Servus Tom,

The guys already gave you good advice. Having a cold=not feeling good =doubting your beard.

It can be a scruffy fase.
It can be you over analysing.

But I think it's both. It looks like you have a scruffy fase. And you do over analyse 😉

About having a meeting with your superiors. Don't worry to much. Just keep the beard and make a appointment with the barber on the day before you have your meeting.
If your beard hasn't gone through the scruffy fase and you are still unhappy, give the beard a surface trim.
If the beard has settled you only take a haircut.

That means you can delay your decision as long as possible without making hasty decisions.

And there is nothing wrong with having a surface trim before the end of your 13 weeks. You have to be happy so it's your decision. The only important thing that speaks against a trim is that the decision should not be made on a mood but it should be a well thought through decision. Otherwise you might regret it.

Groetjes Joris.



Beard is in the eye of the beholder!