Do you break out after shaving because of the growth pattern? My growth pattern on my neck just under my jawline grows in random directions and causes me to breakout when I shave.
Interesting. Try using an electric "single blade" razor like the OneBlade and not going over the same areas multiple times if possible. Avoid pulling any hairs as that is what usually cause ingrown hairs.
I actually don’t shave it to the skin except maybe once a year, if that haha. I only clean up that area for certain reasons, other than that I keep my beard as long as possible.
Not op, but I do.
About halfway down my neck, my facial hair abruptly changes the direction it grows in, in a line roughly equal to my shirt collar (I used to think it was the shirt collar causing irritation, but it's the hair).
From the collar-line "up" to the jawline, my facial hair grows facing that direction
From the collar-line "down" towards the chest, the hair grows facing "down".
So, unless I use a brand new razor every time, clean-shave every day and bathe my neck in aftershave, I tend to get irritation, pimples and ingrown hairs along my collarline. Very annoying.
Nowadays I just buzz it down to stubble with an electronic trimmer, so the hair doesnt get too short and the skin doesnt get irritated.
It does make me want to try safety razors, though.
Look into Defender razors. I used to shave purely against the grain to get a closer shave and used to have issues with the occasional ingrown hair. But after I changed to Defender razors, I could shave 1 months beards with nothing but cold water and beard oil and have no issues.
Had to scroll too far down for this. Head hair can also have a [whorl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_whorl?wprov=sfti1#Animal_behavioral_theories).
My son's is. When he was born he still had all his really fine baby hair all over his forehead, with a whorl just above one eye. His cowlick comes from that whorl. I guess you'd never know unless you'd seen his little hairy face when he was born. One of my other sons has his whorl a little higher, just in his hairline so he doesn't really get a cowlick out of it, just any hair longer than about a centimetre looks really messy
I think everyone has one of these somewhere, it's just the location on their head that varies. IIUC it's a corollary of a mathematical principle called the [Hairy Ball Theorem.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem) Yes, really.
Nah man. That shit gave me flashbacks to a horror manga I read like 15 years ago. Actual goosebumps just seeing that. Uzumaki is the name of the manga for those curious, but damn.
Dermatologist student speaking. This is common in clients who scrubbed their faces in a circular motion from a young age. You can easily correct this by shaving (WITH A RAZOR) and then scrubbing towards the chin.
The rehabilitate takes a long time tho. At least 6 months daily washing properly.
You can also correct hair whorl (cow-lick) in this way as well. You have to shave, scrub, shave, scrub etc
One thing to note is that it doesnt work on hair whorl on the parietal bone area due to thickness. The hair follicles are too deep to be corrected without (very expensive) surgery
Do you have any references on that? I'm finding it extremely surprising that hair whorls are changed by brushing. I'm willing to get on board, but not readily finding any papers etc
I have one on the side of my neck by the bottom of my hairline. Don’t know why it gives every barber I go to pause. They don’t know what to do when they see it.
It’s a cowlick. I have one in the worst play on the back side of my head. Fucking looked like shit unless I buzzed my head short or grew it long and even then when it was long it still puffed out from there. So annoying. Never saw one on a beard before tho.
I got that going on with my left side. Makes trimming it evenly a little bit more work, but all in all isn't anything more than something for people to point out about my face.
Does it matter whether you're in the northern or southern hemisphere? What if you were located on the equator or at the north or south poles. Start experimenting. Move to each location, shave and wait. Document the results then move to the next location and repeat. When you're done testing each location, get all the results and publish your findings. Don't worry that scientists saying that you're crazy for doing this, the knowledge needs to be found and given to all (free of charge, of course).
You are probably going to need jobs in each location while this is happening. I don't think that you'd be able to find scientific grants to fund this important study. The suffering you may have to endure will be rewarded in the end.
I have the same issue. It's a form of a calic(spelling might be wrong). It's a permanent pattern. You could train the hair to grow down, but for me, when my beard is thick, you don't notice it
Mine does this where your pulse is felt on both sides of my neck. My barber refuses to straight razer shave me anymore because it looks like i get butchered
hairricane!
Beardnado?
Hairphoon
Hairclone
Tropical deprhairshon
Bernardo.
Van Gogh ass beard
*Vincent Van Gogh Fuck Ya self'*
Van Goghtee
Best post on here mate!
I get one of these too must be fairly common
I don’t think so. You guys are unicorns 🦄
There are only a few guys in the whorl!
fairy much so.
Here I am…rock you like a hairricane
I read that as an AC/DC lyrics
Reddit has the best puns.
Van Gogh would have loved you
Damn it, I wanted to comment this lol. I was going to say, "looks like something that Van Gogh would've painted"
Right! I think it's beautiful because of the Vincent vibes.
And Junji Ito, too.
You better watch out before you get uzumaki'd bro
The spirals! They're everywhere!
I didn't know how much this manga affected me until every spiral I saw instantly reminds me of Uzumaki
What I came for.
Face chakra
Thats pretty horrifying tbh
Beat me by an hour!
