrows go wild, ear hair appears out of nowhere, and the new greys come in wiry and won't behave.

This week Carlos and Eric get honest (and probably a bit too honest) about the grooming side of getting older. Here's what they cover:

- Nose hair, ear hair and rogue eyebrows, and what actually works to keep them under control
- Trimmer vs scissors, and how to do it safely when your eyes can't focus up close anymore
- Why grey hairs grow in wiry and frizzy, and how to tame them in your beard and hair
- Whether you should embrace the grey or fight it
- The small habits that keep you looking sharp in your 40s and beyond

Whether you're in your 40s, getting close, or just want to know what's coming, pull up a chair and laugh along with us.

Cut every stray hair and you'll end up lopsided. Brush it first, then use a little styling paste. Some days the beard just won't be perfect, and that's fine. Keep on growing.

I've been there. Find a guy with a beard you like and ask who cuts it, then show your barber where you're heading, not just what to take off today. Keep on growing.

Judging it every morning and grabbing the trimmer with no plan. Take a weekly photo in the same light, and leave your neckline and cheek lines alone while you grow. Keep on growing.

Chasing a beard you saved on Instagram won't work. Your genetics, density and growth pattern are different. Work out what your beard does well and build around that. Keep on growing.

Did Post Malone get a beard transplant? Probably not. Patchy at 18, full at 28, and that's mostly just growing up. Keep on growing.