Don't lose confidence, Crumsie; now's the time to "keep buggering on at all costs," as Churchill would say. Your new style is going to take some time for your mind to accept. After all, you were used to your long hair and beard together, and now your hair is so short that your beard appears (to you, not to us) weak by comparison. In all actuality, your new look is very handsome, and just wouldn't look the same without your nice beard. Keep growing, man...keep growing.