# Dude Doper Facial Hair Survey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350 "2007-01-10T00:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/21 "2007-01-10T03:53:27Z")
Full beard and mo trimmed with a #3 once a week, except I shave my neck once a week. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/22 "2007-01-10T03:57:05Z")
Very short full beard and mustache. I got tired of sporting the Civil War look, so I tossed the crappy store-bought trimmer, ordered a professional-quality trimmer online, and I trim the beard to 1/4" very regularly. The quality of the trimmer shows šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/23 "2007-01-10T03:58:51Z")
I shave every few days, because Iā€™m lazy but I also know that I canā€™t grow enough to have real facial hair. This is actually kind of fortunate, as I think facial hair helps trap oil, making acne worse. By the way, **theater in a crowded fire** , your siteā€™s background makes everything impossible to read. Love the username, though! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/24 "2007-01-10T04:04:55Z")
Iā€™ve got a pretty full goatee, and sideburns down to my jawline. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/25 "2007-01-10T04:09:45Z")
Iā€™ve never shaved my mustache or the patch of chin hair Iā€™ve had since it started coming in. Trimmed the beard, but never shaved it all off. What I wear it as when I can be arsed is ususally a detatched goatee, detatched because that hair just wonā€™t grow for some reason. But due to habitual laziness, and the fact that I tend to break out even more when I try to shave everyday, I tend to get quite scruffy between shaves. See [Exhibit A](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/XavierDamion/Picture001.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/26 "2007-01-10T04:34:16Z")
Gots a full beard with stash action. [Proof](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/PC190039.jpg) [here](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/PC190041.jpg) (though itā€™s fuller now.) It should be noted this is my ā€œwinter mode.ā€ In fall, spring, and summer, I am clean shaven, save for my kick-as sideburns Iā€™ve been sporting since I could grow them (14 or 15-ish.) ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/27 "2007-01-10T04:48:51Z")
Goatee and presently a full beard (only cause I havenā€™t shaved since Xmas). ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/28 "2007-01-10T05:15:34Z")
Sideburns down my earsā€™ midline, more or less. Work says that and a mustache is all Iā€™m permitted, and Iā€™ll be damned if I wear a mustache without some sort of beard. So just the sideburns. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/29 "2007-01-10T13:25:36Z")
Full beard and mustache, pretty much consistently since college (early 80ā€™s). Had to shave it off when I worked for Dominoā€™s for about 4 years, and occasionally if Iā€™m acting in a show where I need to be clean shaven. Beard varies from 1/2 inch to 1-1/2 inches. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/30 "2007-01-10T14:07:46Z")
Nearly full beard here. Iā€™ve tried other things including being clean-shaven, but Iā€™ve had a fullish beard most of my adult life (I shaved as a child šŸ˜ƒ ). The only thing not full about my beard is that I shave down my cheeks a bit, but not as often as I should, so itā€™s usually a bit messy in that department. Iā€™ve had compliments and criticism on the full beard, the three-day growth, the clean-shaven look, and everything else Iā€™ve tried. So, I just do what _I_ like, and thatā€™s a full beard. I look pudgy and weird clean-shaven, IMHO. And, more honestly, fuck shaving daily for a lark. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/31 "2007-01-10T14:18:36Z")
Iā€™ve got the close clipped Van Dyke kind of thing. No sideburns, shaved cheeks and neck. I have had it since I was old enough to grow it and smart enough to realise that I have no chin. I have shaved it off 3 times I think, but each time I still lacked a chin and grew it back. A guy at work once said to me, ā€œI used to have a beard like yours but I realised how stupid it looked and I shaved it off.ā€ I replied, ā€œI still have a face like yours but I realised how stupid it looks and grew this beard.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/32 "2007-01-10T14:22:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mbossa] Anyone who doesnā€™t like it is perfectly welcome to come and shave me themselves. [/QUOTE] Woof. Goatee, grown a few years back as part of a Hallowwen costume, kept because a number of people told me it made me look hot. In the past Iā€™ve had everything from a full beard to goatee to moustache to clean-shaven. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/33 "2007-01-10T14:43:10Z")
I usually have something. I just recently grew a [[beard]( [![](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/XMass%202006/DSC00738.jpg) ](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/XMass%202006/DSC00738.jpg) ) [again]( [![](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/Welcoming%20Eric%20Kyle/100_0869.jpg) ](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/Welcoming%20Eric%20Kyle/100_0869.jpg) ) after the birth of my son but shaved it down to a goatee just before New Yearā€™s ([usual look]( [![](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/Welcoming%20Eric%20Kyle/DSC00546.jpg) ](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/Welcoming%20Eric%20Kyle/DSC00546.jpg) )) . Iā€™ve had sideburns almost non-stop since the late 80s and at least a goatee half that time. Iā€™ve pretty much always kept it trimmed short except for a short stint a decade ago where I grew the goatee long with long hair half-way down my back. Those would be interesting pictures if I can find any. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/34 "2007-01-10T14:44:44Z")
I only shave about every 3 days, so I have the 3 oā€™clock shadow usually. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/35 "2007-01-10T14:49:55Z")
I screwed that up. Letā€™s try again. I usually have something. I just recently grew a [beard](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/XMass%202006/DSC00738.jpg?t=1168440281) [again](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/Welcoming%20Eric%20Kyle/100_0869.jpg?t=1168440463) after the birth of my son but shaved it down to a goatee just before New Yearā€™s ([usual look](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n17/icemachine72/Welcoming%20Eric%20Kyle/DSC00546.jpg?t=1168440537)) . Iā€™ve had sideburns almost non-stop since the late 80s and at least a goatee half that time. Iā€™ve pretty much always kept it trimmed short except for a short stint a decade ago where I grew the goatee long with long hair half-way down my back. Those would be interesting pictures if I can find any. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/36 "2007-01-10T15:00:41Z")
Clean shaven here. I have sideburns that go down to about the middles of my ears, though it varies. I usually have them down to the bottoms of my ears (the lowest they can go under Dining Services policy if I want to keep a job slinging hash in the dining hall.) In high school, they were even bushier to the point that a girl once commented on my sideburns, saying (and I quote) ā€œYou could be Elvis.ā€ (I looked into it, but it turns out Iā€™m not.) ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/37 "2007-01-10T15:18:09Z")
Had a winter beard up until a few days ago. Since it was 45 F in Jan in WI, I decided I didnā€™t need it. Iā€™m clean shaven now and it looks like highs in the single digits next week. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/38 "2007-01-10T16:03:06Z")
[QUOTE=Mbossa] In theory, clean shaven. In practice, I really canā€™t be bothered shaving more than once a week or so, so I spend most of the time somewhere between five-oā€™clock-shadow and scruffy beard. Anyone who doesnā€™t like it is perfectly welcome to come and shave me themselves. [/QUOTE] Yes, nice to see someone else with a relaxed attitude towards the razor. Our minds are mirror images šŸ™‚ Cheers mate! Kotick ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/39 "2007-01-10T17:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Had a winter beard up until a few days ago. Since it was 45 F in Jan in WI, I decided I didnā€™t need it. Iā€™m clean shaven now and it looks like highs in the single digits next week. [/QUOTE] See what you did? You decide to shave and now the rest of us have to suffer. Although Iā€™ve never noticed any particular heat retention from having a beard vs not. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350/40 "2007-01-10T17:26:27Z")
[Full beard,](http://new.photos.yahoo.com/colinblackthorn/album/576460762315736935/photo/294928803112511910/22) as usual for the past year and a half. My hairā€™s a bit longer now. Iā€™m going for a full Rasputin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-doper-facial-hair-survey/387350.md?page=3)