Lesson 5 of 5 · 9 min
Systems 4+5: Grooming & Hair, Then Integration
System 4: Grooming (weeks 2–4 setup, then autopilot)
One-time setup, permanent returns:
- Brow map: clean below the natural line and between brows only; trim length first. One professional shaping if unsure, then self-maintain.
- Teeth: peroxide tray/strip course over 2 weeks; maintenance monthly. Book the overdue dental cleaning.
- Beard/shave: pick line-up geometry that supports your jaw angle (a slightly high cheek line and defined neck line — at the Adam's apple, never at the jawline itself).
- Skin-adjacent details: nose/ear hair on a biweekly schedule, lip balm in rotation.
System 5: Hair
Immediately: take your facial-thirds numbers to a good barber (see Hair Frame guide) and buy the cut your geometry wants. If recession is in play: finasteride decision this week (physician conversation), minoxidil tonight — every month of delay is follicles.
Integration week (week 16)
Final deliverables: 16-week photo compare, full re-rate, tracker heatmap review (what did you ACTUALLY adhere to?), and the go/no-go reflection on any hardmax questions that survived. Most stack graduates report the surprising part: strangers don't say 'you lost weight' — they say 'you look really healthy lately'. That's the stack working as one system.