When fashion trends dictate my look and actions, please shoot me.
I always seem to revert back to a goatee but I'm digging the beard right now. I consider it a challenge to achieve my ideal beard (thick but not shaggy). I've already mastered the goatee and its' many variations so mastering my beard is my current goal.
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.
The only criticism I've gotten on it has come from family members that don't like facial hair, but that has no effect on my decision to keep it.
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.
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