# Women: What do you think of facial hair on guys? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340 "2014-07-17T05:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/21 "2014-07-17T16:02:43Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > **Leaffan** , knowing your intrepid and adventurous nature, I advise you to seriously consider sporting a one-of-a-kind asymmetrical beard. Good idea! I might have a hard time deciding which side to choose as the asymmetrical side though. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/22 "2014-07-17T16:05:41Z")
I look like a 12 year old man when I clean shave. I’m a dude, but it all really depends on the face what type of facial hair looks good, and what sort of personality can pull it off, does it not? I leave a bit of stubble, with very short side burns and mustache (see my profile for a pic). I’ve tried almost every other combo, and that’s the one that won out. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/23 "2014-07-17T16:12:02Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Beards - especially those crazy unkempt, bushy ones - and mustaches are all the rage now, at least for the 25-35 age bracket. > > I think it’s absolutely gross. I can’t stand them. I feel like big-ass beards make you look like you’ve got something to hide and it makes dudes look all the same. _shudder_ do not want. > > The 2014 MLB All Star Game was rife with them and it was gross. I couldn’t take any of those guys seriously. I blame the war in Afghanistan. All those Green Berets and SEALS started growing [beards](http://members.iinet.net.au/~jez/junk/Hairy%20Commando%202.jpg)to mingle with the tribesmen, pictures started to circulate, and suddenly people started associating “beard” with “badass”. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/24 "2014-07-17T17:18:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Good idea! I might have a hard time deciding which side to choose as the asymmetrical side though. Had an art teacher once, he grew a nice close-cropped beard (yanno, about 2 inches long). But for a year or so he meticulously shaved stairs into the sides of his cheeks to define the upper part of the beard. There were about 3 steps on each cheek. It was awesome. I’ll also never forget that beard. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/25 "2014-07-17T17:31:39Z")
Ladies, what do you think of these: [Afghan man.](http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/afg010413/s_a01_79235173.jpg) [Bearded Gosling](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2014/06/05/The-Notebook_612x380.jpg), or [clean shaven?](https://d2nh4f9cbhlobh.cloudfront.net/_uploads/galleries/16422/notebookmishmash.jpg) [Brother, I pity the fool](http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hulk-hogan-mr-t.jpg) who won’t [give these](http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/36800000/Mr-T-mrt-36834304-1163-860.jpg) [a chance.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9-JAq8I7SSQ/Td6080jm_zI/AAAAAAAAAGU/9UNx4ahccT4/s400/5c2865d6a4e61a1206febe1e2285fa2f.jpg) Some classics: [1](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Rasputin-Big-photos-2.jpg), [2](http://primeiralinha.org/home/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/marx_engels.jpg), [3](http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20120507/mortazavi20120507071355293.jpg), [4](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/James_Longstreet.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/26 "2014-07-17T18:48:42Z")
Clean shaven or neat mustache/beard for me. I like that scruffy look, too. If I could, I’d rid the earth of men with the “Mustache and chin hair (like that softball-sized thing from your nose down)” look. Especially when it’s paired with zero head hair. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/27 "2014-07-17T18:55:06Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I didn’t like any of it. > > Until my husband grew a neatly trimmed full beard. Pure extruded testosterone, baby. Don’t knock 'till you’ve tried it. You betcha. And I’m pleased to see a substantial percentage of Ladies of the Dope apparently agree. My beard and mustache remain popular on the home front. I haven’t done a poll to sample reaction to the idea of growing an [Admiral Tirpitz](http://orientalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Alfred_von_Tirpitz.jpg). As famous military beards go, I remain a fan of the [William Sherman](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/14-william-tecumseh-sherman-granger.jpg) don’t-fuck-with-me look. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/28 "2014-07-17T19:31:02Z")
All right, who’s the troll who voted for the chin diamond? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/29 "2014-07-17T19:35:43Z")
