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Beard Stylist
updated: Mar 12, 2013, 3:37 PM

I've had pretty much the same beard for decades. I'd like to change it up a bit but the woman who cuts my hair doesn't really do beard styling.

My friend Roger sez "Smoke a cigar that fits your face" and the same rules apply to facial hair. Beards and goatees should be styled and trimmed to fit the cheek, chin and shape of the face.

So edhatters - any recommendations for a stylist that can size up my face and get the right fuzz in the right place?

Places People Are Talking About:

Family Barbers

Johnny's barber shop

What People Are Saying:

COMMENT 383927	2013-03-12 04:00 PM
No, but have you considered shaving it off? You might look a lot better! (You can always grow it back.)
COMMENT 383939	2013-03-12 04:43 PM
Try a barber instead of a hair stylist.
COMMENT 383968	2013-03-12 06:47 PM
Yep, go to a real barber shop. I have been going to the one at fairview shopping center for about 30 years.
COMMENT 383994P	2013-03-12 07:52 PM
Facial hair is icky. Dirt-catching and definitely not handsome or cool. Shave it.
SHAKEY	2013-03-12 10:22 PM
You might try Johnny's barber shop on Dela Vina St. he use to do a friend of mines beard, plus he's my cousin so it's good to put a word in for him.
LALALALA	2013-03-13 05:35 AM
Ditch it, you'll look 10 years younger.
COMMENT 384035	2013-03-13 06:56 AM
Members Only barber shop
COMMENT 384077	2013-03-13 08:39 AM
Family Barbers, Turnpike center.
COMMENT 384089	2013-03-13 08:59 AM
Some women really like facial hair. Do whatever YOU like, and obviously the women who think it's "icky" aren't for you. (I'm not a facial hair kinda girl, but have no issue with it & know quite a few girls who prefer it. And it's not as common as clean shaven, so it makes you a more rare commodity.) Besides, boys are icky anyway, 994. The beard is where they keep the extra cooties. Didn't you know? OP: Check out the referral section (tab at the top of the page) & look for Men's Hair Cut. Lots of barber's are referred in there, so it should give you some additional ideas of where to go and who sounds best.
COMMENT 384096	2013-03-13 09:07 AM
Arturos Barber Shop has been taking care of my beard for a little bit now.. Great job !
COMMENT 384103	2013-03-13 09:20 AM
Men, PLEASE, please for the love of God, SHAVE! Women looooove a clean shaven man! I am so so sick of this beard trend. It's awful.
COMMENT 384107	2013-03-13 09:32 AM
I'm gonna google that right now ;})[
COMMENT 384118	2013-03-13 09:59 AM
I recently grew a beard and have received notably more positive attention from women. A sign of healthy testosterone levels. A recent study also showed that beards are good for you and prevent aging, confirmed. So the whole they are nasty comments (unless you are a vagrant that is) are totally bunk.
COMMENT 384136	2013-03-13 10:42 AM
Members Only barbershop on Victoria. Franco will shape/cut your beard like NO other barber!
COMMENT 384166	2013-03-13 12:10 PM
I'll shave off my beard when you stop slathering your face with makeup. Aaron @ Family Barbers.
COMMENT 384177	2013-03-13 12:43 PM
@Aaron - Excellent!
COMMENT 384265	2013-03-13 03:43 PM
I remember when my husband was trimming his once, and got it crooked and so by the time he tried to get it matched, he ended up shaving it off. I hardly recognized him when he came out. But he kept his mustache, and looks good.
COMMENT 384266P	2013-03-13 03:44 PM
Richie's barbershop in montecito styles beards, will also line you up with a hot straight razor shave. to the women who are whining about facial hair, i would never date a gal who posts about her dislike of beards on edhat, ever. some serious baggage at play in this "referral thread."
FLICKA	2013-03-13 03:56 PM
I think a well trimmed, clean beard is extremely attractive. I agree with another poster, the "shave" whiners aren't for you anyway. Also, I can see where some women who overdo the makeup can be a real turn-off to men. A little is more! I believe most men like a rather natural look. Someone commented about beards being "this new trend"; say what? It's been going on for awhile, ever notice a painting of Christ?
COMMENT 384340	2013-03-13 05:37 PM
"he use to do a friend of mines beard" A Grammar teacher's nightmare, an example of the execrable results of today's public schools after decades of sucking up our tax money.
COMMENT 384348	2013-03-13 06:12 PM
@340, you're white!
COMMENT 384433P	2013-03-14 12:32 AM
h--m-m-m. No one has mentioned yet that some men don't have the facial structure that a beard can enhance, nor enough facial hair to fill one in well. Try one or more of these mentioned tonsorial experts and heed their advice. Perhaps you (or someone who is important to you) would like the look and feel of a beardless face. The current fad of 2-day stubble (a la George Clooney and Ben Affleck) needs to have the good old kaibosh applied to it.