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List of types of facial hair
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Following is a list of types of facial hair:
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- Asymmetrical Beard
- A beard that is not vertically symmetrical on the face. E.g., a full beard on the right side; clean-shaven on the left. This style was utilised by characters in some of the works of science-fiction writer Larry Niven. This style is also frequently worn by professional wrestler Chris Hero.
- Balcarrotas
- Long sideburns without any other facial; some men shave their heads as well.
- Ball-Buffer
- Slang for Chin Beard.
- Beard
- Hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip to varying degrees. This is the opposite of clean-shaven.
- Brett
- A beard that covers the chin and entire jawline, but does not connect to the sideburns. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as a jawline beard.
- "Bushranger Beard" (Australia)
- A wild, long, full-face beard, moustache and sideburns; simply the result of a man with a full beard simply letting it grow unhindered. Popular with bikers and named after the Australian outlaw, the Bushranger. Ned Kelly, for example, sported one and can be seen with it in photographs taken prior to his capture and execution.
- Captain Jack
- A variant of the Van Dyck, in which the goatee is grown considerably longer than the moustache, and the ends subsequently braided. Named after Captain Jack Sparrow, who sported this beard in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, causing many young men to follow suit.
- Chinstrap
- A beard with long sideburns then comes forward and ends under the chin resembling a chinstrap, hence the name. Also known as a jawline beard.
- Chin Beard
- Facial hair consisting of a tuft of hair only on the chin. It can be combined with a moustache to form a traditional goatee.
- Chin Curtain
- Facial hair grown only along the lower portion of the face at the chin and following the jaw line. This is a style of facial hair that is often associated with America's Amish men and Abraham Lincoln.
- Chopper
- A Moustache that grows round the mouth, with a clean shaven chin, cheek and neck. Often grown long off the face, and is popular with bikeys. This style is worn by Chopper Read and Yosemite Sam.
- Circle Beard
- Facial hair consisting of a chin beard and moustache connected by hair to the sides of one's mouth, thus forming a circle. Often distinguished from the strict definition of goatee.
- Clean-Shaven
- The lack of facial hair.
- Dalí
- A moustache with long, narrow points that are bent or curved steeply upward. It is named after painter Salvador Dalí.
- Door-knocker
- A slang term for a circle beard style of goatee, bearing some resemblance of traditional circular brass doorknockers.
- English
- A narrow moustache that begins at the middle of the upper lip with long whiskers. The ends are slightly curled and pointed upward.
- Five O'Clock Shadow
- A beard that appears late in the day on a man who was clean-shaven in the morning.
- Fu Manchu
- A long moustache with downward pointing ends that generally extend beyond the chin. Usually considered to be of Asian origin, they can include pony-tail like extensions that hang from the jawline.
- Full Beard
- A downward flowing beard with either a styled or integrated moustache.
- Garibaldi
- A wide, full beard with rounded bottom and integrated moustache. It is named after the Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- Goatee
- A beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin resembling that of a billy goat. Can cover the entire area below the bottom lip, or simply the chin itself.
- Handlebar
- A bushy moustache with small upward pointing ends.
- Horseshoe
- A style possibly popularized by modern cowboys and which is often confused with the Fu-Manchu. The horseshoe consists of a full moustache with vertical extensions from the corners of the lips down to the jawline and resembling an upside-down horseshoe.
- Imperial
- A beard with whiskers growing from below the lower lip to the chin. Can be from a hairline width to about an inch across, yet usually consistent width across the entire beard.
- Jawline Beard
- A beard with long sideburns then comes forward and ends under the chin on the jawline, hence the name. Also known as a chinstrap beard. The term jawline beard is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a Brett, which covers the chin and does not connect to the sideburns.
- Lamb Chops
- Effectively bushy patches of hair that follow the traditional "sideburn" path, reaching just below the aural lobe. Quintessentially, they accompany the Regency Period "fop" look, paraded by figures such as Beau Brummel, Lord Byron, and the fictional Mr. Darcy; alongside a mop of wavy, collar length (habitually) tousled hair.
- Lemmy
- A thick, coarse beard with the chin and neck shaved clean, also known as Mutton-Chops. The style is worn by the bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (aka Ian Kilmister) from the iconic British heavy metal/rock band Motörhead.
- Moustache
- Hair grown above the upper lip. Often the term implies that the wearer grows only the upper lip hair and chooses to shave the hair on his chin and cheeks. Sometimes spelled mustache.[1]
- Moustachio
- A large luxuriant moustache with hair that sometimes grows down the sides of the mouth. Also known as a mustachio or nosebeard.
- Mouche
- See Imperial
- Musketeer
- A small, pointed goatee with an English moustache (narrow, prominent), as worn by the French mousquetaires.
- Mutton-Chops
- A style with large, coarse sideburns. Similar to a thick beard, albeit with the chin and neck shaved clean. The upper lip is often shaved as well.
- Neckbeard
- An old beard that is grown only on the neck and worn without a goatee or moustache. Also known as a Scarf.
- Pencil
- A narrow, closely clipped moustache, outlining the upper lip, with a wide shaven gap between it and the nose. Also known as a mouthbrow.
- Royale
- A tuft of hair under the lower lip (without a goatee, but perhaps worn with a moustache). The royale was historically worn by French officers as a badge or adornment of military rank or status. It is also known as an impériale or flavour-saver. See soul patch.
- Shenandoah
- A style of facial hair which has a long neck beard, with a short goatee and bushy mustache.
- Shaft Shiner
- see soul patch.
- Sideburns
- Patches of facial hair on the sides of one's face in front of the ears.
- Soul Patch
- A small patch of hair just below the lower lip and above the chin. It is most readily identified as a style popular among the beatniks and jazz artists of the 50s and 60s.
- Spanish Beard
- Mostly associated with the 16th Century era, it is a rounded or pointed beard in the shape of a spade.
- Stubble
- A very short beard that has grown for only one to a few days.
- Toothbrush
- A thick moustache that is about an inch (2.5 cm) wide and covers the philtrum. It is closely associated with Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler.
- Tragus
- "from ear to ear", as in a Goat. Archaic.
- Van Dyck
- A thick goatee and moustache with upturned ends. In modern usage, a Van Dyck is any style of goatee and moustache combination. It is named after Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
- Verdi
- A short beard with rounded bottom and slightly shaven cheeks with prominent moustache. It was named after composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Viking beard
- A full beard that covers the cheeks, chin and upper lip, thick growth, with no skin visible through the hair of the beard. Generally a high cheek line and as far down the throat as growth allows. Traditionally worn by Vikings, hence the name. Primarily achieved by not cutting or trimming the beard for at least six to eight months or longer. Often braided if the beard is of a considerable length.
- Villacin
- A Pancho Villa mustache with a small tuft of hair beneath the lower lip.
Wing Chow
This resembles the Fu Manchu but is slightly longer. The Wing Chow also has connecting sideburns that run along the edge of the nose and up to the ears.
- Zappa
- A thick moustache with a small, square soul patch under the bottom lip. Famously modelled by the notorious Frank Zappa.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary