# Beards that are really just stubble? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184 "2006-12-14T21:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184/21 "2006-12-16T01:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=gytalf2000] I have noticed for the last few years that a lot of guys have these “barely-there” type beards that are just a shade away from “I forgot to shave today” stubble. And they are not in the process of growing a beard, otherwise in a few days it would look thicker. No, they evidently maintain the beard/stubble at that level indefinitely – this is the look that they are going for, the “barely-there” beard. I personally find this perplexing. Does anyone find this look attractive? Does anyone find it repulsive? Somewhere in between? What do you guys think? [/QUOTE] I have a similar thing going. I have a very thin beard, so it starts to look bad if the whiskers get too long. I trim it back about every week or two. When trimmed it probably looks like what you’re describing. I prefer it to no beard at all, because I’m pretty baby-faced at 46 years old,. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184/22 "2006-12-16T02:15:58Z")
I used to grow a beard a week, whether I needed one or not. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184/23 "2006-12-16T06:21:57Z")
Some of us do it because our beards are turning grey, and we don’t want to look like history professors from old movies yet. Trimming the beard close makes it look less grey. The beard is generally the first thing to go grey. I don’t know why younger guys do it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184/24 "2006-12-16T09:33:49Z")
I can shave my face with the grain and against the grain. By the time I’m through I STILL look like I have that barely there look. Also, I’d like to personaly thank George Clooney for making this a sexy look. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184/25 "2006-12-16T12:04:11Z")
[QUOTE=gytalf2000] And they are not in the process of growing a beard, otherwise in a few days it would look thicker. [/QUOTE] I meant to respond to this earlier. I think of more whiskers. You pretty much have the same number of whiskers on “Beard Day 6” as you do on “Beard Day 1.” And if your beard is thin to begin with, it might look even worse as the whiskers get longer. That’s been my experience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beards-that-are-really-just-stubble/384184.md?page=1)