Growing Hair

[Shannon]

On a side note, are there any thoughts on beard growth?
Bald-spots and different growth directions. Asymmetrical beard-growth ain't pretty.

If I let my beard grow out, it definitely grows faster on the right side of my chin, and straighter. The end result is that I can't let it get more than a couple inches long without having to constantly brush it back to even and that gets old fast.

I haven't studied this phenomenon yet, bald spots and such, but different growth directions (known colloquially as "cowlicks") would seem to be genetic.

If its genetic, it is traditionally impossible to alter?

Based on what research I have done - and I am far from finished researching this as of yet - genetics is not necessarily concrete. It is apparently true that things are a lot more complex than we thought, and the commonly held idea that "if it's genetic it's unchangeable" are not true. It seems to be possible that genes can be altered in how they express themselves at least, depending on certain variables.