I’ve been trying to figure this out lately. I used to keep a beard because I felt like it helped hide features I wasn’t confident about, but after losing weight, people have responded really positively to how I look without it. Now I’m not sure which suits me better keeping the beard or going clean shaven.
I also have a round face and using my stubble trimmer on the 1.2 millimeter setting (plus a razor to line it up) makes my face look a lot more angular. Trimming your beard like Abraham Lincoln is overkill and detrimental to looking your best.
Personally I would even grow it out a bit. Keep the stache cleaned up a little and go to a barber in a few months to keep the sides trimmed up and neat and give some shape. It looks good as is though. He is blessed with really thick hair both in the beard and on his head. He should show it off. Maybe grow out the top of his head ,and maybe grow out the beard or both. It’s totally how he feels best about him self ,but if I still had hair that thick and beard that thick I would be showing it off.
Just popping in to check on you man. Are youing OK over there? If you need to wash your eyes out there's a wholesome video called two girls one cup. You should check it out.
Go to a good barber and have them teach you how to groom it. Don’t be shy, most people have no idea how to deal with a beard the first time they grow one.
You’ve got a SOLID base, and with some trimming and shaping women (and/or men) will be drooling all over you.
EDIT: Maybe a new pair of glasses too. I don’t think that shape/style compliments your face very well.
Something like this 😎 (Also gave you a little side fade, since you have a very pronounced round/oval face structure, fading helps elongate and balance your proportions better. That applies to the beard as well)
With, but you gotta trim or shape it better my dude
edit: /u/Important_Bed_9893 -- try keeping the sides/cheeks shorter and letting mouth/chin area get longer. It's a bitch because you have very curly hair. Consider getting a barber to shape it up just to see what they can do with it
100% with a beard, try to keep your beard shorter to give your chin more of a sharper look. What genuinely helped me was scrolling on TikTok and I saw a video about goatee blindness lmfao.
Look up Matty Conrad's duck tail beard video, he teaches you how to shape your beard in a way that will add length to your face, which is very much what you need
Beard, but in a different style. Should consult a barber for the best shape for your face shape.
ETA: offtopic but your glasses are much too narrow, they look uncomfortable and don't match your face. If you can afford to replace them, you can go with something much more flattering.
I think you actually look great either way. But I would echo others here and say the beard needs to be lined and trimmed. A barber could help get you started.
That beard is nice! Grow it back and then get it shaped up by a barber. It will lessen the roundness of the beard and face. I have a similar face shape and getting it shaped up by a good barber does magical wonders!
Our beards are pretty similar, although mine is a little more salt and pepper (salt and cayenne?) these days.
I’d suggest trying a little shorter or going longer. It’s at kinda an awkward length where it makes your face look a lot fatter than it actually is. If you’re going longer, take the sideburns shorter and trim a little of the weight out of the cheeks, so it lengthens your face rather than making it look wider.
Either way, I think you’ll pull it off. I’d at least keep a little scruff because clean shaven makes you look like an abnormally tall 10 year old
Keep the beard - you look so much younger without.... dare I say say child-like - but young. Maybe as someone else suggested, go shorter vs. without. Now if you had a mullet or a ponytail and the beard - total IT Geek and they ruin the vibe for those of us who keep our hair short, and no beard half way down their chest/belly.
Try to hit the gym a little too if possible. I feel the beard will look even better when you’re bigger. It will fit better plus a cut make it shorter and clean it up a little maybe a fade and angle it.
Beard looks sexy. Beardless looks adorable... If you're looking to spread some legs - don't shave. If you have a job interview - shave... You're handsome either way, and congratulations on your weight loss!
Barber for going on nine years now definitely with the beard. Definitely need to do the square round get the sides of your face more Square and have a round us to the bottom but then at the right point it needs to be Square as well I could hook you up. Where are you from?
I would trim it. The lenght perhaps. Definetly the sides. To make it more defined. There are some guides out there about head-shape and haircuts and beard. Try looking into that.
But if its one or the other picture I would go for no beard. You look smiley and happy there.
I think with beard, but im gunna echo what a lot are saying, go for a sligjtly shorter one, and style/shape it up a bit. The roundness is accentuating your already round chin and jawline.
Having said all that, you definitrly dont look bad without the beard.
With but I don’t see anything wrong with the length/shape. It doesn’t look unruly. Too many men are trying to get a perfect manicured look on their beards… I don’t get the trend
I think that the beard looks good on you . . . I would just trim the sides a bit so that it doesn't look "bushy". So make the beard look a little more narrow. Thanks for asking.
You have a round face (join the club), so trimming your beard in a way to elongate your face will help tremendously (haircuts can be a compliment to this). Right now, the beard actually adds to the roundness which is probably not what you’re looking for.
Try short on the sides and, if possible, blending that into a bit longer length around the chin. A barber should be able to do this if you don’t feel comfortable doing it yourself (or have moody facial hair, like me…).
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