The facial hair question

[bigdave17]

I grow excellent facial hair - its super thick and dark and masculine looking. The problem is it makes me look like I'm 34 or 35 (I'm 29) and also makes me look a little more ethnic. With a clean face, i look more white where I look more middle eastern with stubble (I'm Armenian- I look very Greek/Spanish/light skin middle eastern). Other issue is the facial hair only looks good about 4 days in. After that - it gets way too thick and dark. Well at 4 days, its probably gonna be so short where its prickly and painful to women.

If you were me, what would you? I feel like I'm not taking advantage of one of my biggest advantages if I go clean shaven but I also don't want to look older if i want a mid 20s gf.

 

[BeExcellent]

Advice from the old lady:

Grow stubble about 2-3mm long, trim it & clean shave your neck, groom it meticulously. You'll look masculine, sexy & a bit swarthy. Hard to go wrong that way my friend.

My BF is Spanish/Italian. He looks sexy as hell like this. My ex husband, who is now largely bald, is "black Irish" (Spanish Armada blood) looks hottest with a stubble goatee. Hard to beat a well groomed stubble look. Sexy & manly. Try it & see.

 

[bigdave17]

Advice from the old lady:

Grow stubble about 2-3mm long, trim it & clean shave your neck, groom it meticulously. You'll look masculine, sexy & a bit swarthy. Hard to go wrong that way my friend.

My BF is Spanish/Italian. He looks sexy as hell like this. My ex husband, who is now largely bald, is "black Irish" (Spanish Armada blood) looks hottest with a stubble goatee. Hard to beat a well groomed stubble look. Sexy & manly. Try it & see.

What about it making me look older and being prickly/painful to women?

I can only do like 3-5 days growth, afterwards it's just way too dark/thick

 

[BeExcellent]

Beard trimmer. No. 2 or No. 3 blade. Try it & see. Trust me on this.

Will await field report. Now go & do.

 

[bigdave17]

Beard trimmer. No. 2 or No. 3 blade. Try it & see. Trust me on this.

Will await field report. Now go & do.

I can't do a 2 or a 3. It comes in ridiculously thick/dark

It looks good at a 1 meaning around 3-5 days growth at the most

 

[Murk]

Worry about it being prickly to women once you actually get one.

Get a beard trimmer, whichever length suits you. I go no.2 and shave the neck area. I also get my barber to do it all every 2 weeks so I only have to maintain until it's his turn.

 

[nicksaiz65]

Advice from the old lady:

Grow stubble about 2-3mm long, trim it & clean shave your neck, groom it meticulously. You'll look masculine, sexy & a bit swarthy. Hard to go wrong that way my friend.

My BF is Spanish/Italian. He looks sexy as hell like this. My ex husband, who is now largely bald, is "black Irish" (Spanish Armada blood) looks hottest with a stubble goatee. Hard to beat a well groomed stubble look. Sexy & manly. Try it & see.

I’m working on getting something exactly like this lol

 

[Mike32ct]

In general, I think stubble (f/k/a 5 o’clock shadow) is more Chad-ish than a beard.

Rock the stubble.

3mm is like an 1/8”. Maybe a bit much. 1 or 2 mm maybe

 

[nicksaiz65]

Here’s a cool video I saw on this that y’all might be interested in: