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Movember is an international movement that encourages men to grow facial hair as a talking point to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. Click here to see beginning, mid-way, and final photos celebrating the facial hair growth of local residents, as well as the friendly faces of other Movember supporters.

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Martin J. Boetcher displayed his final facial hair after his month of growth.

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. James L. Blomstrom displayed his final facial hair after his month of growth.

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Vito J. Abruzzino displayed his final facial hair after his month of growth.

Dr. Dan Ricchiuti M.D., a urologist and surgeon, showed off how his mustache was progressing mid-way through Movember.

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Here, Alan D. Wenger shows off his (mostly) clean shave pre-Movember.

At the urging of Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson, seated at front left, HHM colleagues participated in Movember and grew facial hair to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. In a pre-Movember photo, joining Wilson are Alan D. Wenger, Matthew M. Ries, standing …

Deryck Toles, left, a former NFL player and founder of Inspiring Minds in Warren, Rev. Lewis Macklin, Madonna Chism Pinkard and Dr. Dan Ricchiuti took a pre-Movember photo on the set of WFMJ's Community Connection.

Dr. Vince Ricchuiti, left, and Dr. Robert Ricchiuti consider wearing a phony mustache at their office, NEO Urology in Boardman.

Movember participant Adam Causgrove of Pittsburgh was named Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year in 2012. He will be make an appearance at the Lake Tavern in Mecca on Nov. 29 to serve as announcer for their mustache contest.

Dr. Vince Ricchiuti M.D., a urlologist and surgeon, showed off his Movember progress while spending some time with his children.

Dr. Mark Memo D.O., a urologist and surgeon, displayed his mid-Movember facial hair.

Dr. Dan Ricchiuti, left, surgical assistant Andrew Labedz, and HMHP Foundation special events/prospect manager Jonathon Fauvie showed off Movember notices from Man Up Mahoning Valley at the Boardman office of NEO Urology.

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Here, Matthew M. Ries shows off his pre-Movember face.

Michelle McBride, left, Emilie Doneyko and Debbie Ferrell, nurses in same-day surgery at St. Elizabeth Hospital, showed their support for Movember.

YSU President Dr. Randy Dunn, left, Dr. Dan Ricchiuti and YSU communications department chair Dr. Adam Earnhardt displayed their clean shaven, pre-Movember faces during a visit to Vindy Talk Radio on Nov. 6.

Charleen Howell, left, Sheri Pluchinsky, Dr. Eric Svenson and Becky Marlatt of Partners for Urology Health in Austintown recently sported fake mustaches but thumbs-up for the Movember cause.

At the urging of Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson, seated at front left, a group of his colleagues agreed to grow facial hair to help support Movember. The Movember participants as well as other Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell employees joined in to show their …

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Here, Martin J. Boetcher shows off his face before the Movember initiative began.

Surgical assistant Andrew Labedz, left, Dr. Dan Ricchiuti, and Jonathon Fauvie celebrated the beginning of Movember at the Boardman office of NEO Urology.

Anthony "The Stache" Fontes of Poland is a world-champion mustache (and beard) grower. He competed in the World Beard and Moustache Championships on Nov. 2 in Stuttgart, Germany, and won the bronze award in the Imperial Partial Beard division, marking the first time an American has placed among the top …

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Here, James L. Blomstrom shows off his face before the Movember initiative began.

Madonna Chism Pinkard, host of Community Connection on WFMJ, joined in on Movember fun with Dr. Dan Ricchiuti.

Brian Laraway, left, and David Maxwell of Bury Financial Group in Poland show off their mid-Movember facial scruff.

Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney and cancer survivor Patrick K. Wilson rallied his colleagues to grow facial hair to help support Movember. Here, Vito J. Abruzzino shows off his pre-Movember face.

The staff at NEO Urology in Boardman displayed their Movember spirit. Employees include, front from left, Emily Baluch, Carley Michaels, Jessica Kucek, and back row, Raymond Lillo, Shirley Nemec, Sandy Smith, Jane Rosinski, Lori Fitch and Nicole Krut-Heim. Lillo participated in the Movember event with a mustache.

Nurses in the same-day surgery unit at St. Elizabeth Hospital joined in Movember fun. They include, from left, Becky Rainey, Michelle McBride, Cathy Chambers, Diane Brenner, Mary Ann Smith, Emilie Doneyko, Gail Conrieote, Debbie Ferrell, Ratico Pusic and Marva Jones.

Patrick K. Wilson, a Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell attorney, survived a prostate cancer diagnosis and has since become an advocate for early detection. Wilson has rallied a group of his colleagues to participate in Movember. Here, Wilson shows off his mustache-free face pre-Movember.

Supporters of Movember from the oncology department staff at St. Elizabeth Hospital wore fake mustaches for the cause.