@ Jay; things have been moving alot faster since my hysto.
Generally speaking I think I took a while - maybe 3 years on T before I had "decent" enough facial hair to grow out.
Edit: I forgot to mention I still have issues with one side growing in faster than the other. Not too sure if this will ever resolve, however I generally just use a beard trimmer to even it all out.
Janet, thanks so much for all those links; I'd been perusing about and had read a lot of them, they are exceptionally useful.