It's one of those questions I've been meaning to ask other men.

My dad was unable to grow a beard until he was in his 50s. I've always had thin splotches of hair on my face that grow very very slowly. After just a week, it looks like a teenager's attempt at growing face pubes. It's awful.

I'm a professional with a career so I can't show up to work looking scruffy for the chance that I might not even be able to actually grow a beard. And I also can't take a month off from to let my beard grow.

Am I just fucked? How am I supposed to grow a beard?