# What is this men's facial hair style called? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928 "2011-04-27T18:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/1 "2011-04-27T18:44:44Z")
When it’s not a beard, but fuzz all over the face. I hate the word fuzz. It’s like a 5 o’clock shadow but maybe 3 or 4 5’oclock shadows in a row, like the man didn’t shave for a few days. Let me see if I can find some pics: [Picture 1](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tv.edogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hugh-jackman.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tv.edogo.com/index.php/hugh-jackman-pulls-out-of-steven-soderbergh-musical/&usg=__efoTkDnYLUGHCT_vep_jM85cXag=&h=275&w=370&sz=18&hl=en&start=0&sig2=u8zlUYrGYRiTecFaQJZCEQ&zoom=1&tbnid=-_RG2096KUbaEM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=157&ei=0GK4Te68HIrcgQfhk-xM&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhugh%2Bjackman%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1004%26bih%3D583%26tbm%3Disch0%2C207&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=374&vpy=195&dur=625&hovh=193&hovw=260&tx=146&ty=92&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:0&biw=1004&bih=583) [Picture 2](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.askmen.com/fashion/trends/pictures/16a_fashion_men.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends/16_fashion_men.html&usg=__niCoQPdOLEAeV-Wt0ssI0HDewcM=&h=142&w=100&sz=5&hl=en&start=37&sig2=ffOHhMYFkNDCBYPZ6jW2Wg&zoom=1&tbnid=NUZK_-wzRMXWTM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=80&ei=pending&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmen%2Bwith%2Bfacial%2Bhair%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D583%26tbm%3Disch0%2C787&um=1&itbs=1&biw=1020&bih=583&iact=rc&dur=391&page=3&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:37&tx=55&ty=59) [Picture 3](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jFbqtsH14W8/SKJTAIrIMYI/AAAAAAAAB1o/cQaRqwyzVY4/s400/Josh%2BHolloway.jpg&imgrefurl=http://jeannytsy.blogspot.com/2008/08/celeb-men-of-style.html&usg=__EpyeIPvgREQ0ty-D5XHszT6oglc=&h=400&w=400&sz=43&hl=en&start=78&sig2=u_W_NYUtXJQ3XZwvLuYYmw&zoom=1&tbnid=Cg2y1cBam13i3M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=125&ei=fmO4TefJOuja0QHI3sHwDA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmen%2Bwith%2Bfacial%2Bhair%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D583%26tbm%3Disch0%2C1818&um=1&itbs=1&biw=1020&bih=583&iact=rc&dur=610&page=5&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:78&tx=91&ty=90) [Picture 4](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Spartacus-Andy-Whitfield-1-788789.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sodahead.com/fun/what-do-you-think-of-beards-on-men-these-days/question-1462563/&usg=__SgM-SKgz_Ke0vMnHJf1UY6BpUdQ=&h=400&w=267&sz=22&hl=en&start=96&sig2=4rWijvgrl7e3DeG6en4WvQ&zoom=1&tbnid=6g8iBiABCNXh3M:&tbnh=187&tbnw=125&ei=kmO4Taq5D-Ly0gHZuqXrDw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmen%2Bwith%2Bfacial%2Bhair%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1020%26bih%3D583%26site%3Dsearch%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=187&page=6&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:96&tx=54&ty=94) That last one is probably closest to what I mean. I need to know because I cannot stand beards, but this look makes me weak in the knees, and I am dying to know what it’s called. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/2 "2011-04-27T18:46:03Z")
That, my friend, is a light beard. My husband rocks that look sometimes. It’s…delightful. 🙂 However when he goes another week or so and gets a full beard - blech. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/3 "2011-04-27T18:46:15Z")
I’d call it a “full beard” or a 5 O’Clock shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/4 "2011-04-27T18:50:23Z")
Scruff. As in, “He doesn’t have a full beard; just a few days’ worth of scruff.” Or, “He’s got a scruffy little 'stache, like a 13-year-old boy.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/5 "2011-04-27T18:51:18Z")
Scruff? Scruff is such an unsexy word. Puppies have scruff. Aargh. But you’re right, it is the word that makes the most sense. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/6 "2011-04-27T18:55:25Z")
Darn, the tatoo first, now the oh-so-fashionable casual 5 days beard, are you going metrosexual on us **Anaamika**? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/7 "2011-04-27T19:01:28Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Darn, the tatoo first, now the oh-so-fashionable casual 5 days beard, are you going metrosexual on us **Anaamika**? 😕 I didn’t think that girls could be metrosexual. I’m also pretty sure that **Anaamika** won’t be able to grow a beard, casual or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/8 "2011-04-27T19:02:28Z")
Is that metrosexual? if so, I _like_ metrosexual. 😛 Alice, I’d ask for pics but it’s a little creepy and weird to ask for another woman’s husband’s pics, so I’ll refrain. But, if you should feel inclined to post them… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/9 "2011-04-27T19:05:44Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > 😕 > > I didn’t think that girls could be metrosexual. I’m also pretty sure that **Anaamika** won’t be able to grow a beard, casual or otherwise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/10 "2011-04-27T19:08:34Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Is that metrosexual? if so, I _like_ metrosexual. 