Itchy beard is super common, and so is beard dandruff – or “beardruff”. A lot of the time, these are actually both caused by dry skin. The skin on your face can dry out pretty easily while growing a beard, as your beard actually wicks moisture and natural oils away from your skin and into your beard. When you combine this with using shampoos and conditioners on your beard that are made for your scalp, you can get thrashed pretty quickly. There are a few ways to help the itch. One great way is to brush your beard, preferably with a boar bristle brush. I prefer a brush and a comb, but both will help get the dead skin cells off of your face and out of your beard. Brushing and combing also help work Beard oil into the Beard and skin, which gives you the most benefit from your products. Beard oil is also a huge help when it comes to itch, as it not only replaces a lot of the oil wicked away from your skin by your beard, it can also contain essential oils that can reinforce follicle health, have astringent properties, and prevent fungus. Just do a little research on the ingredients, which should only be therapeutic grade essential oils. Beard oil also acts as a follicle lubricant, which can reduce the "drag" effect of the hair pushing through the pores of the skin as it grows out, which is a major cause of itch. Another major way to reduce itch is to limit shampooing and conditioning to maybe 2 or 3 times a week. Overdoing it with regular hair care products can really dry out your face. Make sure you use the most natural products as you can, and beard-specific products if possible. Personally, I have been lucky to not have issues with itching, but I started using oil just a couple weeks into growing my beard and never got to crazy about using soaps in it. All of that being said, the first few weeks of the Beard stages will be a little itchy regardless of your efforts. If you have been shaving for most of your adult life, your hair may actually be these sharp little nubs that never really grow above your skin. They can actually scrape along the follicle as it starts growing out of the skin, making it itch. This will just go away as time goes on. My theory is that your pores may open up more over time as you grow your beard out because the individual hairs are swinging around more