Best Style Of Facial Hair

[THUNDER HANDS]

I've juggled my facial hair a bit over the years, basically jumping back and forth between a goatee and being clean-shaven.

I can't decide on what I like better, and I get different comments from different people - so maybe you guys could get some sort of conscensus going.

What is the best type of facial hair for a guy to have?

[alonso_quijano]

1. sideburns, baby

.

[CO Liberal]

2. Full Beard

I've had one for years now - saves lots of time formerly spent on shaving each morning. The occasional use of an electric trimmer keeps it looking good.

[Robb]

3. I've always thought this one was great

Just start with a full beard, and get rid of the under-chin stuff!



Don't see enough of it, ah reckon.

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. Beat me to it!

Damn!

[shanti]

18. no, no no!

too scratchy for us womenfolks! ;-)

[Snow]

4. If you want the neat look, a vandyke is quit distinguished

and anything like a goat looks like a goat. Harrrummpph! Also, avoid the Amish look - full beard, no mustache.

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. I've always been a proponent of the no-tee...

that is, the full beard except with only the chin shaven. Think Chester A. Arthur or the bass player from Foghat.

I sported a no-tee for a while. I looked GOOD.

[Sequoia]

7. Mutton Chops

were the rage in 1886 or so!

[Whitacre D_WI]

8. I have worn...

1) Full Beard
2) Goatee (with moustache)
3) Goatee (without moustache)
4) Moustache only
5) "Amish" (beard sans moustache)
6) "No-tee"
7) Clean shaven

I'll leave it up to eyesroll to tell you which looks the best.

The only facial-hairstyle I've never tried is the full sideburns and the (shudder) soul patch.

[eyesroll]

26. I think the goatee-sans-moustache was the worst...

Not because that look is inherently bad, but because you let it grow scarily long.

I think clean shaven works the best, although there was something to be said about the full beard.

Mutton chops! You need mutton chops!

[jonnyblitz]

9. soul patch. The thin strip of hair from center of lower lip to chin. nt

[JVS]

12. Soul patches are lame

[jonnyblitz]

14. i like the one i have. sorry. its all subjective

[shanti]

17. i know, ick

it's like the "jazz dot", that little patch of hair between the lower lip and the chin (not a line)...also ick. i like a nice thick full beard on a man myself, not long, just thick.

[JVS]

21. I keep my beard thick enough to hold a pencil

[jonnyblitz]

29. i like just a thin line. not into the jerry garcia look

clashes with my mohawk and body mods.

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. Goatee + sideburns for me...

going back to having facial hair again after about six months' worth of clean-shaven. I usually keep it for a while, shave it off, let it grow back again...never grown a mustache or full beard...I don't really like mustaches and don't think I'd look righ with one, and, even at 26, there are a few small patches of relative hairlessness that make a full beard out of the question, still...

[Aristus]

11. I went clean-shaven until I was thirty. I grew a moustache and goatee

to play a villain in a play I was doing. My wife liked it so much that she begged me to keep it, and I have. I like it.

BTW, the 'Amish' look is religious in nature. A beard is part of the covenant between God and a man, but a moustache is considered adornment, and is a symbol of the sin of vanity. Go figure.

[wysimdnwyg]

13. Got a goatee now, so that's my vote...

but I had a mustache for a couple of years, and a full beard for 8 years. But then I shaved my head, so the full beard was out. This look works for me and the women I know. (And it's really easy!)

[tridim]

15. I look too old with a beard

and I get carded every time without one, so I tend to go clean shaven. It's really nice to get carded at 33! I'm usually older than the door guy. :)

[mdmc]

23. nice signature, tridim...

I like the cut of your jib...
:dem:

[ProfessorGAC]

16. I Went With Moustache

For those who have seen my pictures at the Chicago DU gathering, you know why. I've got a Saddam Hussein moustache. And yet, i've never been asked to step out of line for special review at the airports. Go figure.
The Professor

[JohnKleeb]

19. I like being clean shaved preferably

[Loonman]

20. The "Maynard G. Krebs"

Sorry, no good pics of Maynard available for some reason.

[mdmc]

22. clean shaven

no pain, no gain...

[mdmc]

25. but I dig the

Hassidic Orthodox Jews sideburn locks. I always thought that they would catch on in the main stream...
clean shaven with Hassidic locks... WiLdToWn !!!

[populistmom]

24. Inserting my female preferences

I think a man can look good in a variety of ways, depending on the man, but I have my preferences you might say. I like either clean shaven, mustache only, mustache and beard (neatly trimmed), or mustache and goatee (also neatly trimmed). I hate the foomanchoo/Hulk Hogan thing (ditto for the occasional man you see who thinks it's 1910 and waxed mustaches are all the rage), and I detest beards or goatees or any chin area facial hair without a mustache (it totally turns me off making me think of Amish men or Abe Lincoln).
I used to like clean shaven when I was very young, but now I think some facial hair is kind of attractive. My husband has had a mustache and goatee for several years now and occasionally, he shave it all off (like he did yesterday to be in proper costume for a Halloween party we went to), but then I think he looks goofy and less manly. Not really I suppose, but I guess I'm used to it now.

[FDRrocks]

27. Mutton chops!

hell ya

[Meowser]

28. None

I like a smooth baby face to caress!

[VelmaD]

30. You left out the scruffy look...

I love a man with a little 5 o'clock shadow going on. It tickles, but in a good way. ;-)

[Castilleja]

31. I really like goatees+moustache

My husband cannot wear facial hair to work, so I have to make do with the little two week one he will grow for me each year. I don't care for soul patches, they look as though you forgot a spot.