by the way i checked my image gallery on my phone and my last haircut was almost 5 months ago. i have since then cut my beard once myself because my hair was still good and i didn't want to go to barber for just the beard since i can do it myself. but if i am already going in that chair for the haircut may as well get my beard taken care of at the same time. that said when i cut my beard last time it was so much worse than when the barber did it that i resolved never to do it myself again. i think a good cadence for me would be to go the barber once every 1.5 months which works out to about $100 / month. if the barber was closer i would maybe go more often but it's almost a 30 mile round trip which actually exceeds the 20 miles of electric range i have in the PHEV so it will cost me about 1/3 gallon of gas or a bit over a dollar worth of gas at Florida prices ( which are less than $4 ). honestly PHEVs are so efficient gas costs are irrelevant but wear and tear on the car and my soft rubber supercar tires ( Michelin Pilot Sport 4 ) is not. this is why i chose to trim the beard myself the last time, but it was a mistake. obviously there are other barbers that are closer - close enough that i could ride my bike there and my bike isn't even an E-bike. but my area is not very trendy - i drive to the trendy area and go to a trendy barber because i am sexy beast baby yeah ! LOOKSMAX !