😛 > > Alice, I’d ask for pics but it’s a little creepy and weird to ask for another woman’s husband’s pics, so I’ll refrain. But, if you should feel inclined to post them… Just google up ‘light beard’ and you should get a pretty good idea. The only pics with facial hair I have of hubby feature a foo-man-choo (don’t even ask me how you spell that) 'cus he likes to grow out one of those every once and a while. Cute, but not at all what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/11 "2011-04-27T19:08:59Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Scruff. As in, “He doesn’t have a full beard; just a few days’ worth of scruff.” Or, “He’s got a scruffy little 'stache, like a 13-year-old boy.” I wouldn’t call them scruff. IMO scruff is when you don’t shave for a few days. Those beards are kept that length with a beard trimmer, they all appear to be shaved at the top and the ones that are going for the nice/neat/clean look shaved the neck line as well. They may be going for the scruffy look, but it’s a full beard. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/12 "2011-04-27T19:11:08Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Just google up ‘light beard’ and you should get a pretty good idea. > > The only pics with facial hair I have of hubby feature a foo-man-choo (don’t even ask me how you spell that) 'cus he likes to grow out one of those every once and a while. Cute, but not at all what you’re looking for. Fu Manchu. I know, because my SO is Chinese and his beard - when he grows one - naturally grows in that shape. So of course he never grows one. I mock him when he does, anyway. But Joey, how do you then differentiate between that and what I think of as a full beard, where the hair is half an inch or longer? ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/13 "2011-04-27T19:11:59Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > 😕 > > I didn’t think that girls could be metrosexual. I’m also pretty sure that **Anaamika** won’t be able to grow a beard, casual or otherwise. Darn those unisex names. In the days of my grandfather, at least, you knew what kind of people you were chatting with. But the week beard has been around for at least the mid eighties (I channel the power of Don Johnson here). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/14 "2011-04-27T19:17:32Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Darn those unisex names. In the days of my grandfather, at least, you knew what kind of people you were chatting with. You should tell me to get off your lawn. 🙂 Besides, it’s not my fault - in Hindi, Anaamika is _clearly_ a girl’s name and there is no doubt about it. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/15 "2011-04-27T19:20:27Z")
Is it designer stubble or is it longer than that? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/16 "2011-04-27T19:22:48Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > But Joey, how do you then differentiate between that and what I think of as a full beard, where the hair is half an inch or longer? Assuming you’re referring to the above post, I can go with light beard then, I’ve just never heard the term before. I just wanted to differentiate full/light beard from scruff. IMO scruff is just when you haven’t shaven, whereas a full or light beard takes some maintenance, it isn’t something you do by being lazy. Unless it’s the type of full beard you get by just [not shaving anymore.](http://www.shavingstuff.com/images/natefield.jpg) If you just stop shaving and go with “I’m not touching it anymore” it tends to look pretty ratty. Also, you’ll see it’s very uneven along the top and his neckline will look just as ragged. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/17 "2011-04-27T19:31:24Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Assuming you’re referring to the above post, I can go with light beard then, I’ve just never heard the term before. I just wanted to differentiate full/light beard from scruff. IMO scruff is just when you haven’t shaven, whereas a full or light beard takes some maintenance, it isn’t something you do by being lazy. Unless it’s the type of full beard you get by just [not shaving anymore.](http://www.shavingstuff.com/images/natefield.jpg) If you just stop shaving and go with “I’m not touching it anymore” it tends to look pretty ratty. Also, you’ll see it’s very uneven along the top and his neckline will look just as ragged. I’m going with this. As I said, I don’t much like “scruff” either. It sounds unkempt, as you say. Full beard Light beard Scruff ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/18 "2011-04-27T19:44:09Z")
FTR, when I think of scruff, I think of this: [http://transnation.mlblogs.com/josh.jpeg](http://transnation.mlblogs.com/josh.jpeg) or [http://www.zigazig-ha.com/zgallery/albums/beckhams/091014\_englandxbelarus/oct14\_belarus\_015.jpg](http://www.zigazig-ha.com/zgallery/albums/beckhams/091014_englandxbelarus/oct14_belarus_015.jpg) Hit it with a beard trimmer, wait a few days hit it again, give the bare spots some time to fill in and after a few days or weeks carve the neck line and the top and keep using the beard trimmer set at the lowest level or no guard and _then_ you’ll have light beard that looks like you haven’t shaved in 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/19 "2011-04-27T19:53:32Z")
I prefer the use of scissors to razor myself. I believe razors have played a prominent role in the degeneracy of mankind. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/20 "2011-04-27T19:54:11Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > FTR, when I think of scruff, I think of this: > [http://transnation.mlblogs.com/josh.jpeg](http://transnation.mlblogs.com/josh.jpeg) Ugh. > [@](#): > > or > [http://www.zigazig-ha.com/zgallery/albums/beckhams/091014\_englandxbelarus/oct14\_belarus\_015.jpg](http://www.zigazig-ha.com/zgallery/albums/beckhams/091014_englandxbelarus/oct14_belarus_015.jpg) And double ugh. > [@](#): > > Hit it with a beard trimmer, wait a few days hit it again, give the bare spots some time to fill in and after a few days or weeks carve the neck line and the top and keep using the beard trimmer set at the lowest level or no guard and _then_ you’ll have light beard that looks like you haven’t shaved in 3 days. 🙂 This makes me laugh. Do I need instructions? I may be Indian, but I swear, I only have a few sparse hairs that I need to pluck! Just like 3-4! I don’t need instructions! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928.md?page=2)