I still think a well-groomed goatee with nice, straight edges is a great look on pretty much any guy. It's something I will probably return to at some point when I get the urge to shake things up again.
Quote from: Razor X on April 19, 2014, 10:27:44 AMI made several attempts to grow one but never saw them through to completion -- again, out of self-consciousness, in part because the goatee didn't quite match the hair on my head.I can see it when a guy has dark hair and grows a ginger beard, but your beard is ginger and isn't your hair too? What didn't match?
I made several attempts to grow one but never saw them through to completion -- again, out of self-consciousness, in part because the goatee didn't quite match the hair on my head.
God forbid a guy grows facial hair because as soon as you do people treat it as an open invitation to express their negative opinions on it. Aside from good natured trolling, is there anything else people do where their friends and family feel so free to openly insult? Could you imagine what would happen if a man criticized a woman's haircut, makeup, fingernails, or weight?
I wore the goatee for years, with and without hair. In my case, I always wanted a full beard, but had to wait on nature for the sides to fill in enough. I was happy with the goatee look, but that was because a full beard was not in the cards. I think a lot of young guys find themselves in the same situation with their beard maturity, and that is what made the goatee so popular. Guys had a fashionable option that fit their capabilities. I really think most guys want a full beard, but feel restricted by their growth density, family, work, or fashion. Some thus choose something less that a full beard or clean shaven. I am not putting down on the goatee, it is a cool look.I think it is the same situation with head shaving. The young guys with the goatees in the 90's find MPB starting in the 00's, and started shaving their heads. So the shaved head with the goatee fad started. As those guys aged and beards matured, more moved on to a full beard, and now the full beard is popular. Younger guys blessed with thick full beards are able to jump straight to the full beard.