Where I live it has been very common to see full beards for a couple of years now especially in the 20-something crowd. Hopefully this has spread outward. I did notice this summer that just about every guy in Italy was doing the designer stubble look...of course Italians generally have such dense coverage that designer stubble looks good even though I think a fuller beard would look that much better.

Patience shall be rewarded!

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