Whenever I see a soul patch, I want to give it a good yank just to see if it’s real. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/30 "2014-07-17T19:37:55Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > My beard and mustache remain popular on the home front. I haven’t done a poll to sample reaction to the idea of growing an [Admiral Tirpitz](http://orientalreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Alfred_von_Tirpitz.jpg). You need to keep a supply of hair ties on hand in case you drive with your windows open; otherwise, it flies up into your eyes, and that’s just not a good look. > [@](#): > > As famous military beards go, I remain a fan of the [William Sherman](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/14-william-tecumseh-sherman-granger.jpg) don’t-fuck-with-me look. That’s what I usually end up with shortly before I take the hedge clippers to it. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/31 "2014-07-17T19:44:19Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > All right, who’s the troll who voted for the chin diamond? I haven’t voted, but I do like 'em. Of course, I’ve only ever seen them on TV or in the movies, so maybe in the wild they’re worse? My personal preferences always run to the scruffy. I absolutely faint dead away each time my husband shaves his goatee. But that might be because he looks like a bowling ball with ears without it. 😛 Anyway, I could definitely do a bearded Gosling, just about anything except a solo \*mustache. Argh! \*Except at my wedding in '93. The spousal unit sported a Fu Manchu. It was awesome sauce! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/32 "2014-07-17T20:11:44Z")
Clean-shaven only. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/33 "2014-07-17T20:39:49Z")
You should just ask the preference of the person you’re dating. Because we’re all different. I consider facial hair to be a dealbreaker. Seriously, I hate it. Stubble gives me a rash. It’s not flattering on 60% of the population (of men). I’ve been moaning to my friends that I cannot wait until this hipster beard craze dies down so I can get laid again. I feel like I’m stuck on a 1970s porn set. Then it gets quiet in the room while we all realize that I am about 15 years older than most bearded hipsters and I have no business looking at men that much younger than me anyway. In my own age range, that trend has not really caught on as much. For this, I’m grateful. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/34 "2014-07-17T21:24:30Z")
Just do whatever you want. It will attract some women but not others. I would say if you’ve never grown a beard to give a try. You probably want to commit to it, though. For example, decide not to shave for a month and see what happens. Probably shave your neck, but if you decide to get too fancy you’ll probably trim too much off before it takes shape. My marriage has been on/off for several years. I’ve had a beard for 5. When I had a trial separation 4 years back, it seemed like a lot of women were attracted to me, but I also felt like some wouldn’t give me a second look. In both cases, mostly because of the beard. My wife has no type- she openly gushes over short blond guys with bald faces and tall guys with dark bushy beards and long hair and balding redheads with goatees, and everything else. There are women who will tell you they only like tall, dark, and handsome but will leave you for a 5’5 guy who looks like Popeye with a beer belly. One of the reasons I grew a beard in the first place was because I didn’t feel like being clean-shaven was “helping” me in any way. I had (have) a lot of issues with judgment and anxiety, but I decided for something like that I would just do whatever I wanted. I just shaved my beard off. I haven’t been anywhere but I’m curious about how I will be treated now. As far as people I know- well, sometimes being unpredictable is attractive, too. I’ll probably grow a few days of stubble and go from there. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/35 "2014-07-17T21:50:05Z")
Facial hair is makeup for an ugly face. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/36 "2014-07-17T22:18:08Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > Anything except just a mustache. Those look absolutely rediculous. I love beards, though, as long as you can grow one that isn’t all thin and patchy. Oh, I thought it was just me. I don’t mind beards, but a mustache all alone looks dumb. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/37 "2014-07-17T22:21:22Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Facial hair is makeup for an ugly face. Ahahahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/38 "2014-07-17T22:58:53Z")
Any facial hair at all is just silly peacocking. I really hate that the mountain man hipster beard is in fashion right now. Clean-shaven Gosling, please. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/39 "2014-07-18T13:56:20Z")
I voted Other. If something looks good–on you–then it looks good. I’m not particularly attracted to facial hair, or not, on just anyone. On my husband, he briefly had a very trim goatee (little more than stubble, maybe 1/2") and it was super hot in a late-'80s way. Kinda like [this](http://maxcdn.fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/598/049/583/79282875_10.jpg), but neater. Now I bug him to grow his sideburns long. Yowza. He compromises to the bottom of the earlobe, but I’d love full 70s bush. I mean, 'burns. Like [Peter Fonda](http://dailyfill.com/The-Evolution-of-Sideburns-in-Movies-From-Martin-Van-Buren-to-Vince-Vaughn-38609) (#3)…came close once, and I was in heaven. The hipster beard kinda cracks me up, but I welcome it because of the diversity it’s lending to men’s style options. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340/40 "2014-07-18T14:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] Anything except just a mustache. Those look absolutely rediculous. [/QUOTE] Oh oh. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340.md?page=3)