Fu Manchu

It is with much sadness that I must announce that I am ending the Fu Manchu project. Okay, so few of you know what I'm talking about and fewer care. For well over a year now I've been attempting to grow a Fu Manchu moustache. This is essentially a long thin moustache waxed to the sides until it's past your lip and then dropping straight down. This is different from the cowboy moustache in that you shave the skin under the long side parts. The cowboy moustache is more like a goatee with the middle of your chin shaved.

Anyway, after over a year of too much wax and being very carefull putting food in my mouth, I've determined that my facial hair is too thick and wirey for a proper Fu Manchu. For the last 3 months the Fu has not actually been growing longer. I suspect this is because the copious moustache wax I had to use to keep it managably sinister has been clogging my follicles and causing the hair to fall out faster. It just doesn't grow fast enough to keep up with replenishing lost whiskers. I hung on for a long time hoping for better results, but I just can't get the thing past my chin and eventually decided it was too much bother. Had enough tedious detail yet? Tough, this is what I'm thinking about today. I'm bummed.

Anyway, here's some pictures of the final Fu Manchu, with and without accompanying goatee.