# Will my mustache get any thicker after age 26? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920 "2017-07-23T05:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/1 "2017-07-23T05:24:24Z")
I’m 26. I can grow a respectable enough mustache, but it takes about two months. My father on the other hand had a thick, Tom Selleck-esque or Hall and Oates-esque mustache that he could grow in under a month. Had it from the ages of 17 and 35. My only maternal uncle has had a pretty thick mustache all his life. Thick enough to the point he could pull off a Hogan style stache back in the 1980s. My maternal grandfather had a thinner mustache. Maternal grandfather’s (around age 50) [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/2tDhz1Q.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/7ofMG) Father’s (age 35) [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/N8zdjym.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/lwI3Z) maternal uncle (around age 24): [[Album] ![](https:?fb) ](https://imgur.com/a/7bk9G) Same maternal uncle (age 31) [[Album] ![](https:?fb) ](https://imgur.com/a/4tRag) ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/2 "2017-07-23T05:30:11Z")
Well personally I think mustaches are terrible, I even started a thread on it but to each his own. I think it’s definitely possible it could get thicker, my facial hair was very slow coming in to any decent coverage. I could barely grow much facial hair at all when I joined the Army at 23, and then I pretty much had to shave daily so I didn’t really pay it much attention, and by the time I got out at 28 it covered a whole lot more of my face and the parts that had already been present before got thicker and darker, including the mustache area. Need answer fast? ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/3 "2017-07-23T05:42:55Z")
At around 2 months growth: [![](https://i.imgur.com/gcDoIYt.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/gcDoIYt.jpg) A shorter period of growth but a different style [![](https://i.imgur.com/FKbcIfB.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/FKbcIfB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/4 "2017-07-23T08:33:27Z")
Another vote for “moustaches are gross.” ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/5 "2017-07-23T10:03:51Z")
In general men keep getting hairier with age… except on the top of the head. ☹ The hair from the top of your head drifts downwards, and starts coming out your ears and nostrils instead! 😛 You’ll almost certainly find that your mustache and beard get thicker and grow more quickly with age. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/6 "2017-07-23T11:10:48Z")
Well, I’m going to vote “moustaches are sexy,” so there. Ignore the haters. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/7 "2017-07-23T13:03:33Z")
In my 20’s, my beard was bright orange and spotty. I couldn’t grow a full beard and a decent mustache until I was in my early 30’s. Then by my mid 40’s, it was mostly grey, though the hair on my head (what is left of it) has only a bit of grey at the temples even into my mid 50’s. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/8 "2017-07-23T14:54:54Z")
Mid-50s; I just started growing hair on my legs. Beard and 'stache took their sweet, random time growing in; should be hopefully finished in a decade or two. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/9 "2017-07-23T19:05:54Z")
OTOH, I could grow a pretty good beard or 'stache at age 20 and it didn’t get any fuller with age. The coverage area for my beard was always a little less than I’d have wished for, and no, it didn’t spread out at all as I got older. In my late 50s now I do have nicely sprouting ear & nose hair. :eek: Most of the rest is still going strong. It’s been mostly gray since my early 30s so no recent change there either. My bottom line bet is that the OP may see a little improvement, but if it’s 10% I’d be surprised. 0% improvement wouldn’t surprise me either. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/10 "2017-07-23T20:22:18Z")
You can look forward to growing an impressive rack of eyebrows too. [Andy Rooney](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XtM7bBkwJws/Tv1Qg1plTQI/AAAAAAAAED8/yNXm4XN6BCQ/s1600/andyrooney.jpg) [Leonid Brezhnev](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6813/3960/1600/brezhnev.jpg) Oh, and for good measure, [Beorn](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4huV3jBrkzs/VKHbRHVbKSI/AAAAAAAALnY/Z3ZokciuTtM/s1600/beorn4.jpg) too. ---
**Author:** ![U900](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@U900](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/U900)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/11 "2017-07-24T18:14:46Z")
you never have a mustache alone… you need to have a beard with it… Beards are sexy… mustaches alone with a shaved face are creepy ---
**Author:** ![U900](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@U900](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/U900)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/12 "2017-07-24T18:17:42Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Another vote for “moustaches are gross.” [![](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9f/c9/79/9fc97941af4c069e133275c3b5ea77e6.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9f/c9/79/9fc97941af4c069e133275c3b5ea77e6.jpg) gross? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/13 "2017-07-24T20:30:43Z")
Yes, that’s gross. That’s a child wearing 1/3rd of a beard and 1/4th of a moustache. This is a man with a moustache: [http://d3lygmabdeti0m.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/05194229/Magnum-30.png](http://d3lygmabdeti0m.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/05194229/Magnum-30.png) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/14 "2017-07-24T20:43:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > You can look forward to growing an impressive rack of eyebrows too. I trim my eyebrows periodically and shave my ears and nose. Lose the hair on top, gain it everywhere else. :o ---
**Author:** ![U900](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@U900](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/U900)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/15 "2017-07-25T08:16:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yes, that’s gross. > > That’s a child wearing 1/3rd of a beard and 1/4th of a moustache. > > This is a man with a moustache: [http://d3lygmabdeti0m.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/05194229/Magnum-30.png](http://d3lygmabdeti0m.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/05194229/Magnum-30.png) tell that to 99% of the females on the planet that find him irresistible ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/16 "2017-07-25T09:52:13Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > In general men keep getting hairier with age… except on the top of the head. ☹ > The hair from the top of your head drifts downwards, and starts coming out your ears and nostrils instead! 😛 Yup. When you go bald, and your back gets hairy like a gorilla, and your nose and ears sprout tufts of long hair, your moustache will probably thicken (along with your eyebrows). It’s all good news. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/17 "2017-07-25T12:02:35Z")
My buddy Greg Anderson has photographed the national [Facial hair contest](https://www.wired.com/2013/10/awesome-photos-show-off-true-feats-of-facial-hair/) several times. Now there are some impressive faces. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/18 "2017-07-25T12:18:34Z")
> [@U900](#): > > tell that to 99% of the females on the planet that find him irresistible I was mostly joking. It’s pretty clear you linked to a picture of a 2017 era stylish dude. I have no idea who that is, but that’s 'cuz I’m a geezer now, no longer the pop culture cognoscenti I once was. But you should understand that the guy I linked to was THE totally hot stylish dude that “99% of the females on the planet that find him irresistible” at the time the photo was taken. He was bigger than Jesus. And far, far sexier. The bottom line of this point / counterpoint being that it is all 100% fashion. What’s hot today is just as arbitrary as what was hot last year as what was hot last decade as what was hot 40 years ago. A young person in their 20s has not yet lived through enough change to really get that. They understand intellectually that fashions change. But somehow it isn’t real until you’ve lived through enough of it. _That_ was the point I was making. And thank you for making it so well with me. We make a hell of a team. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-mustache-get-any-thicker-after-age-26/791920/19 "2017-07-25T23:03:02Z")
I wouldn’t have much hope. I was mostly hairless in general (and in particular my mustache was pretty thin) and even though _some_ hair appeared as I grew older, I’m 52 and the difference is barely noticeable.