Last year I grew a beard and this hot chick who recently just had a baby tried to make me her new husband/ She drove a Lexus, had her own business, and wanted me to commit to her. I shaved my beard off and she stopped bothering me. When I have a beard, I look more attainable, like I am past my "player days" and ready to settle down. But without a beard, I look like I'm still in the game, and all the desperate LTR women disappear. So I think it depends on the guy. I am allergic to romance and it offends my ego that women think I just showed up to rescue them like some simp romantic hero so I am probably never growing a beard again. It was weird. I was looking at her baby and was like "Wtf? Who the hell do you think I am? Your last resort?" Lol.
With a 1 week growth, I look like a straight up player, and that's the look I prefer. It protects me from epiphany women and fat women. I've noticed the "nicer" I look, the more women are likely to categorize me as "charming romantic hero here to save me from a lifetime's worth of slooting around."