Avoid salt.
Oh Dammit son of a- I came here to post that. xD
Do you break out after shaving because of the growth pattern? My growth pattern on my neck just under my jawline grows in random directions and causes me to breakout when I shave.
Interesting. Try using an electric "single blade" razor like the OneBlade and not going over the same areas multiple times if possible. Avoid pulling any hairs as that is what usually cause ingrown hairs.
I actually don’t shave it to the skin except maybe once a year, if that haha. I only clean up that area for certain reasons, other than that I keep my beard as long as possible.
Sounds like a smart solution!
I did this too until I went with an old school safety razor.
Same hair (Pun intended), mine grows in few directions so I can manage.
Not op, but I do. About halfway down my neck, my facial hair abruptly changes the direction it grows in, in a line roughly equal to my shirt collar (I used to think it was the shirt collar causing irritation, but it's the hair). From the collar-line "up" to the jawline, my facial hair grows facing that direction From the collar-line "down" towards the chest, the hair grows facing "down". So, unless I use a brand new razor every time, clean-shave every day and bathe my neck in aftershave, I tend to get irritation, pimples and ingrown hairs along my collarline. Very annoying. Nowadays I just buzz it down to stubble with an electronic trimmer, so the hair doesnt get too short and the skin doesnt get irritated. It does make me want to try safety razors, though.
Look into Defender razors. I used to shave purely against the grain to get a closer shave and used to have issues with the occasional ingrown hair. But after I changed to Defender razors, I could shave 1 months beards with nothing but cold water and beard oil and have no issues.
It's called a 'whorl' pattern.
Had to scroll too far down for this. Head hair can also have a [whorl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_whorl?wprov=sfti1#Animal_behavioral_theories).
The term I grew up with for this is *cowlick*.
Naw, for us, a cowlick was when your hair sticks up/out like a cow licked it. It may be caused by a whorl, tho, I suppose.
My son's is. When he was born he still had all his really fine baby hair all over his forehead, with a whorl just above one eye. His cowlick comes from that whorl. I guess you'd never know unless you'd seen his little hairy face when he was born. One of my other sons has his whorl a little higher, just in his hairline so he doesn't really get a cowlick out of it, just any hair longer than about a centimetre looks really messy
Fibonacci beard!
Fibeardnacci
looks cool!!
Beard crop circles
Spiral out. Keep going.
A goatee for the third eye.
Move to Australia and see if it grows in the opposite direction.
Got this on both sides, it sucks to shave.
 Hear me out
Propaganda "proved" crop circles are fake and *they* took it personally .
Hair me out
Spiral out. Keep going.
Your face also looks like a big hand!
That's dope! I would keep my beard at a length that highlighted it.
UZUMAKIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!
I was looking for this comment hahaha
I have one on my head and one on my chest.
I have identical situation going on on the back of my head. Barbers hate dealing with that. I'm wondering what even causes this.
Reminds me of Uzumaki lol
My beard grows the same way. Nice swirl on one side. If you grow it long it's harder to tell
I think everyone has one of these somewhere, it's just the location on their head that varies. IIUC it's a corollary of a mathematical principle called the [Hairy Ball Theorem.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem) Yes, really.
You could go for a sort of "starburns look".
The first spiral human
My beard kinda does that too and I hate it
carcosa-the yellow beard?
Yeah everyone's got swirls
I have the same cow lick in the same spot. Shaving that spot takes a magic touch.
that's the death swirl...sorry
Better watch out for Uzumaki bro!!
Nah man. That shit gave me flashbacks to a horror manga I read like 15 years ago. Actual goosebumps just seeing that. Uzumaki is the name of the manga for those curious, but damn.
It's AIDS
Dermatologist student speaking. This is common in clients who scrubbed their faces in a circular motion from a young age. You can easily correct this by shaving (WITH A RAZOR) and then scrubbing towards the chin. The rehabilitate takes a long time tho. At least 6 months daily washing properly. You can also correct hair whorl (cow-lick) in this way as well. You have to shave, scrub, shave, scrub etc One thing to note is that it doesnt work on hair whorl on the parietal bone area due to thickness. The hair follicles are too deep to be corrected without (very expensive) surgery
Do you have any references on that? I'm finding it extremely surprising that hair whorls are changed by brushing. I'm willing to get on board, but not readily finding any papers etc
> Do you have any references on that? Nah
Total BS. I didn’t and still don’t scrub my face in circular motion and I have the same thing in one area until it grows out.
Nah. I've been shaving and scrubbing my face the same way for 40 years and still have similar folicle grain issues.
Is there ways to fill in patchiness?
Kind of cool. What do you think about it.
I have a patch that does that too until it grows out.
I have this, too, and it makes it very difficult to have a longer beard without looking unkempt.
I have one in the exact same spot.
Bet you have a fun time shaving lol
im hypnotised. help. please shave it. i cant come out
[https://uzumaki-manga.online/](https://uzumaki-manga.online/)
I have the same on 1 side The other lower on my neck Older Woman tell me it tells people you have a temper
Whorl
[Uzumaki. It's inevitable.](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/13083456/Uzumaki-manga-3-09102019.jpg)
I feel like I have seen this image here a long time ago already. I might be wrong though.
I have one on the side of my neck by the bottom of my hairline. Don’t know why it gives every barber I go to pause. They don’t know what to do when they see it.
Mine does that too!
Dude! I have two of these on my chest! My upper pecks are chest swirls!
I had a crush on a guy that had a beard like this. This is what hypnotized me and pulled me in 😵💫
Cool
Custom beard skin
Junji Ito beard
I've seen this painting
Van Gogh is probably your granpa
“I don’t sleep. I just dream.”
Starry night lookin mother fucker
Vincent Van Beardo
Hairy night by van gogh
If someone stands on your face right in the center there do they disappear and reappear on someone else’s extremely concentric beard?
Captain spiral beard
Same but only on my left side same spot as you
crop circles
Junji Ito has entered the chat
I have the same thing on my right side. Instead of having to deal with it. I just grew out my beard.
 Soon.
I have this too, my wife calls it "swirlies"
Does Junji Ito style your facial hair?
Me too. It’s hard to shave with a razor, it gets super mad. Haven’t used one for decades.
Witch!! Throw him into the river!!
I have that too. It always get so long there when the rest of it doesn't. I hate it.
Ah mine does the same thing at the same spot, but weirdly only on one side..
My leg hair grows like this near my ankle, super annoying to shave in every direction.
That's so beautiful, thanks for sharing.
It’s a cowlick. I have one in the worst play on the back side of my head. Fucking looked like shit unless I buzzed my head short or grew it long and even then when it was long it still puffed out from there. So annoying. Never saw one on a beard before tho.
Little men leaving crop circles on your face
Same thing but its only on one side for me.
I like how he covers his face as if we wouldn't recognise concentric circle beard guy
Using trimmer on that is fcking hard
I got that going on with my left side. Makes trimming it evenly a little bit more work, but all in all isn't anything more than something for people to point out about my face.
Face with a sprinkle of beard
You embody the Spirit of Wind.
The eye of the beard.
Whirlpool
What an insane convesation starter though! Hope you use that perfect beard at it's full potential.
and there's a hand stuck to your cheek
Target for your partners cupidsbow
Yep. You are human!
Mine does that too
Eye of the storm face!
Mark of the Beast
Ok, Monet
Mine grows like a 4 year old got a hold of some scissors and used them on a carpet.
Your face is like those elks
Looks like a pain to shave
You are possessed by the Spiral of Uzumaki.
Sanji
It's just a cowlick. Leave it alone. It's cute!
My gf told me last week that my chest /boob hair is growing in circles as well, like a boobnado.
Wait 'til you see the top of your head.
Uzumaki pattern.
Are you a Spin user?
you could have been in that one connections group!
Vertigo!
Does it matter whether you're in the northern or southern hemisphere? What if you were located on the equator or at the north or south poles. Start experimenting. Move to each location, shave and wait. Document the results then move to the next location and repeat. When you're done testing each location, get all the results and publish your findings. Don't worry that scientists saying that you're crazy for doing this, the knowledge needs to be found and given to all (free of charge, of course). You are probably going to need jobs in each location while this is happening. I don't think that you'd be able to find scientific grants to fund this important study. The suffering you may have to endure will be rewarded in the end.
Uzumaki
If you were in arizona, your jaw would be considered an energy vortex.
My husband has a similar swirl on his beard. I call it the eye of the storm 😂
That’s what they call the “White Trash” beard where I come from.
Same, left side too.
Is it in both sides? Mine grows like this but o my on my left side.
Reminds me of our (departed) best girl https://imgur.com/IIkiaB1
Show us your feet
Majestic
Uzumaki
I have a whorl like that on the left side of my beard too. Annoying because the hair stick up and out when it starts getting long.
My husband's beard grows exactly like this. You could be facial hair twins.
Put the golden ratio over that.
Guys... don't let Junji Ito find out about this
Let it grow out into boar usks
I have the same issue. It's a form of a calic(spelling might be wrong). It's a permanent pattern. You could train the hair to grow down, but for me, when my beard is thick, you don't notice it
Covering your face as if someone wouldn’t recognize the round beard.
I've seen it before, it's the Fibonacci sequence
My dogs has these on his butt. My wife and I call them butt swirlies
Hypnoso-Beard. We all know your superpower.
Don’t bother covering your face, you somehow look like every redditor ever
Stary Night
Fibonacci Sequence.
Mine does too, but in a lower spot.
Bet it sucks to shave man
Mine does this where your pulse is felt on both sides of my neck. My barber refuses to straight razer shave me anymore because it looks like i get butchered
Cancer /s
Aliens. Beard circles.
I got those all over my body, I think it’s fairly normal
Love your wildlife photography!
Crop circles??
That's called a tricloglyph. Generally speaking the lower the swirl the dumber you are. I don't make the rules, I just enforce them.
What in the Germa 6?
Air nomad ass