Hi, just looked back in your thread and had fun seeing your transformation. The stache is a killer.
About what you are contemplating, if you are going to keep the lower part of the beard in similar length as it is, the carving could be a good choice for the stache to shine better, but if you want to grow a longer beard I think the beard hairs you are thinking about cutting would play a role with the over all look, the cheeks don't look bad to me at all and though the hairs aren't so thick there the beard naturally just just gets thinner on the upper cheek as is very normal. Connector are overrated   Post a photo after the visit.

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