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Subhanallah!
Good advice from the brothers about oiling of th ebeard .. JazakAllah
I too have been growing my beard it's the longest it's ever been and even thou not a lot of people say it to me they feel it is nu-necessary to keep it a fist length and feel it should be kept trim and manageable as it has started to curl.
At first my beard has quiet low on the cheeks so now i have started growing it on the cheeks and just trimmed above the cheeks to make it look neat, the hair on my cheeks are a lot shorter than the rest of the beard but inshallah with time it will grow and blend in.
I recently went to the barbers to get a hair cut and just to neaten the beard, the barber got one of them brushes (round one used for curling http://www.sakshertford.com/xphotos/30616/1.jpg) and with a blow dryer and straightened my beard ... have to say never thought my beard could look so neat and straight