At what age does facial hair stop developing?

First of all, that isn't true. Girls do have hair that grows on their face. But it's very faint and usually not noticeable until later in life. In teenage boys, facial hair grows thick and darkens because of the effect of testosterone. That's the male sex hormone. read more

Men typically start developing facial hair in the later years of puberty or adolescence, between seventeen and twenty years of age, and most do not finish developing a full adult beard until their early twenties or later. read more

In this week's edition of Beauty Myths, we enlisted Elizabeth Cunnane Phillips, a trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Clinic in New York City who has been studying hair and scalp health for over 22 years, to clarify whether hair does indeed stop growing past a particular length or age in life. read more