I've found I have to use mine more often than most people apparently do, because I work in a dusty, dirty environment. So I end up oiling my beard a few times a week, as big as it is and dusty as it can get. What drives me absolutely insane is that although it's gotten much softer more regularly, there are still some *super* wiry hairs in there, like I can individually pick them out as being super rough and wiry. I know some guys whose beards look like they transplanted the hair from their scalp onto their face, I have no freaking clue how they get it that full and straight, must just be wonderful genetics. If my beard looked like my head hair I would be so happy.