# 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:** 2
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/21 "2011-04-27T20:04:17Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 🙂 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! I’m just saying, the “I haven’t shaved in a few days” look takes more work then it appears. In fact, a trick I use, and I know a lot of other guys do as well. When you haven’t shaved in a few days and don’t have time to do it, you run the beard trimmer over your face. This will bring you from “haven’t shaved in 5 days” to “haven’t shaved in 2 days” in about 30 seconds. It’s not the best looking, but it’s presentable. Luckily I have a goatee, so I have a beard trimmer around. ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/22 "2011-04-27T20:07:25Z")
Can we see it? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/23 "2011-04-27T20:21:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 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. So [this](http://www.nouilles.info/illustrations/sdmb_portraits/1544_extra_11.jpg) doesn’t count? (I think I hadn’t shaved for a week. Hard to tell; that was maybe 20 years ago.) ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/24 "2011-04-27T20:23:07Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > So [this](http://www.nouilles.info/illustrations/sdmb_portraits/1544_extra_11.jpg) doesn’t count? (I think I hadn’t shaved for a week. Hard to tell; that was maybe 20 years ago.) That is a very nice pic, though your eyes do look a little maaaanic. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/25 "2011-04-27T20:29:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 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. Isn’t it sort of paradoxical that to achieve this “manly” look, there’s so much effete primping involved? I prefer the scorched-earth approach, and just shave daily. ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/26 "2011-04-27T20:31:14Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Isn’t it sort of paradoxical that to achieve this “manly” look, there’s so much effete primping involved? > > I prefer the scorched-earth approach, and just shave daily. I don’t agree that maintenance by itself is effete. Good heavens, we’d all be walking around like cavemen if that were the case. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/27 "2011-04-27T20:34:24Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That is a very nice pic, though your eyes do look a little **maaaanic**. Oh, no, he’s just Canadian. It’s called Hockey Eyes and indicates he’s low on Molson. How do you like [these](http://biographymini.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Maksim_Chmerkovskiy_Profile.jpg)lightly [bearded](http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/9723/Gerard_Butler.jpg)[apples](http://lostphoto.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/lost_1024x768_andrews_01.jpg)? ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/28 "2011-04-27T20:39:53Z")
Right. Molson. I’ll be sure to bring some to the next Cana-Dopefest. 😃 As to your pics: Don’t like the last one at all, a little too greasy-looking. Isn’t the second one Gerald Butler? And yes, he’s hot. And I don’t know who the first one is, but DO WANT. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/29 "2011-04-27T20:40:06Z")
God I hate neckbeard. But those beards you posted do look nice. I have always enjoyed a light growth of stubble. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/30 "2011-04-27T21:04:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Right. Molson. I’ll be sure to bring some to the next Cana-Dopefest. 😃 As to your pics: > > Don’t like the last one at all, a little too greasy-looking. > > Isn’t the second one Gerald Butler? And yes, he’s hot. > > And I don’t know who the first one is, but DO WANT. It’s hard to look hot when [you’re on a deserted island](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008672/), but I think Naveen’s done a pretty good job under the circumstances. Yes, Gerard, yes, [soooo hot](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3985489409_ee082eb1a7.jpg). Your DO WANT young man is on Dancing With The Stars Monday and Tuesday nights, he’s [Maksim Chmerkovskiy](http://www.google.com/search?q=maksim+chmerkovskiy&hl=en&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS392US392&prmd=ivnsulo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ioK4TaeeF4O6tgftz5jeBA&ved=0CEQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=655) and you’re very welcome! (Too smooth-chested for [my tastes](http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o155/portia327/Summer%20FL%20trip/UsatStAuggieentrance018.jpg) but some people seem to like that sort of thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/31 "2011-04-27T21:16:40Z")
Well geez, who doesn’t get weak in the knees from Hugh Jackman? I mean really. Yeah, stubbly or scruffy. And El Hubbo looks awesome when he’s rocking a couple days’ growth too. ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/32 "2011-04-27T21:23:47Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Can we see it? [Here ya go](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/n577900356_4621201_3147.jpg) The [Heeeey Brother](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/n1605780204_30348049_2826.jpg) side view and perhaps you remember [this one](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/j8.jpg) from a recent thread about a certain tattoo of yours. What odd is that, I don’t shave it like that, it naturally grows in that way so it kinda looks like an anchor when you see it straight on. I mean, I shave around it, but I don’t shave under my mouth at all. That strip under my lower lip is the only place it grows, nothing shows up to the left or right of it until you get to my cheeks. My mustache and goatee also don’t connect otherwise I’d probably go with a full beard or a mustache/goatee thing, but I never liked the way they looked unconnected. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/33 "2011-04-27T21:33:30Z")
Stubble. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/34 "2011-04-28T01:33:15Z")
> [@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? Ha, just learn the Japanese words for it. They’re all onamatopoeas. When it’s scratchy it feels chikuchiku. A bit longer than that is jolijoli. And when it’s more or less a beard it feels mojamoja. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/35 "2011-04-28T01:54:37Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Oh, no, he’s just Canadian. It’s called Hockey Eyes and indicates he’s low on Molson. I am not! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go to Canadian Tire. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/36 "2011-04-28T02:43:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [Here ya go](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/n577900356_4621201_3147.jpg) > The [Heeeey Brother](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/n1605780204_30348049_2826.jpg) side view > and perhaps you remember [this one](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f44/JoeyJoeyPP/j8.jpg) from a recent thread about a certain tattoo of yours. > > What odd is that, I don’t shave it like that, it naturally grows in that way so it kinda looks like an anchor when you see it straight on. I mean, I shave around it, but I don’t shave under my mouth at all. That strip under my lower lip is the only place it grows, nothing shows up to the left or right of it until you get to my cheeks. My mustache and goatee also don’t connect otherwise I’d probably go with a full beard or a mustache/goatee thing, but I never liked the way they looked unconnected. Hey, it looks good! Especially in that first pic. I like the little imp, too. ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/37 "2011-04-28T03:10:37Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > But the week beard has been around for at least the mid eighties (I channel the power of Don Johnson here). Yup, just call it the Don Johnson, popularized as an intentional style in Miami Vice. ---
**Author:** ![TheWhoToTheWhatNow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@TheWhoToTheWhatNow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheWhoToTheWhatNow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/38 "2011-04-28T03:54:01Z")
“Chick-bait”. I do a beard trimmer every 2-3 days like someone else described, but shave the moustache and about a half centimeter right below the bottom lip smooth so it doesn’t annoy girls when we’re kissing/etc. - TWTTWN ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/39 "2011-04-28T09:23:36Z")
Over here in England we call that “designer stubble”. Or at least we did in the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928/40 "2011-04-28T13:56:56Z")
I think of it as “douche-fuzz” ever since\* The Wedding Singer\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mens-facial-hair-style-called/579928.md?page=3)